Eternals Interview with Sprite Actress Lia McHugh! (Creating the Character, Working with Chloé Zhao, Crossover with Jon Bernthal's The Punisher)

Eternals Interview with Sprite Actress Lia McHugh! (Creating the Character, Working with Chloé Zhao, Crossover with Jon Bernthal's The Punisher)

Author: The Movie Podcast November 5, 2021 Duration: 11:48
This week on a SPECIAL EDITION of The Movie Podcast, we welcome Lia McHugh who plays SPRITE in Marvel Studios’ ETERNALS! Lia is rapidly emerging as one of young Hollywood’s most sought-after talents and delivers a beautiful performance in the film. Eternals is NOW PLAYING in theatres. Listen now on all podcast feeds and on TheMoviePodcast.ca Contact: hello@themoviepodcast.ca Marvel Studios’ “Eternals” welcomes an exciting new team of Super Heroes to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The epic story, spanning thousands of years, features a group of immortal heroes forced out of the shadows to reunite against mankind’s oldest enemy, The Deviants. The outstanding ensemble cast includes Richard Madden as the all powerful Ikaris, Gemma Chan as humankind loving Sersi, Kumail Nanjiani as cosmic powered Kingo, Lauren Ridloff as the super fast Makkari, Brian Tyree Henry as the intelligent inventor Phastos, Salma Hayek as the wise and spiritual leader Ajak, Lia McHugh as the eternally young, old soul Sprite, Don Lee as the powerful Gilgamesh, Barry Keoghan as aloof loner Druig, and Angelina Jolie as the fierce warrior Thena. Kit Harington plays Dane Whitman. ETERNALS REVIEW OUT NOW! FOLLOW US Daniel on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Shahbaz on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Anthony on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd The Movie Podcast on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, and YouTube The Movie Podcast is on a mission to hit 200 Apple Podcast reviews, click here to head over to our show page on APPLE PODCASTS and leave us a 5 STAR review! ABOUT The Movie Podcast is one of Canada’s top film and review podcasts. Every week you’ll hear film lovers Daniel, Shahbaz, and Anthony discuss the biggest movie news, talk trailers, what’s coming soon, ponder a unique topic of show, and speak to special guests from across the film industry. Catch a new episode of The Movie Podcast every Monday and watch out for Review episodes on all the latest movies and series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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