Based on the long-running comic book by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Michael Avon Oeming, work is currently well underway on a small screen adaptation of the hit series by FX. Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark's Bailee Madison has been cast as Calista, and talked in detail about the role with Spinoff Online recently.
"I love Calista! When you first see her in the beginning of the show, there’s already kind of a thought, like there’s something different about her. She has a secret. The truth is that she does, and we don’t reveal it in the pilot."
"If the show does get picked up, there are some really fun things that my character is able to do. She’s such a sweet girl, but in the same way she’ll kick some butt if she needs to. She’s kind of raising herself in a way and … she’s got such spunk, some kind of sarcastic energy, but in a cute way, in a fun way that’s appropriate."
"They handed me the comic book when I auditioned for it. I always make that mistake, if I audition for a book series or anything like that, I always make the mistake of reading it [and then I don't get it]. So I didn’t touch the comic book, I left it in the back seat of the car and when I finally got the part, I ran down to the car and got the comic book and was like ‘I’m in the comic book!’ So that was super-exciting. My solution is I take a Sharpie marker, I give it to my brother and he just goes over all the bad words. That way I can still read it!"
"It is so true to the comic! It’s like you’re watching a comic book. Everybody looks the same [as they do on the page]. I had pitch-black bangs, I was wearing a wardrobe that you’d imagine her to have, and all the detailed sound and special effects are so realistic that I think when you see it, you’re just going to want to hit pause so you can look at all the details."
For more, be sure to click on the link below to head on over to the site, where the actress talks in even greater detail about her role in the Guillermo del Toro-produced horror flick. With many critics praising her performance, it can only be a good thing that she's part of the
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