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In a way, Canadian actress Ellen Page is not too different from the eponymous spunky character she plays in Juno. -- AP
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ELLEN Page is a young woman with an old soul.
The Canadian actress may not look like it but she sure sounds like it. Even though she turns 21 next week, she speaks as if she is pushing 30, revealing a remarkable level of knowingness beyond her years.
In a way, she is not too different from the eponymous spunky character she plays in Juno, the new movie by Jason Reitman (Thank You For Smoking, 2006), which chronicles a pregnant teenager's bittersweet journey into adulthood as she struggles to find suitable adoptive parents (Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner) for her baby.
The movie, which opens in Singapore on Thursday, is up for four Academy Awards later this month - Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Actress for Page.
Speaking with The Straits Times on the phone from Los Angeles, she is affable but reticent.
When asked about Oscar prospects, she gives guarded replies like 'I'm a huge fan of all the women nominated. They have all given incredible performances and it feels insane just to be acknowledged alongside them,' she says.
Has she got her acceptance speech prepared then, just in case?
'No, that's really not how my brain works,' she says, with a chuckle.
Read the full story in Life! in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.
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