Ain't It Cool's Eric Vespe talks with young Hailee Steinfeld about her experience working on Ender's Game!
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Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with another of my Ender's Game interviews from the set. This time I have my conversation with young Hailee Steinfeld. Her performance in True Grit knocked my socks off, so I was pleased to hear that she was cast as Petra Arkanian, Ender's trusted confidant as he navigates the stresses of Battle School.
Petra's an interesting character in that she sort of becomes Ender's own Jiminy Cricket, his reassurance that you can be both cunningly brilliant and also a good person at the same time. Their friendship provides a bit of a life raft for him when everybody else is either out to get him or mold him into a cold killer for their own purposes.
Having now seen the movie, that relationship comes off really well in the adaptation and I can say Steinfeld once again turns in a nuanced performance far beyond her years.
At the time of this chat, Ms. Steinfeld had just finished up shooting a Battle Room scene and was wrapped for the day, but still stuck around to chat with me a little bit. Here's that chat. Enjoy!
Quint: Petra as a character is incredibly crucial in Ender's development. His sister was very important in forming his identity while on Earth, but he's missing that now and it seems that Petra is the closest to an intellectual equal that he has. She's also a good person and good influence. Is that how you read the character?
Hailee Steinfeld: I think what's great about the relationship
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