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the young actress. “She was just very striking in her look and the way that she carried herself,” he recalled. “She seems to carry a little bit of silence in a lot of her performances and it struck me within the first few minutes of watching that she was the one. In fact I was a little disappointed in how beautiful she was because I didn’t want MacKenzie to be so beautiful. But it worked out and the more I got to know Ella over the course of a year and a half the more obvious it was that she was perfect for the part. When we got to actually filming the movie and saw the dailies we knew we had something great.” Wildlike does a wonderful job of telling a story about sexual abuse in a way that is unlike an after school special on television. It’s a gripping tale in which the vast miles of Alaska almost serve as another character MacKenzie is running from. Film Reviews Giveaways News & Features Movie Posters and much more! TheMovieWaffler.com Read each issue at www.NJArtsMag.com pg 67