Minor ‘Man of Steel’ Character Gets Major Role

Remember the girl at the end of Man of Steel that smirked and said Superman was ‘kinda cute’? That’s actress Christina Wren and she’s back for a likely expanded role in Batman v Superman. Probably good for her, since that wasn’t exactly a breakout role her the talented young actress. In a recent interview with Pittsburgh Magazine she talked about how she landed the part, where she came from and what’s happening in the future.

"And your work on “Batman v Superman” is already done, correct?Yeah. We filmed mostly in August; I was out in Detroit. Back a little bit in September. I know you can’t say much about the movie right now — but what can you tell us?I can tell you that I think it’s going to be badass! They’re just such an awesome team. The bits that I was on set for look fantastic; everyone in it is fantastic. It’s exciting; it’s high-energy; it’s high-action. They are addressing all of the things that they set up in “Man of Steel.”Doesn’t your character play a key role in the comic books? Is there any chance that’ll be reflected on the big screen, either in this film or a future installment?So there’s some gossip; this has not been officially confirmed with me at all. But my character’s name is Carrie Farris; there’s a character named Carol Farris who’s the Green Lantern’s girlfriend and turns into this superhero, Star Sapphire. But I have no idea if that’s the plan; they’re not even slated to do a Green Lantern film for several years.You’re someone who has done a number of low-budget projects. What’s it like going from that world to a huge-budget, effects-driven movie?They’re obviously very different experiences — I love them both. I think that every set, regardless of its size, is its own little universe and culture; your experience on a set has more to do with the community and how things are run that necessarily the size of it. There are great things about having resources; there’s a lot you can pull off. You can build a really large, solid team . . . on smaller-budget projects, you have people playing so many roles and wearing so many hats. It can be both really exciting and communal and all-hands-on-deck — and sometimes, it can feel like, “Oh, if we just had one more person or this department we could do so much more.” But I really do love both ways of working."

The Carol Ferris angle is really interesting, but I don’t know if that’s a coincidence. I wonder if anyone told Blake Lively…