• In “The Whale,” Sadie Sink showed the dark side of her character.
• She plays Ellie in Darren Aronofsky’s Oscar-hopeful film.
• Sadie also talked about how complicated Ellie and Charlie’s relationship is.

The 20-year-old actress plays Ellie in Darren Aronofsky’s Oscar-hopeful film, and she says she couldn’t decide if her alter ego was good or bad as she builds a relationship with her estranged father Charlie (Brendan Fraser).

When asked about her character’s intentions, Sadie told The Hollywood Reporter: “I don’t know, I think when I was filming, definitely for the earlier scenes, I had moments like where I was, ‘Oh there’s some real, real darkness in her.’ You know there is, but I think it’s just developed over time coming from this great deal of pain that she’s in.

“And I think she has no idea who she is, she’s very insecure, I think.”

Sadie talked about how complicated Ellie and Charlie’s relationship is. She thinks that her character plays a “game” with her fat father in the movie.

The ‘Stranger Things’ star said: “It’s this game that she’s become really good at playing that’s kind of a challenge for Charlie, but the thing about him is that he’s able to kind of see past all of it and I don’t want to ensure her that there’s a part of herself that he sees so clearly that I think is good, I think there’s good in her.”

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