Olsen Shines in Cult Psychological Thriller
November 29, 2011
John Hawkes portrays a cult leader and Elizabeth Olsen is the young woman who escapes him in “Martha Marcy May Marlene.”
Oscar buzz surrounds the star of a new psychological thriller about a young woman who escapes a cult in "Martha Marcy May Marlene
."
Martha is a troubled woman in her 20s when she first meets Patrick, the charismatic leader of a cult in rural upstate New York.
But after living with the group, Martha - or Marcy May, as they rename her - begins to have fears and concerns. She escapes and returns to her sister, from whom she has been estranged for three years.
She may have run away from the cult, but Martha hasn't escaped its psychological effects.
Elizabeth Olsen, the younger sister of former teenage idols Mary Kate and Ashley, stars as Martha and is getting rave reviews. Although the character of Martha is based on young women who have been members of cults, Olsen says she chose not to meet them before making the film.
"I tried to focus on what was on the page," she says. "If I were to have talked to someone who inspired some of the events and emotions in the story, I would feel like I owed them reverence in a weird way. I'd want to tell their story and this is a made-up, imaginary situation."
Elizabeth Olsen (left) and Sarah Paulson, as the sister who takes her in, in "Martha Marcy May Marlene."
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