One look at the mysterious, blond femme fatale at the center of the new thriller Josie and you would be forgiven for failing to recognize Sophie Turner. The crimson-haired actress best known for playing Sansa Stark on Game of Thrones and Jean Grey in the X-Men movies has an all new, tattooed look and an attitude to match.
Directed by Eric England (Get the Girl) and based on a Black List script by Anthony Ragone II, the film co-stars Dylan McDermott and Jack Kilmer, centering on a high school girl who arrives in a small Southern town and stirs up trouble. Here's the synopsis:
Everyone knows everyone in Huntsville. So when tattooed, sweet-talking Josie (Sophie Turner) struts into town, heads turn. Striking up relationships with young punk Gator and loner Hank (Dylan McDermott), she quickly becomes a hot topic of local gossip. But her true intentions for showing up in this small, southern community are far more sinister as her dark past comes to light.
I remember this back when Anya Taylor-Joy was in the title role but I like the potential for a change-of-pace for Turner.
Josie opens in theaters and VOD on March 16th.
