Succesful Young Actress on the Move
The much to be adored, ripened actress/ screenwriter Brit Marling seems to have progressed her young Hollywood career untainted by uncooperative industry forces or unsavory acting roles that often become of aspiring starlets. Instead the 29 year old multitalented free spirit who graduated with dual degrees in art and economics from Georgetown University makes full disclosure about manifesting a vision for herself to pursue a life without regrets. She seems intent upon creating a meaningful essence guided by her own ambition not by monetary influence or agency demands.
Getting her start in movie making began early in college upon meeting the acquaintance of fellow peer Zal Batmaglij and his writing partner Mike Cahil who had been putting out several short films for campus screenings. Marling was taken by the work that the two had put together and upon a fateful encounter with Bamanglij, that opened an opportunity for her to land a small role and become an integral part in the directing of several of the duo's student movie projects.
Her last year of college, the three were sharing a rental house together and Marling’s academic direction found itself evading the more secured direction of a career in finance as she pushed the creativity scale of screenwriting by collaborating on projects with both Cahill and Batmanglij. An internship with financial stalwart Goldman Sachs further convinced herself that such a rigid corporate structure wasn't in the cards for the endeavors that she wanted to pursue so upon finishing her degree she looked to demonstrate her ability as a collaborator along with her two male colleagues who worked together to release two independent films that won acceptance to the Sundance film festival.
The first of which titled "Another Earth" debuted in 2008 and had a major release in 2010. It chronicles a distraught situation between a young woman who finds complexity and eventual romance with the husband of a family whose lives were lost by a drunk driving incident caused by Marling's character Rhoda. For a first professional release of the rather inexperienced Marling as a screenwriter and actor, commendable acclaim was awarded although many would argue that it fell short of becoming an independent sensation as a result of an implausible plot and low budget cinematic efforts. The other early Marling film collaborative, "Sound of my Voice" debuted as an independent film in 2012, receiving acclaim while also being an unsettling plot about a coercive cult group led by the attractive young seducer, Maggie, played by Marling. The character's initial modest intentions quickly looses focus of innocence among the group's members who reside in Los Angeles and undergo psychotic rituals that is sure to make some cringe at the inhumane harm inflicted upon each other.
Several other roles that she's taken part in were the Robert Redford release of, "The Company You Keep" about accomplices to a bank robbery who seek to avoid detection by FBI agents ten years after the fact. The largest of her roles to date though also released last year has her playing a lead female role as the daughter of Richard Gere's character Robert Miller. He is a hedge fund manager on the outs after having realized that he can no longer sustain the management of his firm without invoking hardened suspicions by government regulators of the company's improprieties. The saga deepens upon a fatal car accident that leads Miller in an attempt to avert accusation for his role in the incident despite the perjury that such a stance would involve in the interest of holding his financial empire together . With preparations having previously been made for his daughter Brooke to take the helms of the company, leaves a devoted child and distressed father to confront a moral dilemma in the interests of everyone involved. Susan Sarandon also co-stars as the motherly wife thrown into the mix of an illicit trapping of power and greed.
The soon to be released film of Marling titled "The East", due out in late May, pits the actress into that of another character of sunken morality where she infiltrates an anarchist group who aims to wreak havoc upon major corporations. Hoping to stimulate an edge of your seat reaction from viewers, the film seems packed with luring suspense depicting malicious do gooders intent on reconciling the evilness that has been wrought by many of the world's multibillion dollar enterprises. Whether Marling's character Sarah can faithfully comply as an informant to the CIA without binding her loyalties to the cunning and intimidating nature of the illicit group remains to be seen.