Elisha Cuthbert has returned to horror — but now as a mom. The 24 alum plays Keira Woods in The Cellar, who desperately tries to save her daughter who mysteriously vanishes in the basement of their new home.Celebs’ Horror Movie Pasts“There was a lot of reasons why I took the role,” Cuthbert, 39, exclusively told Us Weekly. “But I think the No.
1 reason was sort of where I’m at. You know, as an actor in my life with my own children, I have two children and reading the script and feeling like I could relate to the journey that Keira takes and that she would sort of go to the ends of the earth and put herself in any sort of danger to save her children.
And so I really thought, wow, this is something really interesting to play with because a lot of horror films you’re kind of racking your brain going, ‘Why are these characters going into these dangerous situations?’ But for me, I felt like there was something so honest about the fact that, of course, this woman would do anything and put herself into any situation to save her daughter.”Cuthbert shares two children with her husband, former hockey player Dion Phaneuf, whom she married in 2013.
Her role as the matriarch of the family in the Brendan Muldowney-directed film is a new concept for the actress.“It’s great.
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