‘Jurassic World Dominion’ Star Isabella Sermon on the Dinosaur Franchise’s Female Role Models
variety.comAngelique Jackson As the women of “Jurassic World Dominion” reflect on the franchise’s feminist origins, the movie’s youngest female lead, 15-year-old Isabella Sermon notes the importance of having a powerful trio of women — Laura Dern’s Dr.
Ellie Sattler, Bryce Dallas Howard’s Claire Dearing and DeWanda Wise’s Kayla Watts — to look up to.“It’s important to have these female role models,” Sermon says in the clip above. “Maisie, as a character has grown up with Claire as a mother who’s like really strong and fiery; Ellie who is so intellectual and clever and really powerful; DeWanda’s character Kayla, who’s a pilot is like super fierce and tough.”The two-and-a-half minute clip highlights begins with Ellie’s iconic quip, “Dinosaurs Eat Man.
Woman Inherits the Earth,” and goes on to spotlight all of the hard-hitting and high-flying action sequences Dern, Howard, Wise and Sermon will face in the franchise’s latest installment “Jurassic World Dominion.” The clip also includes behind the scenes shots of Sermon laughing along with her older co-stars, as she adds: “It’s been really amazing to work with such strong independent women.”Looking back on starting it all, Dern shares that she and “Jurassic Park” director Steven Spielberg had an awareness of the importance of Dr.
Sattler as a “feminist female action character”, who was unusual in this type of film. But the payoff has been beyond imagination. “That felt really exciting that that became a takeaway for people who loved the film,” Dern says of Sattler’s legacy. “She’s badass and physically strong and complicated and funny.
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