What is going on? I just take it day by day.” She brings this same mix of vulnerability and strength to her performance in The Old Guard, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood.
The adaptation of the graphic novel premiered July 10 on Netflix and is currently perched at the number 1 on the streaming giant’s U.S.
charts.With this movie, Prince-Bythewood becomes the first Black woman director to helm a live-action comic book–based feature of this scale.
Layne plays Nile, a marine recruited by immortal mercenaries who are led by Charlize Theron’s Andy. They discover that, like them, Nile is invincible, and together they fight to protect humankind.
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