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Atlanta’s Storm Reid headlines new thriller ‘Missing’
Storm Reid searches for her mom in new thriller ‘Lacking’
Atlanta native Storm Reid stars as June, a tech-savvy teen desperately trying to find her mom, who goes lacking throughout a trip to Colombia. She informed Paul Milliken that filming the film, which is about nearly totally on a pc display, was a brand new problem for her.
ATLANTA – You’ve heard the previous filmmaking phrase: “Lights … digital camera … motion!” However the brand new thriller “Lacking” takes place nearly totally on a pc display, which implies for star Storm Reid, the lights, digital camera, and motion all regarded just a little bit totally different.
“We had been taking pictures on computer systems and watches and telephones, and it was quite a lot of technical hurdles that I needed to overcome,” laughs the Atlanta native.
Reid stars as June, a tech-savvy teen desperately trying to find her mom (Nia Lengthy), who goes lacking throughout a trip to Colombia.
“She’s an icon in her personal proper, and to have the ability to work with any person that you just’ve basically grown up watching could be very cool,” says Reid of Lengthy. “She was so candy and made me really feel so supported and beloved and uplifted me on set on a regular basis. So, it was nice working together with her.”
“Lacking” is simply the most recent high-profile challenge in Reid’s profession, following lauded turns in “A Wrinkle in Time” and “Euphoria.” And though her busy profession takes her around the globe, Reid says Atlanta will all the time be house.
“I grew up in Dunwoody by means of Decatur, and I spent quite a lot of time in each locations,” Reid says. “Clearly, I don’t reside right here anymore, nevertheless it’s all the time going to be house and I plan to have a spot right here sooner or later.”
“Lacking” is taking part in in theaters nationwide now — click on right here for extra info on the movie.