A FILM due out later this year features not only Oscar-nominated actress Saoirse Ronan but also a 12-year-old from Barrs Court.
Luciana Curran took part in filming for the movie Bad Apples last year. It was shot at The Bottle Yard studios in Bristol and on location around the area, including at the former Bath Community Academy/Culverhay School.
Luciana, a Year 7 student at Sir Bernard Lovell Academy in Oldland Common, is used to the spotlight. She was a successful Irish dancer before joining a casting agency, which led to roles in the TV series Casualty and a media campaign for National Museum Cardiff.
“She loves being on stage and has always loved having her photo taken,” said her mum, Katie Cox. “Having a camera in front of her enables her to express herself.”
Now Luciana, younger sister Ava-Marie, stepbrother Harry, and Katie and her dad Gary are waiting to find out the release date for Bad Apples, which is billed as a satirical thriller.
The film has Saoirse Ronan, whose first nomination for an Academy Award came for her role in Atonement at the age of 13 and who was also up for an Oscar for Brooklyn, Lady Bird and Little Women, in the lead role as primary school teacher Maria.
The teacher is struggling to inspire a class of 10-year-olds. She ends up taking an unruly boy – the “bad apple” – into her home, which leads the children to flourish and leaves Maria in a complicated predicament.
The film is an adaptation of Rasmus Lindgren’s debut novel De Oönskade – the Unwanted – and is directed by Jonatan Etzler.