Directed by James Mangold and starring Dafne Keen alongside Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart, Logan is widely regarded as one of the greatest superhero films ever made. The film’s excellence is attributed to both its talented cast and its director. However, credit for one of its most surprising moments undoubtedly belongs to the 19-year-old Spanish-British actress, who portrayed Logan’s daughter, Laura, also known as X-23 in the film.
Logan (2017)
Keen, who secured the role over Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown, delivered an improvisation during her audition. And the filmmaker was so impressed by her improvisation that it was ultimately included in the final cut of the film.
Dafne Keen’s Improvisation Became a Memorable Moment in Logan
The 2017 film follows Logan escorting a young mutant named Laura to a safe haven, Eden. Laura remains silent initially in the film, making subtle eye movements, occasional nods, and intense...
Logan (2017)
Keen, who secured the role over Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown, delivered an improvisation during her audition. And the filmmaker was so impressed by her improvisation that it was ultimately included in the final cut of the film.
Dafne Keen’s Improvisation Became a Memorable Moment in Logan
The 2017 film follows Logan escorting a young mutant named Laura to a safe haven, Eden. Laura remains silent initially in the film, making subtle eye movements, occasional nods, and intense...
- 3/13/2024
- by Laxmi Rajput
- FandomWire
Exclusive: Dafne Keen (His Dark Materials, Logan) has signed with Liebman Entertainment for management.
Keen made her big-screen debut with Wolverine send-off Logan before taking on the lead role in epic fantasy series His Dark Materials. She stars as the title character, Lyra Belacqua, in the Jack Thorne-created series, alongside Ruth Wilson, James McAvoy and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
For Logan, Keen won Best Female Newcomer at the Empire Awards and an MTV Award for Best On Screen Duo with Hugh Jackman.
Next up, Keen will headline Disney+’s Star Wars: The Acolyte. The project, set to be released in 2023, also features Amandla Stenberg, Lee Jung-jae and Jodie Turner-Smith.
Keen made her acting debut in 2014 in sci-fi series The Refugees, where she played Ana “Ani” Cruz Oliver.
She continues to be repped by Independent Talent Group, Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher, and Public Eye Communications.
Keen made her big-screen debut with Wolverine send-off Logan before taking on the lead role in epic fantasy series His Dark Materials. She stars as the title character, Lyra Belacqua, in the Jack Thorne-created series, alongside Ruth Wilson, James McAvoy and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
For Logan, Keen won Best Female Newcomer at the Empire Awards and an MTV Award for Best On Screen Duo with Hugh Jackman.
Next up, Keen will headline Disney+’s Star Wars: The Acolyte. The project, set to be released in 2023, also features Amandla Stenberg, Lee Jung-jae and Jodie Turner-Smith.
Keen made her acting debut in 2014 in sci-fi series The Refugees, where she played Ana “Ani” Cruz Oliver.
She continues to be repped by Independent Talent Group, Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher, and Public Eye Communications.
- 2/9/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
2007
After executive producing Rtve’s ground-breaking TV thriller “Desaparecida,” Ramón Campos and Teresa Fernández-Valdés launch their own TV production company, Bambú Producciones.
2008
-Sept. 26. Police-thief pursuit skein “Guante blanco,” Bambú’s first primetime TV drama, receives a stellar premiere gala at the San Sebastian Film Festival before kicking-off – and underperforming – on Rtve’s La1 primetime.
2009.
-Sept. 17. Not giving up in discouragement, Bambú and Rtve re-team on “Gran Reserva,” Bambú’s first hit. A family saga set in the vineyards of La Rioja, he series combines melodrama and thriller elements, one of Bambú’s TV fiction hallmarks. “It underscored the importance of bad characters in a TV series,” Teresa Fernández-Valdés says. TV Azteca adapted the series in Mexico.
2010
-Oct. 25. Bambú’s fruitful, long-term partnership with broadcaster Atresmedia kidks off with “Hispania.” Inspired by the revolt led by the warrior Viriato against the Romans, the series marks an early incursion by Bambú into the adventure TV fiction genre,...
After executive producing Rtve’s ground-breaking TV thriller “Desaparecida,” Ramón Campos and Teresa Fernández-Valdés launch their own TV production company, Bambú Producciones.
2008
-Sept. 26. Police-thief pursuit skein “Guante blanco,” Bambú’s first primetime TV drama, receives a stellar premiere gala at the San Sebastian Film Festival before kicking-off – and underperforming – on Rtve’s La1 primetime.
2009.
-Sept. 17. Not giving up in discouragement, Bambú and Rtve re-team on “Gran Reserva,” Bambú’s first hit. A family saga set in the vineyards of La Rioja, he series combines melodrama and thriller elements, one of Bambú’s TV fiction hallmarks. “It underscored the importance of bad characters in a TV series,” Teresa Fernández-Valdés says. TV Azteca adapted the series in Mexico.
2010
-Oct. 25. Bambú’s fruitful, long-term partnership with broadcaster Atresmedia kidks off with “Hispania.” Inspired by the revolt led by the warrior Viriato against the Romans, the series marks an early incursion by Bambú into the adventure TV fiction genre,...
- 4/10/2018
- by Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
Step aside, Millie Bobby Brown — there’s a new badass child star in town.
Dafne Keen is causing a stir with her film debut as female Wolverine clone Laura Kinney (aka X-23) opposite Hugh Jackman in the latest Wolverine stand-alone spin-off Logan.
Just over four feet tall and incredibly dangerous, Laura comes under the guardianship of Jackman’s Logan while being hunted in the violent R-rated flick.
Here’s five things you should know about Keen before (and after) watching Logan this weekend:
1. It took an extensive casting call to find her
While casting the young actress to take on the role of Laura,...
Dafne Keen is causing a stir with her film debut as female Wolverine clone Laura Kinney (aka X-23) opposite Hugh Jackman in the latest Wolverine stand-alone spin-off Logan.
Just over four feet tall and incredibly dangerous, Laura comes under the guardianship of Jackman’s Logan while being hunted in the violent R-rated flick.
Here’s five things you should know about Keen before (and after) watching Logan this weekend:
1. It took an extensive casting call to find her
While casting the young actress to take on the role of Laura,...
- 3/3/2017
- by Brianne Tracy
- PEOPLE.com
Exclusive: Me And Orson Welles star to co-direct with Ben Hecking.
British actor Christian McKay, perhaps best known for his eponymous role in Me And Orson Welles, is to co-direct intense relationship drama Provenance with cinematographer Ben Hecking.
The independent British feature, which is in pre-production, marks the directorial debut for both McKay and Hecking and is based on an original story developed by the duo.
McKay, also known for roles in Rush, The Theory Of Everything and the upcoming Florence Foster Jenkins, will also star alongside Spanish actress Charlotte Vega (Another Me, The Refugees, El club de los incomprendidos) in her first leading English-language role and Harry Macqueen.
Macqueen is the writer, director and star of British drama Hinterland, on which Hecking served as cinematographer. He also had a small role in Me And Orson Welles.
Provenance is produced by White Horse Films and is fully funded. Shooting will begin in the south of France in April...
British actor Christian McKay, perhaps best known for his eponymous role in Me And Orson Welles, is to co-direct intense relationship drama Provenance with cinematographer Ben Hecking.
The independent British feature, which is in pre-production, marks the directorial debut for both McKay and Hecking and is based on an original story developed by the duo.
McKay, also known for roles in Rush, The Theory Of Everything and the upcoming Florence Foster Jenkins, will also star alongside Spanish actress Charlotte Vega (Another Me, The Refugees, El club de los incomprendidos) in her first leading English-language role and Harry Macqueen.
Macqueen is the writer, director and star of British drama Hinterland, on which Hecking served as cinematographer. He also had a small role in Me And Orson Welles.
Provenance is produced by White Horse Films and is fully funded. Shooting will begin in the south of France in April...
- 3/24/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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