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Ella Purnell Is Hollywood’s New Favorite Action Hero
Yellowjackets fans craved more of her. Tim Burton couldn’t resist her peculiar eyes. Now, the actress has everyone falling for her in Fallout.
On a recent Friday night in Silver Lake, I arrive late to a pottery studio to meet Ella Purnell for a beginners’ class, where, eager to make her first ceramic creation, she has saved me a seat next to her. She’s wearing an oversize New York Rangers sweatshirt, white canvas pants, and sneakers, but just a couple of hours ago she was in full retro glam for a photo shoot in Culver City; her hair is clipped back around her face, maintaining a curl that could have been facilitated only by someone else. She starts out as a peppy rule-follower eager to help repopulate America — even if it means marrying and immediately having sex with a stranger from another vault — but is quickly forced to face the big bad world outside when her father (Kyle MacLachlan) is kidnapped.
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