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Hannah Marks on the Long Journey To Bring John Green’s ‘Turtles All the Way Down’ To the Screen
The actor and filmmaker has been with the project since 2018. Now the film hits Max with stars Isabela Merced and Felix Mallard in the cast.
And she’s pretty much worked nonstop, from roles in the films “Accepted” and “The Runaways” to the cast of “Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency.” In fact, just last year she took her first vacation — though she confesses to recording several self-tapes during it. That same year, she landed the coveted directing job of the film adaptation of John Green ’s beloved novel “ Turtles All the Way Down.” The story focuses on a teenage girl named Aza (Isabela Merced) struggling with crippling obsessive compulsive disorder and anxiety. In a film told with frankness and sensitivity, Marks has found a way to communicate Aza’s obsessive mindset while also capturing the joy of young love and celebrating female friendship.
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