It was high school drama that instilled in Salazar the drive to become an actress. Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials is undoubtedly the biggest role Salazar has landed to date, but her career has developed swiftly, with standout performances in the likes of American Horror Story and Parenthood. It's not the warmest relationship, but it's definitely not a rivalry and there's no tension between them as people." I don't think that rivalry makes any sense. Says Scodelario: "There's a natural mistrust between Teresa and Brenda, but I was very passionate about not making it girl-hates-girl. The moment I met Dylan it was like, 'OK, we can spar together.'" She's no damsel in distress, and she's going to give him a run for his money. They're almost equals and they challenge each other, which I think is really hot. Thomas and Brenda have this beautiful exchange. "Thomas and Teresa are thrust together in the moment and it's very obvious that they might become a couple, but the movie's very smart about not making it about that. That's where I'm from.' She immediately feels an attraction to Thomas."īut Salazar suggests their relationship is very different from Thomas's relationship with Teresa, played by Kaya Scodelario. "In the book, Brenda's really fast with Thomas," Salazar laughs. Her relationship with O'Brien has been particularly close, with the characters sharing most scenes together. There's genuine affection for each other." We all have the same sense of humour and everyone gets along. But this one wasn't just easy it made so much sense.
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"It's not always like that it's not easy to join a fully formed ensemble. "Joining the cast has been so easy," reflects Salazar. But when I read with Rosa it was just like, 'Oh, that's it.' She fit right in immediately." "I don't know why, but I could never really form a definitive image of her. "I always had so much trouble picturing Brenda from the book," he recalls. We want people to immerse themselves totally in the fantasy of the film."įor O'Brien, Salazar had what it took to fit this brief the moment she walked in the room.
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"In all of our roles we didn't feel like we had to cast movie stars. "We started in early Summer of 2014," says producer Wyck Godfrey. In fact, the process of searching for Brenda had started much earlier, whilst the finishing touches were still being applied to the first film. I was immediately calling my manager, like, 'Did I get it? Did I get it?'" "I was like, 'Oh, I hope this is good!' And then it blew me away.
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"I did go and see the movie right after the audition," she remembers. She auditioned for the role whilst The Maze Runner was still in cinemas, and resisted going to see it until after she'd tested with O'Brien. People who face some sort of adversity are the kinds of people I'm attracted to in my own life.
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"She's forced into this position where she has to be vulnerable for the first time in a very long time and I totally get that about her. "He sort of yanks it out her," continues Salazar. This is Brenda's experience until she meets Thomas. No one could get through this impenetrable armour, or so I thought." What happened is I developed this hard exterior. "I was emancipated at 15, I went to school and had a full-time job and apartment, and ever since I've been on my own, parenting myself. Despite a burgeoning movie career that seems certain to put her on the A-list, a little over a decade ago life was very different. She went out into this wasteland at a very young age and just sort of had to survive." She watched her brother get taken away and her father die. "I feel like I am Brenda," she announces, as she takes time out to talk about the role. On the film's set in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the first sound you hear is her laughter, and as she plays out a scene with Dylan O'Brien's Thomas, Brenda comes to life.
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If she feels the pressure of fan expectation, it doesn't show.