Obviously the Ellen Page part I agree with (should I have been keeping track of these?) but Hailee Steinfeld? Hmm. You know, I guess I do see parts there, but just parts. Not like some of the other names where she could be a younger version.
What most funny for me is that sometimes Ava looks like a toddler and is very, VERY cute; but in other moments she is ultra hot(see the scene when she takes off the habit)
Yes, all jokes about her resemblances to other actresses aside, Alba Baptista did an amazing job embodying all the different parts of this character. Honestly, I think we do kind of get distracted by how hot she is, she is very much the typical pretty thin white lead, for sure, and as you said, when she dresses up or is all serious like in the cool girl walk after taking off the habit, it’s right there, BUT, Ava is a freaking dork.
Everything she thinks and feels is right there on her face, and a lot of that is just curiosity or naivete and she’s just cute in those moments. And come on, nobody who makes those puns and then like, wiggles her eyebrows to make sure she gets a laugh is a Cool Girl.
Alba really looks like a cross between Emilia Clarke and Alicia Vikander to me haha to add a new actress to the mix
Adding to the whole “who does Ava look like” convo, she def has a whole Ellie from the Last of Us vibe. Short, sassy, and in love with a woman.
Oooh, yes, Emilia Clarke, or for me, young Piper Perabo, I can definitely see that. Okay, Ellie from Last of Us is just Ellen Page reskinned, that’s not a new one. 😛 But I will take the “in love with a woman”, heh.
I definitely see Ellen P and Alicia V in Alba B from warrior nun but mostly Ellen P especially in some angles
And another anon:
Ava is a cross between short hair Charlize Theron and Ellen Page. And thank you for putting warrior nun on my radar. I did not expect to love it so much.
Yep, I’m seeing a lot of mentions of Ellen Page and Alicia Vikander, so that probably wins the non-prize.
Charlize Theron…? I don’t think I really see it, but she looks so distinctively Charlize Theron-y to me all the time. Even when people were like, wow, did you see what she did for Bombshell, she looks just like Megyn Kelly, I was like, she looks like a kind of alien Charlize Theron?? And no problem! Me neither, I think I just didn’t expect that much heart. I thought it’d be campy in this bloody, sexy, gratuitous way and then it turned out to be about faith and second chances and true sisterhood and good intentions. <3
She reminds me of Ellen Page and Kristen Stewart.
And another anon:
The actress who playes ava is a combo of Jennifer Lawrence and Alicia vikander to me.
And another anon:
For me Ava looks like the daughter of Brie Larson and Alicia Vikander
Okay, KStew and JLaw? I don’t see it! Brie……….hmmm. Hmmmmmm. Maybe. But it is hilarious how many of us see some kind of resemblance there.
Ava is really quite and awkward
Sorry, I waited to see if you were going to add more to this, anon, but uh, yeah, she is awkward? Heh. I don’t seem to find her as annoying as so many viewers seemed to so I do feel a bit instinctively defensive of her, but I feel like by the end most people had warmed up to her?