' definitely not what I think most people will expect, which I think is really exciting and what really drew me to even coming back to play that role,' Furhman told Collider: 'And also, what I think is most exciting about it is it's something that's never been done cinematically. But according to Furhman, that's all part of Orphan: First Kill's plan. But the actress is 24 now, which is bound to make things a little difficult. Furhman was 12 when she shot Orphan, so it was easy for her to pass as a child passing as an adult. For another, Isabelle Fuhrman is reprising her role as Esther. For one thing, we already know the twist – Esther isn't a kid, she's an adult. She's spent most of her life in an insane asylum, and when she's not doing that, she's posing as a child to infiltrate unsuspecting families.īut a prequel seems like a very strange idea. She's a 33-year-old woman with hypopituitarism, a rare hormonal disorder that stunted her physical growth and caused proportional dwarfism. Killer kid movies are a staple in the horror genre, but Orphan throws in a whopper of a twist. But Orphan is a horror movie, and soon it's revealed that Esther isn't so innocent. She charms her new parents from the get-go. She's well behaved, intelligent, artistically talented, and overly pleasant.

The child they adopt is Esther (Furhman), a 9-year-old girl from Russia.Īt first, Esther seems like the perfect child.

Determined to have one more kid in their lives, the couple decides to adopt. In the film, Farmiga and Sarsgaard play a married couple who recently lost their third child during childbirth. It starred modern-day scream queen Vera Farmiga, as well as Peter Sarsgaard and Isabelle Fuhrman. Released in 2009, Orphan was helmed by art-trash genius Jaume Collet-Serra.

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