THE MARSH KING'S DAUGHTER
Feature Film
Director: Neil Burger
Producers: Teddy Schwarzman, Keith Redmon, Mark L. Smith
Writers: Elle Smith and Mark L. Smith with revisions by Neil Burger
Casting Directors: Mary Vernieu, Michelle Wade Byrd
Casting Associate: Geena Dioquino
Casting Assistant: Joshua Jhu
Shoot Date: June 7, 2021
Location: Ontario, Canada
CAST:
DAISY RIDLEY - HELENA
[ YOUNG HELENA ]
FEMALE, WHITE, 10 YEARS OLD. A strong, feral young girl, who has been raised in the woods with her mother and her father Jacob, completely isolated from civilization. Fearless, physical, and a skilled hunter at such a young age, she is one with the wilderness and dubbed “Little Shadow” by her father whom she adores and idolizes. Her love for her father, however, makes her ignorant of his true nature and the atrocities he’s committed. When she is “rescued” and taken from the only life she’s known, she is horrified by the realities of the foreign world and must learn to adapt. LEAD.
Logline: The Marsh King’s Daughter is a mesmerizing, dramatic thriller centered on a woman who must risk everything to hunt down a dangerous man who shaped her past and threatens to steal her future: her father.