PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Bria Vinaite, actress of the film The Florida Project.
Bria Vinaite is the main actress in The Florida Project by Sean Baker, the only remarkable adult actor in the film beside Willem Defoe who’s always impeccable. The actress was born in Lithuania and moved to Brooklyn when she was 6 years old. She started as a clothes designer with her company ‘ChroniCal NYC’. On FRED she reveals that Sean Baker found her on Instagram and contacted her through the social network to get her to audition for the role of Halley.
The Florida Project tells the story of a precocious six year-old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure while the adults around
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