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Ready Player One: Elle Fanning On Art3mis Shortlist

It looks as though Steven Spielberg’s ‘Ready Player One’ is booting up… and has just loaded three potential female leads into its shortlist.

According to The Wrap, three contenders for the role of Art3mis have made it to the shortlist, and it’s quite a line-up.

“Elle Fanning, ‘Me and Earl and the Dying Girl’ star Olivia Cooke and ‘Mistress America’ breakout Lola Kirke are three of the top contenders for the female lead in Steven Spielberg‘s adaptation of Ernie Cline‘s ‘Ready Player One’.”

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It’s revealed that all three will test for the role of Art3mis – Samantha Cook’s avatar within the virtual world of Oasis in ‘Ready Player One’.

Of course, Elle Fanning is most famous for her breakout role as Alice Dainard in J.J. Abrams’ sci-fi classic, ‘Super 8’. But she’s since appeared in the likes of ‘We Bought A Zoo’ and even lent her voice to Winnie in the animated film, ‘The Boxtrolls’.

Olivia Cooke is perhaps best known for starring in ‘Bates Motel’ – the American TV drama which features the characters of Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’ long before the events of the movie. And she’s apparently turning a lot of heads, as Cooke is also up for a leading role in ‘Star Wars 8’.

Lola Kirke is a relative newcomer compared to the rest of the shortlist, and is best known for ‘Mistress America’ – the 2015 American comedy directed by Noah Baumbach. Although, she has also starred in a supporting role in David Fincher’s ‘Gone Girl’.

“Insiders insist it’s early in the casting process and that casting director Ellen Lewis is narrowing the field for Spielberg so he can move quickly once he’s able to turn his attention away from ‘Bridge of Spies’ and ‘The BFG’. Two other actresses are believed to be on the initial shortlist, though their identities remain a mystery.”

As for the male lead, it looks as though Justin Kroll of Variety has a bit of info on that, too… appearing on Twitter to reveal that Nick Robinson has been linked to the role of Parzival.

“In response to @TheInSneider shortlist, hearing Nick Robinson is someone Spielberg likes for male lead in READY PLAYER ONE among others”

Nick Robinson recently made waves in ‘Jurassic World’ as Zach Mitchell – one of the two young male leads who traverse the park after all hell breaks loose, in the hopes of finding their aunt.

‘Ready Player One’ heads to cinemas on 15 December 2017.

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