The irony of it all hasn’t been lost on Ella Purnell. The 24-year-old British actress, who plays Dave Bautista’s estranged teenage daughter Kate in “Army of the Dead,” said she found it “weird” to see the world somewhat transmogrify into the film she acted in two years ago, long before the pandemic stopped the whole world on its tracks.
And it looks like “Army of the Dead” has also resonated with viewers—in fact, it has been the No. 1 film on Netflix Philippines since its launch last Friday.
“It was weird filming it, especially given what was going on at the time (in 2019), politically,” said Ella when we asked her what her takeaway was from director Zack Snyder’s l…
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