Helena Zengel: “Who is Clint Eastwood?” – people

“I think she’s too young to have seen any of my films,” said the actor on the BBC’s New Year’s Eve special The Graham Norton Show. “I’ve tested her every now and then, but she shook her head and said, ‘That doesn’t mean anything to me,'” Hanks said. “When I said, ‘When I worked with Clint Eastwood,’ she replied, ‘Who is Clint Eastwood?’” Eastwood (90, “Dirty Harry”) is a five-time Oscar winner, Tom Hanks has won two of the most famous film awards World excellent.

To be famous – that’s what Helena also wants. “I hope to become a Hollywood star, that’s what everyone in this business dreams of. And somehow I’m a bit too, ”she recently said in a BILD interview.

Helena Zengel recently told the film portal “Variety” that she did not know much about her film partner Tom Hanks at first. But then she watched many of his films and had an aha moment. In “Neues aus der Welt” (News from the World), Tom Hanks plays a messenger in 1870 who meets the orphaned Johanna (Zengel) who was raised by an indigenous people. The western by Paul Greengrass (“The Bourne Conspiracy”) is supposed to come to German cinemas on January 7, 2021.

And the US film world celebrates the leading actress! Helena shows an “amazing performance” and has a chance of winning an award like the Golden Globe or the Oscar, writes the “Hollywood Reporter”. The trade journal “Variety” put her on its “Actors to Watch” list for stars who are about to have a great career.

Helena Zengel became known for the German drama “Systemsprenger”. She received the German Film Prize for her leading role about a difficult-to-educate girl.