Isabel Fuhrman “Killed Herself” For Her Role in ‘The Novice’

Isabel Fuhrman puts her entire body into her roles. Playing a terrifying child in The Orphan, we watch her have a memorable, full-body-and-soul meltdown in a bathroom stall. Now, in Lauren Hadaway’s The Novice, we watch Fuhrman as Alex Dall, a freshman in college who becomes obsessed with rowing. Set at a moody fictional college with conifers and foggy mornings, Alex puts her body through a taxing gauntlet of exercise, including multiple bodily and psychic meltdowns, in a gorgeous film that shows how dark and mesmerizing ambition can be. Alex is one of those people who takes three hours to… Read Full Article