New Netflix Mystery Series With Maya Hawke Is Officially Giving ‘Sterling Point’s Breakout Star a “Deeply Brilliant” New Role [Exclusive]
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Ella Rubin is nearing the end of filming The God of the Woods, a Netflix mystery series adapted from Liz Moore’s bestselling novel and co-starring Maya Hawke. Rubin said the 1970s-set atmospheric thriller gives her a markedly different and more challenging role, centred on a troubled young woman with a dark past and morally ambiguous choices.
The story concerns the disappearance of 13-year-old Barbara Van Laar from her family’s summer camp, exposing secrets within the Van Laar family. Rubin said she had one week of production remaining and praised the cast, which includes Hawke, Kerry Condon, Tracy Letts, Benjamin Walker, Nell Fisher, Autumn Molina and Susannah Perkins.
- Ella Rubin is nearly finished filming Netflix’s The God of the Woods.
- She describes her role as troubled, complex and unlike previous characters.
- The thriller follows a girl’s disappearance from a family summer camp.
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The God of the Woods is based on a novel by American writer Liz Moore. Set in the 1970s, the mystery begins when 13-year-old Barbara Van Laar disappears from a summer camp run by her family.
The search for Barbara brings the Van Laar family’s hidden tensions and secrets into view. Ella Rubin plays a young woman with a troubled past whose choices are not always easy to judge; Maya Hawke and several other actors are also in the cast.
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Ella Rubin, known for playing Annie Jacobson in Prime Video’s coming-of-age drama Sterling Point, has discussed a markedly different forthcoming part: a role in The God of the Woods, a television adaptation of Liz Moore’s bestselling novel. The supplied reports do not provide details of Maya Hawke’s involvement, despite the headline’s reference to her.
The series centres on the Van Laar family and the disappearance of 13-year-old Barbara Van Laar from a family summer camp. Rubin described the project as a 1970s-set atmospheric thriller and said she had about a week of filming remaining when interviewed by Collider’s Perri Nemiroff.
Rubin said her character appealed to her because of her darkness, substantial personal history and difficult decisions. She characterised the young woman as troubled and sometimes sharp-tongued, while stressing that she is intelligent and trying to protect her own future in ways viewers may not immediately understand.
The comments arrive as Sterling Point prepares for a second series. In a separate part of the same Collider interview, Rubin declined to reveal where the story resumes after Annie and her newly discovered sister Ramona choose to exchange settings at the end of the first season. She said she would like future episodes to give greater attention to Annie’s friendships at home.
Where outlets differ
Source 1 focuses on Rubin’s new role, production status and her description of the character in The God of the Woods, while Source 2 concentrates on Sterling Point’s first-season plot, renewal and Rubin’s hopes for its second season.
Source 1 presents claims about Rubin’s recent film work and Sterling Point’s global Prime Video standing; Source 2 instead frames the programme within Prime Video’s wider young-adult slate and says it was renewed shortly after its August premiere.
Neither supplied report confirms or explains Maya Hawke’s connection to The God of the Woods, so the headline’s implication cannot be substantiated from these sources alone.
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