How Elsie Fisher Survived ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Changing Directors Mid-Filming
variety.comWilson Chapman editorThe COVID-19 pandemic happened at an inconvenient time for Elsie Fisher’s career. The teen actor, who has been working professionally since she was five, had her breakthrough in 2018 as the lead in Bo Burnham’s hilarious and squirm-inducing “Eighth Grade.” A stint on season two of Hulu’s “Castle Rock” as the daughter of “Misery” villain Annie Wilkes followed, along with a voice role in the 2019 “Addams Family” adaptation.
But just as she was lining up new projects for herself, quarantine happened, putting most of her plans on indefinite hold.Now, Fisher is making her belated return to film acting with “Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” the latest entry in the iconic slasher series and a direct sequel to the 1974 original.
Fisher plays Lila, a moody teenager who gets dragged along with her older sister Melody (Sarah Yarkin) on a business trip that takes them to the abandoned small town of Harlow, Texas, where the notorious serial killer Leatherface has been hiding for over 40 years.
The film, releasing on Netflix Feb. 18, will be something of a reintroduction of Fisher, now 18, to audiences who know her best as the awkward 14 year old vlogger in “Eighth Grade.” And Fisher, a fan of the original film who also has the horror comedy “My Best Friend’s Exorcism” lined up for release sometime this year, is pumped to start earning her scream queen credentials.“Texas Chainsaw Massacre” shot in Bulgaria.
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