News2025.02.19 17:30

Hollywood actress Anya Taylor-Joy plays Lithuanian sniper in new film

LRT.lt 2025.02.19 17:30

A video of popular Hollywood actress Anya Taylor-Joy singing a traditional birthday song in Lithuanian is spreading on the social network TikTok.

The British-American actress plays Drasa, a Lithuanian sniper, in Scott Derrickson’s sci-fi horror film The Gorge. The character’s name means “courage” in Lithuanian.

She and her partner in the film, also a sniper from the US, aim to protect the world from an unknown dangerous force emanating from the depths of the Gorge.

A video of her singing a traditional birthday song in Lithuanian is circulating on the internet.

@siamas2021 🇱🇹🥳❤️#lithuania #appletv #thegorge ♬ original sound - Siamas2021

People are actively sharing the video, celebrating a world-class star singing in Lithuanian in a film that also features Lithuanian dialogue.

Drasa’s father, Erikas (played by William Houston), is also Lithuanian and has a conversation with his daughter that supposedly takes place in a cemetery in the village of Pervalka.

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