Ariana Greenblatt Talks Pranking With Josh Brolin and Working on ‘65’

Ariana Greenblatt is a 15-year-old actress who has already had a bunch of great jobs ahead of 2023. The actress played a young Gamora in Avengers: Infinity War, and since then, she has had a career that meant she never had to look back. Now, she is also the star of 65, a sci-fi film that stars Adam Driver in the titular role. Driver, who plays Commander Mills, crash lands on a pre-historic Earth with his fellow teammate Koa played by Greenblatt. Here’s the official plot summary of the upcoming film:

After a catastrophic crash on an unknown planet, pilot Mills quickly discovers he’s actually stranded on Earth — 65 million years ago. Now, with only one chance at a rescue, Mills and the only other survivor, Koa, must make their way across an unknown terrain riddled with dangerous prehistoric creatures.

Greenblatt And Her Roles

The actress has previously worked in films like The One and Only Ivan and Love and Monsters. She’s got a stunning personality and was considered one of the younger stars to look out for in the coming years. The young actress has already worked with CGI characters such as Ivan the gorilla and Marvel’s supervillain Thanos. So working with Driver fighting against pre-historic characters in 65 is no problem for the young talent. 

“I don’t really know what it is about my face or what I do, but people like to see me with creatures that aren’t real or whatever it might be. I guess that kind of work is just drawn towards me … but luckily, that practice definitely made a difference for this film,” said Greenblatt when asked about imagining a T-rex while looking at a stick while filming 65. The film is just the right kind of crossover between alien fighting tech and Jurassic Park. Driver is especially known for being a greatly focused actor. However, Greenblatt made it possible for him to break out of character every once in a while.

“(Driver) is very committed and he is intense, but my main goal while working with him was to try to get him to break as much as possible. I was like, ‘Come on, man. You can’t be serious for this long,’” said the actress. “So I got him cookies and blankets, and I tried to be overly nice just to get him to crack a little bit. And he did!”

Clearly, everyone has a soft spot for the amazing artist that Greenblatt is. She also reminisced about her days working on Infinity War when she and Brolin bonded by prank-calling big names from the industry:

“We had a really nice bond together, and I just remember prank-calling all of these people with him. I think we prank-called Tobey Maguire or someone like that,” Greenblatt recalls. “I didn’t even know who these people were at the time, but I just took Josh’s phone and we did this prank-calling thing. So he made me really comfortable on set, which was nice.”

She is now all set to work in the upcoming film Barbie as well as Borderlands, which stars Hollywood veterans like Jamie Lee Curtis. Greenblatt opened up about her personal experiences while making 65. She mentioned how some scenes were really draining for her as an actress.

 I learned more than I have ever on this film. I learned how to deal with extreme weather and climate conditions. I learned how to deal with a lot of emotionally draining and physically draining scenes. So this film really has taught me a lot about the entire process, and I’m so grateful for that.