First Kill Director Talks Resurrecting Esther for the Ambitious Prequel

With the main antagonist seemingly dying at the end of the original film, developing a followup to 2009’s Orphan was no easy feat, with the filmmaking team opting to instead turn back the clock to explore the earlier years of the deadly Esther, which included bringing back original star Isabelle Fuhrman to reprise her role in Orphan: First Kill. Despite the logistical challenge of using an adult actor to play a character who could pass for a child, director William Brent Bell was no stranger to tackling ambitious projects, as…

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