PAGE 8 • TV
THE BULLETIN • JUNE 10 - 16, 2021
What’s Available NOW On
“Luca” (June 18)
From Pixar Studios and director
Enrico Casarosa (“La Luna”) comes
this animated coming-of-age story
about Luca, a boy experiencing a
summer of scooter rides, gelato and
pasta on the Italian Riviera, who
meets a new best friend that turns
out to be a sea monster in disguise.
Jacob Tremblay, Maya Rudolph and
Jim Gaffigan head the voice cast.
(ORIGINAL)
BY JAY BOBBIN
“Raya and the Last Dragon”
(Available now)
This animated actioner from
Walt Disney Pictures follows the
adventures of Raya, a warrior in
a reimagined Earth inhabited
by ancient civilizations, who is
determined to find the last dragon.
The impressive voice cast includes
Awkwafina, Kelly Marie Tran, Daniel
Dae Kim, Sandra Oh and Alan
Tudyk. (ORIGINAL)
“Amphibia: Season 2”
(Available now)
The most recent round of this
Disney Channel series of animated
shorts finds Anne (voice of Brenda
Song) and the Plantars embarking on
a quest to unlock the mysteries of the
Calamity Box as they leave the cozy
confines of Wartwood for the distant
city of Newtopia.
“Ice Age: Dawn of the
Dinosaurs” (Available now)
The third comedy-adventure in the
animated series returns Ray Romano,
Denis Leary and John Leguizamo
to the voice cast as prehistoric
animal friends. Sid needs more than
a little help from his friends when
his actions incur the wrath of a
Tyrannosaurus rex, but they have
concerns of their own, some of which
involve matters of the heart.
Sadie Calvano
OF ‘SECRETS OF A MARINE’S WIFE’ ON LIFETIME
Were you aware of the true story
behind “Secrets of a Marine’s Wife”
before you were cast in the movie?
I did know a little bit about it. I’m a bit
of a true-crime junkie, and I was excited
when this came to my attention. It was
untested territory for me as an actor, to
tell the story of a girl who lived a really
complicated life. She had kind of a
rough go, then at her most vulnerable
moment when she desperately needed a
connection, she unfortunately ended up
with a really bad man. And a horrible
thing happened to her.
Though you play someone who’s in
her late teens in the movie, you’re
past your teens in real life. Is that
situation comfortable for you?
I definitely still look very young, and
I’m just now starting to break into these
more womanly roles. What’s been so
exciting is that I’m getting to play these
characters who are a little bit more
mature and have multi-dimensional,
dynamic, full story lines that push the
envelope farther.
With “Mom” having ended its run
recently, how do you look back at
your time as a co-star of that series?
That was a really amazing job. It’s really
where I grew up. You hear sometimes
of people having horrifying experiences
on series, and I really could not have
had the farther opposite experience.
Everyone was so wonderful, and I felt so
lucky that they were my TV family for so
many years. It was a pivotal point in my
life, so integral to me discovering myself
not only as an actor, but as a person.