cast of nancy drew and the hidden staircase

As Flora, Helen, and Nancy experience a “supernatural” evening of exploding lights, strange music, and a floating masked man, among other ghostly antics, Nancy is determined to get to the bottom of it all. Nosing her way into Flora and Helen’s life after overhearing a ghost story, Nancy cannot resist an opportunity to spend the night in a “haunted house” to try and solve the mystery in a logical way much like the characters in a Scooby Doo cartoon. She is also always sticking her nose in places it does not belong, ending her up in places such as picking up trash outside the police station doing community service. Nancy’s character, while perhaps very removed from the old 1939 film portrayal of this same novel, is alluring as a Tom boy skateboard riding sleuth with a good heart. This all seems to be loosely faithful to the 1959 novel, despite obvious modern adaptations such as Instagram and cell phone usage including FaceTime calls between friends.Īll this said, the biggest achievement and savior of Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase is in the character portrayals which are well-acted by a strong cast. The remainder of the plot entails Nancy’s father Carson Drew, (Sam Trammell: True Blood series, White Rabbit 2013), a single dad and lawyer who is new to town, defending it against the construction of a train line which would run through the recently deemed haunted Twin Elms estate owned by Helen’s Grandmother Flora (Linda Lavin: Alice series, The Goodwife series). Without giving away detail, the gist of prank is extremely far-fetched from reality but certainly entertaining.

The film starts off with high school girls Nancy Drew (Sophia Lillis: It 2017, Sharp Objects mini-series) and her two bestie side kicks George Fayne (Zoe Renee: The Quad series, Jinn 2018) and Bess Marvin (Mackenzie Graham: The Purge TV series, Darlin’ 2019) plotting a strange unrealistic prank against a school bully who happens to be the boyfriend of Helen (Laura Slade Wiggins: Shamless series, Rings 2017) the classic blonde and popular “mean girl” of the story whose grandmother owns Twin Elms estate.

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Cast of nancy drew and the hidden staircase