jill johnson played the mother in a monster calls.
jill johnson played the mother in a monster calls.
who plays the mother in a monster calls?
jill johnson
macdougall made his film debut in 2015 as nibs in "pan", directed by joe wright, after attending an open audition in morningside. in 2016, he starred in "a monster calls", opposite felicity jones and liam neeson, and released on 23 december. in the film, a dark fantasy drama, he plays a boy whose mother is dying of a terminal illness, and who begins communicating with a tree monster seemingly living outside his house. on 6 october 2016, macdougall attended the gala screening for "a monster calls", at the bfi london film festival, where he was interviewed about his role. on 12 december, he appeared on bbc's "the one show", alongside co-star liam neeson, where he also talked about the film.
lewis macdougall
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a monster calls is a low fantasy novel written for children and adults by patrick ness, from an original idea by siobhan dowd, illustrated by jim kay and published by walker in 2011. set in present-day england, it features a boy who struggles to cope with the consequences about his mother's illness. he is repeatedly visited in the middle of the night by a monster who tells stories. dowd was terminally ill with cancer herself when she started the story and died before she could write it.
a monster calls