HollywoodLife spoke EXCLUSIVELY with Mckenna Grace about her edgy new single 'You Ruined Nirvana,' bringing again Esther for 'Handmaid's Story' season 5, and extra.
Mckenna Grace is simply 15 years outdated, and she or he has already showcased a variety of her magnificent skills. In simply the previous yr, she’s scored an Emmy nomination for her position in The Handmaid’s Story, starred in Ghostbusters: Afterlife, and most lately launched her latest single, “You Ruined Nirvana.”
The triple-threat leans into the teenage angst in her newest single and offers a nod to pop-rock icons of yore like Inexperienced Day and, after all, Nirvana. “I form of simply wished to do one thing enjoyable that form of reminisced on the early 2000s, ’90s enjoyable punk rock and speak about that feeling every time you'll be able to’t actually hearken to your favourite songs anymore with out considering of a sure state of affairs,” Mckenna instructed HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY about “You Ruined Nirvana.”
She additionally filmed a music video for “You Ruined Nirvana,” which is obtainable now. “Taking pictures the music video was so cool as a result of I wrote it myself and I co-directed it [with Gus Black]. I acquired to have my good friend Shay [Rudolph] in it which was actually cool. I acquired to have a band. I’ve by no means achieved a music video with different individuals earlier than,” Mckenna admitted.
The actress launch her debut single “Haunted Home” in November 2021, so may an album be on the horizon? “I’m planning out my subsequent single releases. I've a few them deliberate out. I've so many songs to share, however I'm attempting to get to work on an EP,” Mckenna revealed. “I've sufficient songs for greater than an album, however I'm attempting to gradual myself a little bit bit. I’d like to launch an EP perhaps later this yr.”
Mckenna has been appearing since she was 6 years outdated however has at all times identified she’s wished “to do some type of music, however I by no means knew simply how a lot I wished to do it. I actually began considering for a little bit bit… I used to be like, what if music is simply what I wish to do? After which I acquired again onto an appearing set and was like, by no means thoughts, that is my ardour. I like it nearly as a lot as appearing.”
Mckenna is at the moment filming season 5 of The Handmaid’s Story. Her darkish flip because the tough-as-nails and indignant teenage spouse Esther Keyes earned Mckenna her first Emmy nomination for Excellent Visitor Actress in a Drama Collection. The final time followers noticed the character, she was compelled into being a handmaid and beneath the attention of Aunt Lydia.
“Esther’s at all times going to be Esther,” Mckenna instructed HollywoodLife about what to anticipate in season 5. “I feel that it’s actually cool now that it’s simply form of Esther and Janine again there. I feel that Esther is a little bit insurgent in herself and at all times might be, however there’s lots that goes on this season.”
Mckenna finds it “actually attention-grabbing” how a lot of a “battle” Esther places up regardless of having been raised on this dystopian world. “She nonetheless is aware of that it’s improper and that she’s an individual and must be handled with the identical respect as an individual and never simply as how they deal with wives and handmaids. I feel that it’s actually particular that we have now her as somebody who has grown up on this world however nonetheless desires to get out of it,” Mckenna mentioned.
On prime of The Handmaid’s Story, Mckenna can even reprise the fan-favorite position of Emma within the TV film The Unhealthy Seed Returns, which premieres Might 30 on Lifetime. “It’s cool to see Emma attempt to navigate a social setting and being a youngster now. She’s again with Aunt Angela from the primary movie, which is de facto cool. Hopefully, nothing dangerous occurs,” Mckenna mentioned with amusing.
Mckenna starred alongside Finn Wolfhard, Paul Rudd, and extra within the Ghostbusters revival, Ghostbusters: Afterlife. A sequel is already within the works, and the actress hopes to get the chance to play Phoebe once more.
“I like her and I at all times wish to do Mr. Jason [Reitman] proper by taking part in her. Mr. Ivan [Reitman], the creator of Ghostbusters, handed away just a few months in the past, and that took successful. It was actually unhappy. And only in the near past, Logan [Kim], who performs Podcast, got here into city as a result of we went to his memorial service. It was very nice to get to see Mr. Jason once more and Logan and everyone. It was not one of the best circumstances, however I’m actually hoping that we get to return again for the sequel.”