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Vogue
02-07-2025
- General
- Vogue
Is Anything More Complicated Than Sisterhood? Esther Freud, Sister of Bella, Reflects on a Lifelong Bond
'I don't know how to… hate… you…' As children, my sister Bella and I had our own anthem. It was a bastardized version of a song from Jesus Christ Superstar, the words of which we'd reformed to suit our needs. We'd narrow our eyes, lower our voices, advance until we collided, teeth bared and nails out, laughing as we rolled across the floor. Bella was two years old when I was born. Our mother—single, barely out of her teens—arrived home to her third-floor flat on Camden Road and set me down on the bed. She didn't immediately respond when my crying drifted through to the kitchen, but when the noise escalated to an ear-piercing scream she rushed to my side. Bella was beaming. 'I told the baby to be quiet,' she said. She'd caught my cheek with her nail. Beads of blood were blooming. Mum turned on her. Her first daughter had transformed into a threat; her second, tiny in comparison, defenseless, had become the one she must protect. And so the dynamics of our relationships were set. I've always been interested in birth order. How the roles are laid out from the start. The expectation that the elder sibling will be responsible and high-achieving, while the next child will placidly follow in their wake. I admire those who rebel, those with the courage to leap over the boundaries. I'm aware myself how carefully the younger sister needs to tread, how mindful she must be not to threaten the equilibrium, not to blossom too early or too obviously, if she wants to keep her sibling as a friend. Recently I met a woman whose daughters were openly and miserably competitive. Both clever, the younger had the effrontery to be popular and sporty, too. By their mid-teens the elder had sunk into despair. In their 20s they embarked on couples counseling together. It only took a few sessions, and newly united, they turned around and blamed their mother. The woman laughed as she told me this. She was just glad, she said, to see them getting on. I read that Tina Knowles took her girls to therapy when Beyoncé's success began affecting the confidence of her younger daughter, Solange. It helped, apparently, but would it have worked so well if the global superstar had been the youngest member of the family? Would Solange have been able to operate in a shadow cast from below?
Yahoo
21-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Aya Cash, Ella Rubin Get Forced Into Family Time in the Trailer for Dramedy ‘Adult Children' (Exclusive)
Aya Cash, Betsy Brandt and Ella Rubin navigate complicated sibling dynamics in the trailer for the dramedy feature Adult Children. Rich Newey directed the indie film that premieres at the Bentonville Film Festival on June 19 and is currently seeking distribution. Thomas Sadoski and Mimi Rogers also star in the movie hailing from 521 Films. More from The Hollywood Reporter 'Superman' Final Trailer Shows David Corenswet "Doing Important Stuff" Ariel Winter's Friends Start to Vanish in Trailer for Thriller 'Don't Log Off' (Exclusive) Gavin Newsom Found: 'The 33' Casts Actor as Politician in Film About Homeless Crisis (Exclusive) Adult Children centers on Morgan (Rubin), a 17-year-old who is working on her college applications when she suddenly finds herself spending an extended amount of time with her much older half-siblings. The group is awkwardly brought together after a crisis involving wayward brother Josh (Sadoski). 'When I was little, I was extremely jealous of my older siblings,' Rubin says in voiceover during the trailer. 'If they spent their childhoods reacting instead of dreaming, all I could do was dream of something to react to. That something showed up this summer.' Later, Rogers quips, 'Apparently, this is a popular season for falling off the wagon.' Newey (Killing Eleanor) helmed the film from a script by Annika Marks. Newey, Marks, Sadoski and Angie Gaffney serve as producers. Following its debut at Bentonville this month, Adult Children is set to screen at Galway Film Fleadh on July 11. Cash is known for her roles in the series You're the Worst, Fosse/Verdon and The Boys and for appearing in such features as Game Over, Man! Brandt's television credits include Breaking Bad and Saint X. Rubin has had roles in the recent features The Idea of You, Anora, Until Dawn and Fear Street: Prom Queen. Best of The Hollywood Reporter 13 of Tom Cruise's Most Jaw-Dropping Stunts Hollywood Stars Who Are One Award Away From an EGOT 'The Goonies' Cast, Then and Now
