How old was Lia McHugh when she played Sprite?

How old was Lia McHugh when she played Sprite?

In Eternals, directed by Nomadland Oscar winner Chloé Zhao, McHugh plays Sprite, one of the titular immortal aliens who have guided the human race for centuries. Despite looking like a teenager (McHugh was 13 when she got the role and turned 14 on set), Sprite is centuries-old like her fellow alien superheroes.

Did Lia McHugh graduated high school?

Eternals star Lia McHugh is not your average 16-year-old. For starters, she’s already graduated from high school and established herself as a rising star of the horror film genre, starring opposite Kerris Dorsey in Totem (2017) and Riley Keough and Richard Armitage in The Lodge (2019).

Is Sprite a male or female?

Sprite is a boy in the original comics, but here he’s one of many characters that has been gender-swapped for the movie. Does being a young girl rather than a young boy change what sort of character Sprite is, and how?

Is Sprite supposed to be non binary?

Sprite uses she/her pronouns but tends to present in a more masculine way and could easily be revealed to be non-binary or transmasculine. While Sprite is thousands of years old, she was created by the Celestials to have a child’s body and resents what she sees as a mistake.