From writer/director Ben Cookson and adapted from the novel by Michael Morpurgo (War Horse), the dramatic war thriller Waiting for Anya follows 13-year-old shepherd boy Jo Lalande (Noah Schnapp) during World War II. When Jo discovers that a reclusive widow (Anjelica Huston) is helping hide Jewish children from the Nazis before they can be smuggled into Spain, he makes it his own life mission, knowing that the penalty for discovery would be death. During this 1-on-1 phone interview with Collider, French actor Jean Reno talked about what drew him to this story, why he likes …
We interview Waiting for Anya star Noah Schnapp about how the experience differed from Stranger Things and the film's sensitive subject matter.