Emma Nelson on Nabbing her First Film Role Opposite Cate Blanchett in Where’d You Go, Bernadette?

It takes a special kind of confidence and poise to star opposite Cate Blanchett in your very first film. But that’s what teenager Emma Nelson does in the comedy Where’d You Go, Bernadette? Nelson goes toe to toe with the two- time Oscar winner in the plum role of Bernadette’s feisty 15-year-old daughter, Bee.

“It was intimidating for sure,” says Nelson over the phone during a recent press junket for the film which opens August 16.