English Movie Review Anna And The Apocalypse - Cast & Crew

Ella Hunt is an English actress and singer, who is recognized for her lead role of Anna in John McPhail’s Scottish musical film “Anna and the Apocalypse” (2017). The movie narrates the story of Anna and her friends who struggle to survive during a zombie apocalypse that haunts them during Christmas. Ella was nominated for the best actress title at the 2018 British Scotland Academy Awards for her performance. She was born on 29th April 1998 in Exmoor, Devon, England. Her father, David Grob, is an art dealer and her mother, Louise Hunt, is a sculptor and former actress. She has two brothers, Arthur and William Grob. Acting and singing had attracted Ella since her childhood.

Marli Siu is a Scottish film and theatre actor and writer who is widely recognized for playing Lisa in John McPhail’s apocalyptic musical film “Anna and the Apocalypse” (2017). She was born in Forres, Scotland to a Scottish mother and a Hong Kong-born father. Since she grew up in rural Scotland, her exposure to the world of drama was limited. Therefore she attended the Edinburgh Napier University in Edinburgh, Scotland to gain the necessary experience. She graduated with a first class Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Acting and English Literature. As a result of her graduate placement, she won the Dundee Rep Scheme Award in 2015 and joined the Dundee Rep Theatre in Dundee, Scotland. She acted in numerous plays for the theatre, including “Much Ado about Nothing” in which she played the hero and was nominated for the prestigious Ian Charleson Award. Her first professional work as an actress was in the short film “Run” (2014) in which she portrayed Lily.

Sarah Swire is a Canadian actor, writer, musician and choreographer from Toronto. She is famous for her lead role in John McPhail’s Scottish musical comedy “Anna and the Apocalypse” (2017). Sarah portrays the character of Steph North, friend of Anna (played by Ella Hunt), who struggles to survive a zombie apocalypse that haunts her and her friends on Christmas. She graduated with expertise in acting, dancing and singing from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow.

Born in Glasgow, John McPhail is a Scottish movie director, screenwriter and editor. He graduated with expertise in cinematography from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. He worked as an assistant camera operator for the first few years of his career with his project being the space sci-fi film “Battlestar Galactica: By Your Command” (2008). He also shot the sixth season of BBC TV’s nine-season series “Waterloo Road” (2006) and Zam Salim’s film “Up There” (2012) before starting his own production house, Worrying Drake Productions, in 2013. The company’s first set of productions was a trilogy of short comedy films of ten to fifteen minutes, all directed and written by McPhail. The movies were produced by Andrew Lanni and starred Tyler Collins as the lead actor, both of whom were close acquaintances of McPhail from college.

Christopher Leveaux is an American actor who is known for playing the lead role of Chris Wise in the zombie apocalypse musical comedy “Anna and the Apocalypse” (2017). He started his career with theatre where he performed numerous plays, including “Peter and Alice”, “Punk Rock” and “The Green Bay Tree”. His debut in Hollywood was as James Delingpole in More4 TV’s documentary “When Boris Met Dave” (2009). He also worked in BBC TV’s miniseries “37 Days” (2014) and “The Crimson Field” (2014).

Ben Wiggins is a British actor known for his supporting role of Nick in the musical comedy “Anna and the Apocalypse” (2017). He made his debut as Michael in the horror thriller “Cam2Cam” (2014). His first lead act was in the short film “Stay Still” (2015) which narrates the story of a photographer (played by Elena Voce) who becomes obsessed with her subject, Leon (played by Wiggins) and stalks him all across the streets of London. Ben’s debut on television came with the 30th season of BBC’s long-running TV series “Casualty” (1986). He also appeared in supporting roles in “Doctors” (2000) and “Will” (2017).