3/26/2023 0 Comments Milo gibson![]() ![]() “Dave tries to be there for his wife and in doing so, is blind to what he's really doing. “Somebody told us the other day that what happens in it and certain things that happened was exactly what happen ” Milo Gibson added. So it was nice to get that feedback after all that.” ![]() “It's nice to hear that people who have watched the film, there's been several people who were like, that was my childhood I got to see it because it was through Riley's, the child's experience.and I feel a little bit better watching that, my inner child feels acknowledged. “It's a very vulnerable condition we explored and that's why we were all a little bit careful with that.” “We were all worried about that, about that portrayal and doing it justice, because mental illness affects many people, and it needs lots of support and understanding around it,” Mahendru said. When working to authentically play Alice, as a woman struggling with mental illness, Annet Mahendru spoke to several people but also tapped into her personal experience with postpartum. (Photo by Michael Tullberg/Getty Images) 'It needs lots of support and understanding' “If you move to the top of a mountain, if you go move to a different country, your problems follow you, wherever you go, eventually they'll catch up to you if you don't take care of them at the right time,” Gibson said.ĬOSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 15: (L-R) Actors Annet Mahendru, Lexy Kolker, Madison Harper Friedman and Milo Gibson attend the premiere of "Manifest West" at the Newport Beach Film Festival at Triangle 5 on Octoin Costa Mesa, California. The Hayes family may have moved from the city, but the chaos and trauma that shadowed their previous life follows them to this new place. "Louie and I, funny enough, after the film, have explored that for ourselves.” “I wanted to explore for myself, as well, maybe giving up on this cookie cutter existence and trying to live off nature, and seeing enough of this consumerism," Mahendru said about what attracted her to the role of Alice. It’s revealed that Alice has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and Dave’s hope is that this new way of life will be better for her. Riley’s parents, Dave (Gibson) and Alice (Mahendru), along with her younger sister Mary (Madison Friedman), move to a cabin in the woods after Alice loses her job as a teacher. They weren’t perfect but they were a family.” ![]() ![]() “It was a big sister and a little sister, and it was a mom and a dad. “The family came from a big city but then they ran out of money and they had to leave.” “Once there was a family of pioneers who were looking for a better life,” Riley says in the voiceover at the beginning of the film. Manifest West is told from the perspective of Riley Hayes (Lexy Kolker) who, as a young girl, sees her family unit spiral to an uncontrollable level. “It was a character that I have yet to step into the shoes of and that's what kind of drew me to it,” Milo Gibson told Yahoo Canada. It’s a family affair in the thriller movie Manifest West, co-written and directed by Mel Gibson’s son Louie Gibson, starring his brother Milo and wife Annet Mahendru, in a gripping tale about a family living off the grid. ![]()
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