There was a lot of buzz at this year’s Sundance festival over a previously unknown, younger Olsen sister named Elizabeth, 21, who starred in two films. According to the National Enquirer, this is causing some rivalry with her older more famous twin sisters, Mary-Kate and Ashley, 24, who never really made it in films after they did that New York Minute movie in 2004. Mary Kate has had some roles, most notably in The Wackness in 2008 with Ben Kingsley, but her film career never really took off like her sisters is about to.
The twins are boiling with jealousy over their younger sister’s astounding success at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
Elizabeth Olsen, 21, had crowds abuzz with her starring roles in two films – “Silent House” and the highly praised drama “Martha Marcy May Marlene.”
But rather than being thrilled for her newfound stardom, Mary-Kate and Ashley, both 24, are “filled with envy and regret over their failing to make the transition to big feature films,” an insider told The Enquirer. While the twins have earned a fortune with a media empire and as achild stars in their high-grossing family movies, they’ve never been able to break through to become successful in serious films, as their less-famous sister has now done.
“Mary-Kate and Ashley expected to fall into more mature project as they got older, but sadly that hasn’t materialized…”
Meanwhile, Elizabeth already has another big-time project in the works – teaming up with heavy hitters Robert De Niro and Sigourney Weaver for the thriller “Red Lights.”
Added the insider: “Mary-Kate and Ashley love Elizabeth. But they hate being eclipsed by her.”
[From The National Enquirer, print edition, February 21, 2011]
The article barely mentions the Olsen Twins’ fashion business, but they’re really raking it in with their high end line, The Row. Kaiser reminded me that “They are legit fashion designers, completely accepted within the fashion community” and that they’re strict about their manufacturing and make sure that everything is made in America. I never got the impression that they were hankering for movie careers, but Mary-Kate has certainly been acting in the occasional film and TV show. It’s not like they need the money, but I could see them resenting how their little sister is suddenly making it big when they saw their film careers fizzle out.
Elizabeth Olsen is shown in the header in an image from “Silent House” and in an image from “Martha Marcy May Marlene” below. She is also shown on 1/22/11. The Olsen twins, Mary-Kate and Ashley are shown on 11/1/10. Credit: WENN.com
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