Shailene Woodley reveals that she loved the 'human' side to The Descendants script.
She stars alongside George Clooney in the Alexander Payne directed movie - a film that is already being tipped for Oscar nominations next year.
The movie is also set to mark her breakthrough as she plays Clooney's rebellious daughter in the film.
Speaking to Collider the actress said: "I read the script before Alexander [Payne] or George [Clooney] were attached, and I fell in love with it because it was real and human, and it wasn’t artistically licensed, and it wasn’t glamorised or beautified.
So often, I read scripts and am like, 'This would never happen in real life. It’s not trying to be funny. It’s trying to be serious.'
"But, this movie was real and it was messy, and I really responded to that."
Woodley is perhaps best known for her role as Amy Juergens in TV series The Secret Life of the American Teenager.
The Descendants is released 27th January.
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