After starring in several of the biggest movies of the last few years, like Anora and Until Dawn, Ella Rubin is ready to take her career to the next level. Not only can Rubin be seen leading the #1 show in the world on Prime Video, Sterling Point, she’s also attached to star in a new series based on the New York Times bestselling novel by Liz Moore, The God of the Woods. Moore also wrote Long Bright River, another popular New York Times bestseller. The God of the Woods follows the Van Laar family, who house dark secrets surrounding the mystery behind the disappearance of 13-year-old Barbara Van Laar’s disappearance from her family summer camp.
Ella Rubin recently sat down for an interview with Collider’s Perri Nemiroff for an episode of Ladies Night to chat about Sterling Point, and the duo got onto the topic of the new series, The God of the Woods. When asked if she had wrapped filming on the series yet, Rubin told Collider no, saying she has “one more week” to go before the end of production. Nemiroff also asked Rubin if there was anything about the project she thought would challenge her as an actor in new ways, to which she said, “Great way of putting it. That was kind of exactly it. It’s a very different character for me. I’ve never played anybody like this. It’s a different story. It’s kind of a ‘70s sort of atmospheric thriller.” Rubin continued, highlighting more specifics about her character, which read as follows:
“The character just struck me intensely. There’s a lot of darkness there within her. There’s an incredibly rich backstory. She’s not mean, but can be kind of acerbic, and I like that about her. It’s just really, really different. She’s very troubled, and there’s a lot going on, and there’s really no clear answer. I don’t think every choice she makes is one that everyone will be in support of, which is something I enjoyed, too, getting to play a young woman who’s making confusing choices, or making choices that are upsetting in some way, and she’s still deeply brilliant and looking out for her life in a way that maybe the audience won’t be able to understand.”
Collider Exclusive · Universe Personality Quiz Which Iconic Universe Do You Belong in the Most? Star Wars · Lord of the Rings · Harry Potter · Game of Thrones · Star Trek
Five legendary universes. Five completely different visions of what the world could be — or already was. One of them is the world your instincts, your values, and your particular way of existing were built for. Eight questions will tell you which one.
🚀Star Wars
💍Lord of the Rings
🧙Harry Potter
👑Game of Thrones
🖖Star Trek
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What gives your life its deepest sense of meaning? Every universe is built around a different answer to this question.
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Which kind of world do you most want to inhabit? The environment shapes who you become. Choose carefully.
03
How do you prefer your conflicts resolved? The shape of a world’s conflicts tells you everything about its soul.
04
Who do you want beside you when things get difficult? Your ideal companions reveal the world you were made for.
05
What is your relationship with power? How you seek, wield, or resist power is the map of who you are.
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How does your universe treat good and evil? A world’s moral architecture tells you more about it than any map.
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What role would you naturally fall into? Every universe has archetypes. Which one fits you without trying?
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What do you ultimately believe about the future? The answer to this is the clearest window into which universe already lives inside you.
Your Universe Has Been Chosen You Belong In…
Your answers point to the iconic universe your values, your instincts, and your particular way of seeing the world were built for. This is where you would find your people — and your purpose.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
You believe in the cause — in the idea that freedom is worth fighting for even when the odds are impossible and the empire is vast.
You are drawn to the moral clarity of a universe where hope itself is a form of resistance.
You’d find your people in the Rebellion — a ragtag coalition of true believers held together by conviction more than resources.
Star Wars is fundamentally a story about ordinary people choosing to matter in an extraordinary conflict — and that is exactly your kind of story.
The Force may or may not be with you. But the will to use it for something larger than yourself certainly is.
Middle-earth
Lord of the Rings
You understand, in the deepest part of yourself, that the journey matters as much as the destination — and that the world’s beauty is worth protecting even at great cost.
Middle-earth is a world of ancient wonder, deep friendship, and a darkness that only retreats when enough small acts of courage accumulate.
You would thrive here because you value the fellowship more than the glory — the road more than the arrival.
Tolkien’s universe rewards patience, loyalty, and the willingness to carry something heavy across a very long distance.
Those are not burdens to you. They are simply how you move through the world.
The Wizarding World
Harry Potter
You believe that love, loyalty, and doing what’s right are not naive sentiments — they are the most powerful forces in any world, magical or otherwise.
The Wizarding World is a place of wonder hidden in plain sight, where learning is transformative and the bonds you form at school follow you into every battle.
You would flourish here because you take both the magic and the friendships seriously — and you understand that one without the other is incomplete.
Harry Potter’s universe ultimately rewards those who choose to stand for something even when standing is terrifying.
That choice — made quietly, without guarantee — is something you understand completely.
Westeros · The Known World
Game of Thrones
You see the world clearly — its power structures, its hypocrisies, its brutal arithmetic — and you are not paralysed by that clarity. You use it.
Westeros is a world that rewards intelligence, adaptability, and the willingness to understand that every alliance is also a negotiation.
You would survive here — possibly thrive here — because you don’t confuse the world as it is with the world as you’d like it to be.
Game of Thrones is a story about what happens when the idealists and the realists collide. You are sharp enough to know which one lasts longer.
Winter always comes. You are already prepared.
The United Federation of Planets
Star Trek
You believe the future is worth building — that curiosity, cooperation, and the expansion of understanding are not just ideals but the most practical path forward for any civilisation.
Star Trek is a universe where the questions matter as much as the answers, and where encountering something utterly alien is cause for wonder rather than fear.
You would belong here because you are fundamentally optimistic about what intelligence and decency can achieve — while being honest about how hard that achievement is.
The Federation is the universe’s most ambitious thought experiment: what if we actually got better?
You don’t just hope that’s possible. You think it’s the only thing worth working toward.
‘The God of the Woods’ Features a Star-Studded Ensemble
Continuing, Rubin admitted that she “could go on and on about it. I’m just so in it right now,” she said. “I think you’ll like it. It’s cool. And Kerry Condon is going to be… I mean, everybody in this movie is amazing. Tracy Letts is in it. It’s crazy. Maya Hawke is incredible.” Fans will know Maya Hawke well from her role as Robin Buckley in Stranger Things, and Kerry Condon recently featured in both F1 with Brad Pitt and Star Wars: Skeleton Crew.
Rubin also confirmed the appearance of The Rings of Power veteran Benjamin Walker, “Yes, he’s amazing,” and even spoke about other stars like Nell Fisher, Autumn Molina, and Susannah Perkins: “Nell Fisher is so lovely. And Autumn Molina is playing my camper, Tracy, and she’s a star. And Susannah Perkins has become one of my close friends, who’s playing TJ and they are just like… I can’t.” She lastly highlighted the incredible work of showrunners Liz Hannah and Liz Moore, who have worked as producers and writers on other projects like Mindhunter and Long Bright River. Moore also wrote the novel that inspired the new Netflix series based on The God of the Woods: “I’m so deep in it, so I’m sorry I’m talking about it too much, but I’m just so excited for everyone to get to see their performances because it’s really special. And yeah, Liz Hannah and Liz Moore, our showrunners, just know what they’re doing. It’s awesome.”
Check out the first season of Sterling Point on Prime Video and stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of Season 2. Keep an eye out for Nemiroff’s full conversation with Rubin.
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