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There’s a lot to be said about the person you were in high school. Often, the popular kids peak, the studious. “I had two kinds of adolescence: one normal high school experience and the other on set.” While her classmates prepared for exams, Rice was busy finding her feet in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, where she was taken under the wing of Hollywood cool kids Zendaya and Tom Holland. “Shooting was otherworldly,” she says. “I was the youngest, which was fun, because I was looking up to [Zendaya and Tom] and thinking, ‘Wow these kids are so cool.’” Since then, Rice has graduated to seasoned pro, starring in a slew of films alongside Rebel Wilson, Kate Winslet and Kirsten Dunst. Her latest role, in finds Rice back in high school as a senior with her sights set on Harvard, an experience the star relates to. “I was a very driven student. I wanted to do well and I put a lot of pressure on myself,” says the Melbourne resident. Always the dedicated student, Rice’s research for her latest role included familiarising herself with the school-film classics: and . As for her next chapter? “Hopefully a period drama. I love immersing myself in old letters and reading diary entries.”
