Rebel Moon Star Sofia Boutella Found A Personal Connection With Her Character – /Film

Before the SAG-AFTRA and WGA writers’ strikes began, /Film was able to attend a set visit for “Rebel Moon,” where Algerian actress Boutella spoke about her connection to Kora and her ability to relate to a character who perhaps feels displaced. “I think there was a lot of stuff that I could relate to, for myself,” she explained. She continues:

“I was born in Algeria and I never — Kora is found on another planet that’s not her home, she was abducted. I was not abducted, but my roots are not necessarily where I live and not where I grew up and not where I was born, and I can relate to that.”

In 2017, Boutella told GQ that she moved to France after the Algerian Civil War began when she was 9 years old. “You would have a bomb exploding every once in a while,” she shared, recalling that she and her family could only collect water for a few hours every week and were subject to food shortages. While we don’t know the full extent of Kora’s backstory and the circumstances surrounding her abduction yet, the political situation in “Rebel Moon” seems to be quite authoritarian, so it’s likely her life has been touched by war or oppression.