Jenna Ortega Has An Unsettling, Twisty Relationship With Her Teacher In Miller’s Girl Trailer

Summary

• The Miller’s Girl trailer introduces a twisted relationship between Jenna Ortega’s character and her teacher with heavy consequences.
• Tensions escalate as Martin Freeman’s character grows desperate and risks losing everything.
• The trailer hints at a choice that will seal both characters’ fates and explores themes of truth and credibility.

The newly released Miller’s Girl trailer offers a look at a twisted new Jenna Ortega character whose relationship with her teacher crosses the line. Ortega made her film debut as a child actor a decade ago, and has since played several memorable horror roles, establishing her as a modern-day scream queen. The actor’s critical acclaim and fan following have only grown since her turn as the titular character in the Netflix juggernaut Wednesday.

Lionsgate has now revealed the Miller’s Girl trailer, offering viewers a taste of what’s to come in the dark academia-minded film. See the trailer below:

Ortega’s casting in the upcoming Jade Halley Bartlett-directed film Miller’s Girl was announced in 2022. The young star will share the screen with Martin Freeman, who is set to play Ortega’s character’s teacher as the two strike up an unorthodox relationship with heavy consequences.

What To Expect From Miller’s Girl Based On The Trailer

Also written by Bartlett, the list of Miller’s Girl’s producers includes frequent collaborators Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, with the supporting cast including Gideon Adlon, Bashir Salahuddin, Dagmara Domińczyk, and Christine Adams. The film’s premise simply states that “A creative writing assignment yields complex results between a teacher and his talented student,” and the trailer brings this concise summary to life. It includes discussions of the fateful assignment submitted by Ortega’s character, which seems to imply that there is more to their relationship, and features many shots of Ortega’s pensive and impassive face as she assesses Freeman’s character, Jonathan Miller.

It is clear from the trailer that tensions will escalate as Miller grows frustrated with his complicated position. Based on the trailer, Miller has much more to lose than Ortega’s character through their unsettling relationship and the assignment submitted, with Freeman flexing his dramatic talents several times in the trailer as his character grows more desperate. By contrast, Ortega’s character is told “you could ruin his life,” which seems to be an increasingly heavy burden for her to bear.

The final clip in the trailer seems to indicate that some sort of official action will be taken, perhaps by the school, meaning that Ortega’s character will make a choice that seals Miller’s fate as well as her own, depending on how she proceeds. The trailer merely alludes to the nature of Miller’s relationship with his student, seeming to revolve around the idea of truth and credibility. To learn the true nature of the pair’s strange relationship and find out what darkness lurks below the surface of either character, viewers will have to wait for Miller’s Girl‘s release.

Miller’s Girl will debut in theaters January 26, 2024.

Source: Lionsgate