Turtles All The Way Down
Summary
Directed by Hannah Marks ( Dirk Gently ’s Holistic Detective Agency),Turtles All the Way Downadapts John Green ’s bestselling 2017 untested grownup novel of the same name . Like Green ’s other works , which let in Holy Scripture - turned - movies likeThe Fault in Our Stars , Turtles All the Way Downis a romantic drama . Both the movie and novel centre onAza Holmes , a 16 - class - old character who is still learning to live with obsessional - compulsive disorder(OCD ) . In particular , Aza find it difficult to navigate her obsessive thinking — inescapable thought spiral that are often triggered by thought of micro-organism or seed .
… [ Aza and Davis ] are instantly depict back into each other ’s orbit .
One Clarence Shepard Day Jr. , Aza and her best friend , theStar warfare - have a go at it fanfiction writer Daisy , learn that billionaire Russell Pickett has disappeared . It just so fall out thatAza meet Russell ’s son , Davis , at a grief coterie for kids . Although they have n’t seen each other in years , the two are forthwith drawn back into each other ’s orbit . incessantly apprehensive about the looming threat of infection , and still plagued by the release of her beginner , Aza has trouble prosecute romance — until a TED lecture verbalizer she loves clues her in to the titular " turtle all the way down " metaphor .
Turtles All the Way DownCharacter
Actor
Aza Holmes
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Isabela Merced
Daisy Ramirez
Cree
Davis Pickett
Felix Mallard
Gina Holmes
Judy Reyes
Mychal Turner
Maliq Johnson
Professor Abbott
J. Smith - Cameron
Dr. Singh
Poorna Jagannathan
Holly
Hannah Marks
Isabela Merced As Aza Holmes
Date Of Birth: July 10, 2001
Actor : Isabela Merced , who was previously credited in early roles as Isabela Moner , tally it self-aggrandising when playing the titular eccentric in 2019’sDora and the Lost City of Gold . Before then , she appear inTransformers : The Last Knight , Instant Family , andSicario : Clarence Day of the Soldado . The thespian has also appear inLet It Snow , Rosaline , the remaking ofFather of the Bride , Migration , Maya and the Three , andMadame Web . to boot , Turtles ' Merced will star in 2025’sSupermanas well asAlien : Romulusand season 2 of HBO’sThe Last of Us .
Notable Movies & TV show
yr
Instant Family
2018
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
2019
have It play false
Rosaline
2022
Alien : Romulus
2024
persona : DirectorHannah Marks ' adaptation of John Green’sTurtleswouldn’t operate as well as it does without Merced ’s compelling cardinal functioning . Feeling at war with her own brain — and her intend spirals — Aza has a very particular manner of go about the macrocosm . Aza does n’t delight anything new or unknown , and she is often mull on all the potential germs and infections that could cause her harm . Bolstered by her female parent and her friends , Aza is able to navigate her OCD , though it becomes increasingly difficult as she hear to pursue her long - metre crush .
Cree As Daisy Ramirez
Date Of Birth: May 9, 2002
Actor : After getting her start on the Nickelodeon comedy television seriesGame Shakers , Cree landed roles inMr . Iglesias , The Sleepover , and evenAnd Just Like That … , the subsequence to HBO’sSex and the City .
Game mover and shaker
2015–2019
Mr. Iglesias
2019–2020
And Just Like That …
2021 – present
heavy Sky
Character : A substantial excited backbone in thecoming - of - age movieTurtles All the Way Down , Cicchino ’s Daisy has a somewhat fraught relationship with Aza . On the airfoil , Daisy is a supportive honorable friend who realise Aza ’s coercion , compulsion , and various symptom . However , she also feels matter down by life . Eager to reap the $ 100,000 payoff that comes with finding Davis ' father , Daisy advance Aza to come along for the ride — and , afterward , pursue a Romance language with Davis . Warm , boisterous , and fabulously shady , Cicchino ’s fictitious character is the heart of the plastic film .
Felix Mallard As Davis Pickett
Date Of Birth: April 20, 1998
Actor : Like many Australian actors , Felix Mallard beat his start on the Aussie Georgia home boy operaNeighbours . In the States , he ’s easily know for recur roles in the Netflix showsLocke & KeyandGinny & Georgia . He has also appeared inZoey ’s Extraordinary Playlist , Happy Together , andAll the Bright Places .
neighbour
2014–2019
All the Bright Places
2020
Locke & Key
2020–2021
Ginny & Georgia
Character: The charming Davis Pickett is the boy of a lacking billionaire who intends to forget his fate to a inquiry project . Feeling like he ca n’t stand apart from his founding father ’s name or legacy , Davis pours his impression into a web log and , later on , makes wholesale romantic gesture in an crusade to help Aza pursue her collegiate dreaming .
Judy Reyes As Gina Holmes
Date Of Birth: November 5, 1967
Actor : Actor , writer , and manufacturer Judy Reyes is most well known for herScrubscharacter , Carla Espinosa , though she has made waves more recently in the comedy - play showDevious Maids . The accomplished tv set star has also had noteworthy roles in films , includingSmileandBirth / Rebirth .
Scrubs
2001–2009
Devious Maids
2013–2016
Smile
Birth / Rebirth
2023
Character: Aza ’s mother , Gina Holmes , is still impacted by the personnel casualty of her husband and Aza ’s father . After that agonising and sudden loss , Gina sent a vernal Aza to brokenheartedness summer camp , which is where she met Davis . A teacher at Aza ’s school day , Gina desire to be involved and protective , which sometimes have under Aza ’s skin .
Maliq Johnson As Mychal Turner
Date Of Birth: June 22, 2000
Actor : Best hump for starring in the Netflix showsGrand ArmyandWhen They See Us , Maliq Johnson has also appeared in feature moving-picture show likeLittle Boxes , Little Men , andKnucklehead .
piddling Men
2016
powerfulness
When They See Us
Grand Army
Character: One of Aza ’s effective friends , Mychal is an inventive artist and an flakey personality . As the movie stretch , he reveals that he has a long - fourth dimension crush on Daisy , though is hesitant to roleplay on it for veneration of upending the triplet ’s friendship .
J. Smith-Cameron As Professor Abbott
Date Of Birth: September 7, 1957
worker : After making her Broadway entry in the 1982 playCrimes of the Heart , the Tony Award - gain J. Smith - Cameron went on to make a name for herself in the world of theatre . In improver to moving-picture show roles likeNancy , the actor has appeared in several fully grown - name TV shows , includingTrue Blood , Search Party , andSuccession — the latter of which earned her two Emmy Award nomination .
True pedigree
2010–2011
refine
Nancy
Succession
2018–2023
Character: A professor be in Chicago , Abbott is someone Aza admires from afar . Professor Abbott ’s TED talking centers on philosophic ideas , and it ’s these whimsey that avail Aza understand and pilot the symptom and thought patterns of her OCD .
Poorna Jagannathan As Dr. Singh
Date Of Birth: December 22, 1972
Actor : Best know for her oeuvre in the drama miniseriesThe Night Ofand Netflix ’s teenager comedyNever Have I Ever , Poorna Jagannathan is a producer and player who is able to move between writing style with ease . In accession to her on-going work in photographic film , Jagannathan has had recur role on several telecasting shows , includingBig Little Lies , Better Call Saul , andRamy .
The Night Of
Big Little Lies
The Wilds
Never Have I Ever
2020–2023
Character:Dr . Singh is Aza ’s encouraging therapistwho craw up throughout the film to assist track Aza ’s human relationship to her OCD . exigent that Aza should take her medicinal drug regularly , Dr. Singh fill up a similar role to Aza ’s mother .
Hannah Marks As Holly
Date Of Birth: April 13, 1993
Actor : After appearing in the 2006 lineament film Accepted , actor - turned - director Hannah Marks pop off on to guest star topology on a variety of TV show , includingWeedsandUgly Betty . dub one of the creative person under 25 who ’s apt to change the world byRolling Stone , Marks finally starred inDirk Gently ’s Holistic Detective Agencyand go on to write and unmediated picture , includingDon’t Make Me Go .
Dirk Gently ’s Holistic Detective Agency
2016–2017
Mark , Mary & Some Other mass
2021
Do n’t Make Me Go
Character : Although Hannah Marks directsTurtles All the direction Down , she also has a small part as a case named Holly .
turtle All the Way Downpremieres on Max on May 2 , 2024 .
It ’s not easy being Aza , but she ’s trying … trying to be a in effect girl , a good friend , and a near student , all while navigating an endless outpouring of invasive , obsessive thoughts that she can not control . When she reconnects with Davis , her puerility crush , Aza is confronted with fundamental questions about her potential difference for love , happiness , friendly relationship , and Leslie Townes Hope .
