
ETonline Exclusive: Meet Cailee Spaeny, the Ass-Kicking Breakout Star of ‘Pacific Rim Uprising’
“You know when your throat gets a little lumpy and you feel like you’re about to start crying? That was me, because I was freaking out,” Cailee Spaeny recalled to ET about one of her first days on the set of Pacific Rim Uprising, in which she plays Amara Namani, a Jaeger pilot, in the sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s sci-fi epic about Earth’s ongoing war with the Kaiju. Imagine showing up for work on your first big Hollywood role. It’s in a big-budget action sequel, and you’re