"It was a massive career achievement for me," she says of bringing to life Frey Holland, the central figure of Forspoken who has her own Alice in Wonderland journey (a story that's referenced in the game) from New York City to the fantastical land of Athia. It's fair to say she's played a lot, so when she had the opportunity to act in a game, she wasn't going to say no. ("I love to hate that game, but I also hate to love it," Balinska says of the latter.) The game that she'd play to win a bet would be Super Smash Bros. She also enjoys therapeutic indie releases, like Dyson Sphere Program and Baba Is You. Lately, Balinska plays Call of Duty to stay connected with her friends remotely. Square Enix (2) 'Resident Evil' and 'Charlie's Angels' star Ella Balinska now headlines the 'Forspoken' video game. 'Resident Evil' and 'Charlie's Angels' star Ella Balinska now headlines the 'Forspoken' video game. So I would say, yeah, it's part of the process." So video games, it's like, physically I'm not really doing anything, but at least my brain's still active a little bit as I wind down, and eventually it calms me. "It's hard to just be there in that heightened state and then immediately shut off. For some reason I'm just very much drawn to those characters of recent," Balinska explains. "The projects that I've done thus far very action-adventure, intense, protagonist-oriented. She tells EW this while in Utah for the Sundance Film Festival, a day before the video game that she now stars in, Forspoken, comes out. She finds games help her decompress while on the job. The 26-year-old Londoner isn't just a gamer. Before, I was carrying my PlayStation 4 in my hand luggage and you can only imagine the nightmare that it was going through security." Changer," Balinska says, "especially for me. A friend of Ella Balinska, the star of Charlie's Angels and Resident Evil, gave her the ultimate Christmas gift: a tricked out suitcase for her PlayStation with a screen inside so she can play on the go.
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