Coronation Street actor Junade Khan has celebrated his daughter’s red carpet debut as she stars in an upcoming movie featuring Jacob Elordi and Margaret Qualley. The daughter of Khan, who plays Idris Nazir on Corrie, and singer and presenter Gem, Alara-Star Khan is part of the cast of post-apocalyptic sci-fi film The Dog Stars, which has just had its London premiere.
An adaptation of the 2012 novel of the same name by Peter Heller, the film from director Ridley Scott and screenwriter Mark L Smith is set after a flu pandemic has wiped most of humanity. A former civilian pilot Hig (Elordi) and his dog, tough ex-Marine Bangley (Josh Brolin), and others navigate a ravaged world, still clinging onto hope that there might be a better life awaiting them.
Alara-Star Khan plays Matilda in the movie, which also stars Guy Pearce, Allison Janney, and Benedict Wong. As the young actor walked the grey carpet on the big night, her parents escorted her, later relaying her star moment on Instagram.
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“Still pinching ourselves that our Alara-Star got to walk the red (well grey) carpet at the world premiere of The Dog Stars!” they wrote in the caption of Alara-Star’s parent-run account.
“Such a special moment for her, and for us to experience as proud parents alongside her. We are so incredibly proud of her and so grateful to everyone who has supported her, believed in her and worked so hard behind the scenes to help her get her to experience a moment like this,” the post also reads.
A foll0w-up post includes snaps of Alara-Star posing with her parents and Wong, as well as a clip of the child star chatting to Elordi.
“What a great evening at the Dog Stars Film premiere, @wongrel ,Jacob and Ridley Scott were amazing to our daughter @alara_star who had the best time in Italy filming, so proud of her and the movie was great too x,” Junade wrote in the caption.
Scott’s latest film comes two years after the release of Gladiator II and is set to hit cinemas later this month.
The Dog Stars will be out in cinemas on 28 August.
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