LOS ANGELES, March 19 (Reuters) - Sadie Sink felt

vulnerable when singing in the Searchlight film "O'Dessa," but

found joy in being part of a project that combined her love for

both music and acting.

"That was the first time I've done that since I was really

little," the "Stranger Things" actor told Reuters.

"Definitely like a challenge, but one that I was willing to

take," Sink added.

Sink began acting on Broadway as a child, including the lead

role as the title character in the musical "Annie."

However, the now 22-year-old, took a long break from

Broadway musical roles as her screen acting career took off,

including the breakout role of Maxine "Max" Mayfield in the

second season of the popular Netflix ( NFLX ) series "Stranger

Things."

"O'Dessa" is an American post-apocalyptic musical drama

written and directed by Geremy Jasper. It follows a farm girl

named O'Dessa, portrayed by Sink, who embarks on a journey to

recover a precious family heirloom and rescue her true love

named Euri Dervish, played by Kelvin Harrison Jr.

The movie also stars Murray Bartlett and Regina Hall as the

antagonists Plutonovich and Neon Dion.

The film, which premiered at the 2025 South by Southwest

Film and Television Festival on March 8, will begin streaming on

Hulu on Thursday.

For Jasper, "O'Dessa" combines his affinity for "Americana

folklore and European fairy tales and science fiction."

Being a musician who grew up in the 80's and early 90's

inspired the "Patti Cake$" director to collage "operatic" and

"psychedelic music" together, but it wasn't always easy to blend

so much into one musical movie.

"I was trying to figure out a story that could contain all

of those things, and so, that's what 'O'Dessa' became," he

added.