‘Divergent’ alum Rosa Salazar cast in ‘Maze Runner’ sequel 

‘Divergent’ alum Rosa Salazar cast in ‘Maze Runner’ sequel

Actress Rosa Salazar has been cast as Brenda in

The Hollywood Reporter revealed today that the young actress will be joining the

Within the books Brenda is seen as a strong independent character that Thomas relies heavily on once outside of the maze. She’s more familiar with the outside world and lends quite a bit to the overall plot of the story. Absolutely a key character in the

This isn’t Salazar’s first experience within the young adult adaptation genre. She was also recently cast as Lynn in the

And for fun you can check out Salazar participating in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge bellow:

This isn’t the only casting news we’ve received recently for

. Last week we learned that Aidan Gillen has been hired to play Assistant Director Janson, better known in the books as Rat-Man.

film as they are made, especially for key characters such as Aris and Jorge. As soon as those details are released, we’ll have them for you here at Hypable.

What do you think of Rosa Salazar being cast as Brenda?

She must be strong actress if she will be acting beside Kaya

She’s practically exactly what I imagined. I’m already in love with this casting choice. Now we have to wait for Jorge to be cast.

I didn’t think they would choose someone Hispanic for Brenda, also.

well, it is implied that she is Latina in the book (from Canada) and Rosa is a Latina..from Canada…lol so this is perfect

Never seen her in anything before, but her picture is pretty close to how I envisioned her when reading the book. So look forward to seeing her in the role.

d’awww she tagged Erika Christensen! i loved Rosa Salazar on Parenthood and not so secretly wish they’d bring her back on the last season just as a character check up to say hey, I got my sh*t together! the character not the actress LOL

In all the pics I saw of her, she has that sweet face and Brenda is more fierce. I won’t judge for old photos, so I will wait till the first promo pics. In general, I like her. Waiting for Jorge.

Shes actually exactly what i pictured. As long as she can act as fierce and strong as Brenda in the books shes perfect

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