Not too long ago, the 14-year-old was \u201cfangirling\u201d over her favorite actresses; now she\u2019s chilling at Oprah\u2019s house and tweeting with Zendaya.<\/p>\n
Storm Reid,<\/strong>\u00a0the 14-year-old kid starring in the $100 million Disney movie\u00a0A Wrinkle in Time,<\/em>\u00a0has watched her life snap into a surreal dimension. She\u2019s spent the last year, give or take, pretending to tesser across the universe, whisked from one green screen to the next and from sets in California to the bounteous plains of New Zealand. But the most unbelievable part of the gig might actually be her behind-the-scenes experience\u2014like the time her director, Oscar nominee\u00a0Ava DuVernay<\/strong>, popped in during rehearsal to show her to a door. Behind that door was\u00a0Oprah<\/a>\u00a0Winfrey<\/strong>\u2014who paused her glam squad for the sake of the young actress, then did what everyone wants Oprah to do for them\u2014she sang out her name (\u201cStoooorm!<\/em>\u201d), and told the young actress she was proud of her.<\/p>\n \u201cI was freaking out inside,\u201d Reid recalls. \u201cI was like, \u2018Oh my God, Miss Oprah knows my name!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Everyone is \u201cMiss\u201d to Reid. She\u2019s a California transplant by way of the South, raised on a healthy diet of \u201cma\u2019ams\u201d and \u201csirs.\u201d Her co-stars are\u00a0Miss<\/em>\u00a0Oprah,\u00a0Miss<\/em>\u00a0Reese Witherspoon,<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Miss<\/em>\u00a0Mindy Kaling<\/strong>\u00a0(who play the mystical Mrs. Which, Mrs. Whatsit, and Mrs. Who, respectively). Miss Oprah \u201cloves it,\u201d Reid notes. Sure, she was a little starstruck when she started working with them, but eventually they became a little film family. \u201cThey are just regular people and they act like that,\u201d Reid says. \u201cThey have love and passion for what they\u2019re doing, but their fame doesn\u2019t get in the way.\u201d<\/p>\n