“Why not just give it a shot?” 

That was Sora Wong’s attitude when her mom came across a casting call on Facebook looking for a visually impaired girl to audition for an upcoming movie.

The Australian high school student, now 14, had only performed in one school play before deciding to put herself out there for Bring Her Back, a horror movie from directors Danny and Michael Phiippou, the twisted minds behind 2023’s Talk to Me.

“I had zero experience in acting,” she says regarding doing anything professional. “So when I got the news back that I managed to pull this role, I was really ecstatic and thrilled.”

Wong was born with coloboma and microphthalmia, leaving her with limited sight. According to the National Institute of Health, the former is a congenital condition where part of the eye tissue is missing, while the latter is an underdeveloped eye.

Her character in the film, Piper, is blind, a trait which attracted Wong to the role. “One of the main reasons why I was drawn and really determined to try and achieve this character was because I related to her in so many ways,” she says.

“And I thought it was really important and amazing that I got to portray someone who I could relate with,” adds Wong.

The territory was otherwise foreign to Wong, who lives with her parents and little sister Kira (who plays young Piper).

In the film, Piper and her older 17-year-old step brother Andy (Billy Barratt), are left orphaned when their father dies. The two are taken in by Laura (two-time Oscar nominee Sally Hawkins), a hippyish foster mom who is already caring for a mute bald boy (Joan Wren Phillips) at her remote home.

While Andy senses something is off with Laura, Piper is eager to settle in and become a family again. 

Without giving away any spoilers, Andy turns out to be right about Laura, who has a sinister plot in store. The ensuing action is gory and frightening — and even Wong got a little spooked by Hawkins.

“She's so sweet offscreen,” says Wong. “But definitely when we're getting into more intense scenes while you're in the moment, she can be sort of terrifying. And then after they call ‘cut,’ she goes back to being Sally and I'm like, Wow.’”

After the two wrapped one brutal scene, “she would hug me,” Wong says of Hawkins. “It was really nice.”

Since filming wrapped, Wong has resumed her life as a regular student, hanging with friends and getting lost in a good book (“I like romance or mystery,” she says).

She says this time in her life, as she promotes the film, is “sort of surreal.”

“I've done a premiere and done interviews and everything and I really… I didn't know what to expect and now I'm here,” adds Wong, who’s optimistic that more offers will come her way.

“I really hope to continue acting,” she says. “And if anything pops up, I will be gladly trying to take it.”

Bring Her Back is now in theaters nationwide.