In 2004 Kristen Stewart played in Speak (independent film) roled as Melinda Sordino... Speak is a 2004 independent film based on the award-winning novel of the same name by Laurie Halse Anderson. It stars a then thirteen-year-old Kristen Stewart as Melinda Sordino, a high school freshman who becomes silent after being raped by an upperclassman. The film is told through Melinda's eyes and is wrought with her sardonic humor and blunt honesty.
Cast and Characters
* Kristen Stewart as Melinda Sordino
* Michael Angarano as David Petrakis
* Allison Siko as Heather
* Hallee Hirsh as Rachel Bruin
* Eric Lively as Andy Evans
* Steve Zahn as Mr. Freeman
* Elizabeth Perkins as Joyce Sordino
* D.B. Sweeney as Jack Sordino
* Robert John Burke as Mr. Neck
* Kimberly Kish as Ms. Keen
* Leslie Lyles as Hairwoman
