In this episode of VICE Talks Film, host Hannah Ewens meets Sasha Lane, first-time actor and breakout star of Andrea Arnold's new film, American Honey.Lane was partying on a beach in Florida over spring break when she was plucked from obscurity and cast as a lead in the movie, which explores American youth culture. Lane plays Star, a southern girl who leaves home to join a magazine-sales crew, before falling in love with wildcard Jake, played by Shia LaBeouf. Trekking across the States in a van, drinking, smoking weed, and scamming the rich, Star and the crew learn about themselves outside of the confines of the poverty and unhappiness they're running from.We caught up with the 21-year-old Texan, and she shared her unusual fairytale origin story, what it was like working instinctively with the Fishtank director, and how you can find light in the darkest places.