OCTAVIA SPENCER
The Shape of Water actor sets her sights on producing and transcending historical roles
THERE ARE AT LEAST FOUR FEATS OF MOVIE MAGIC IN director Guillermo del Toro’s new film The Shape of Water. First, there’s the fact that the lead speaks no lines: Sally Hawkins plays Elisa, a mute woman who works as a cleaning lady at a Cold War–era government laboratory. Second, there’s the monstrous yet alluring sea creature the scientists have captured from the waters of South America, rendered as a towering, scaly brute with human sensitivity. Third, there’s the sexy, wordless
