Symkus and the Stars
Taylor Schilling Gets Lucky in New Nicholas Sparks Adaptation
Former West Roxbury resident stars with Zac Efron in 'The Lucky One.'
If you’re a regular watcher of hospital-based TV series or a fan of Ayn Rand, you’ll already know about Taylor Schilling. She starred as a nurse in the short-lived TV show “Mercy,” and as businesswoman Dagney Taggart in the movie “Atlas Shrugged: Part I.” Schilling, 27, who spent her growing up years in both West Roxbury and Wayland after her parents split, now goes all lovey-dovey in the newest adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks book, “The Lucky One.” She plays Beth, a single mom who, without realizing it, becomes an angel or protector, of sorts, for Logan (Zac Efron), a soldier in Iraq who finds her photo on the ground and manages to stay alive while others fall in battle. Upon returning home, he searches for her, even though he doesn’t …
