To those who have been teased with an early release of “Sharp Objects,” and who are now on pins and needles waiting for the rest of the series to air, Eliza Scanlen feels your pain. “I’ve only seen three, and the third episode is like, ‘holy s–t,’’ she says. “It’s insane.” The 19-year-old was plucked out of Sydney and flown to an HBO set in Los Angeles to join the cast of “Sharp Objects,” the eight-part series based on the book by Gillian Flynn and produced and directed by Jean-Marc Vallée of “Big Little Lies.” Scanlen stars as Amma, the 15-year-old younger sister to Amy Adams and daughter of Patricia Clarkson, whose goody-two-shoes exterior gives way to a darker, mysterious side as the series develops. “It’s a dark show, and Amma is such a complex character, and there’re a lot of fans of the show already, so you want to be able to do the role justice,” she says. “But it’s a challenge to believe that you can, all of the time.” Scanlen tried her hand at acting when she was in high school, taking courses at Sydney’s National Institute of Dramatic Art. “I tried to do it professionally when I was around 13, 14

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