If you don’t know Abbie Cornish’s work yet, you should … and will. The 27-year-old star of Bright Star, Stop-Loss and the arresting Candy (with Heath Ledger) can now be seen in theaters with Bradley Cooper in Limitless, in which a new drug can afford users access to 100 percent of their brains. She also stars in Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch – as Sweet Pea, one of a group of institutionalized women who discover they are warriors. Sucker Punch opens March 25.

Q: Was the nature of intelligence something you addressed in preparing for Limitless?

A: Particularly, there were discussions of what it would feel like to use 100 percent of your brain. It’s hard to imagine, you know? They say we only use, like, 10 percent of our brains. So it’s not like we use 50 and you just have to times it by two; we have to times it by 10.

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When you’ve got a movie about a guy on drugs, what better way to show his softer side than to give him a girlfriend? Well, not only does Abbie Cornish do just that for Bradley Cooper’s character in Limitless, but her own has quite a bit of depth as well – and a heck of a fight sequence.

Cooper is Eddie Morra, a guy who gets hooked on a new illegal drug called NZT. The little clear pill gives the user the ability to use their brain’s full potential ultimately making them smarter and stronger. Cornish’s character, Lindy, is Eddie’s former flame. She ditches Eddie after he hits an all-time low, but the two reunite when Eddie becomes super Eddie courtesy of NZT. However, Eddie’s new life isn’t entirely noble and he gets mixed up with some shady characters and, of course, Lindy gets a little too involved for her liking.

With Limitless hitting theaters on March 18th and Sucker Punch arriving on the 25th, Cornish is in full press mode and came ready to spill on anything and everything from her awe of Robert De Niro to her tactics when choosing roles. Check out all of that and much more in the interview below and be sure to keep an eye out for Cornish’s big moment in the film. You won’t believe the lengths she goes to!

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With just over a week until the much-anticipated release of Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch, iTunes Movie Trailers has released two short tie-in animated films entitled “The Trenches” and “Dragon”.

Click here to view the animated shorts!

Go behind the scenes of epic action fantasy Sucker Punch, starring Emily Browning, Jon Hamm and Vanessa Hudgens, in this ET exclusive first look.

Vanessa says of the explosive and stylistic film, “It’s just such a wild ride. And I think the entire movie people are just going to be constantly taking hits to the face.”

For his part, Mad Men star Jon promises, “People think that they’re coming for one movie and they get a completely different experience — that’s a sucker punch.”

300 and Watchmen director Zack Snyder once again whips up a frothy mix of vivid action and surreal fantasy as Emily Browning uses her vibrant imagination to attempt an escape after she is institutionalized by her wicked stepfather. Carla Gugino, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone and Jamie Chung also star.

Sucker Punch blasts into theaters on March 25.

Source: ET (click for the video!)

Plenty of gorgeous new Sucker Punch related images have been released today, including production stills and on the set imagery featuring Abbie as her character Sweet Pea. Check them out in the gallery. Just a few more weeks until the international release of the film – personally, I can’t wait to see Abbie kick some ass!

GALLERY LINKS:
- Sucker Punch: Production Stills
- Sucker Punch: On the Set
- Sucker Punch: Concept Art