MoviesOnline features a fabulous The Golden Age related interview with Abbie, which includes all kinds of interesting bits about the actress and her upcoming projects.

MoviesOnline sat down with Abbie Cornish at the Los Angeles press day for her new movie, “Elizabeth: The Golden Age,” directed by Shekhar Kapur from an original screenplay by William Nicholson (”Gladiator”) and Michael Hirst (”Elizabeth”). Reprising the roles they originated in seven-time Academy Award-nominated “Elizabeth,” Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey Rush return for a gripping historical thriller laced with treachery and romance. Joining them in the epic is Clive Owen as Sir Walter Raleigh, a dashing seafarer and newfound temptation for Elizabeth.

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Rising Aussie star Abbie Cornish was shocked by the public hatred she faced when linked romantically to co-star Ryan Phillippe and blamed her for the break-up of his marriage to Reese Witherspoon.

Cornish told our LA reporter Peta Hellard yesterday that she took six months away from acting to step out of the limelight after the experience.

“That was scary,” Cornish, 25, said. “I kept thinking, ‘Don’t pay attention to what they write’.

“With the media now, and especially the internet, there is not much you can do.

“I do find it strange that they express dislike and judge without having access to the truth - they say and do anything about anyone and it only generates hate.”

Cornish also denied reports she would be the next Bond girl - a suggestion made by fellow Australian actor Rose Byrne.

“It wasn’t a statement as much as it was a bit of a joke - poor Rose,” she said. “I’m not doing the Bond film.”