“At the end of day, how much can you judge someone else’s existence and their life,” says Abbie Cornish, who stars with Bradley Cooper in the new drama Limitless. “What it is that they choose to do? As long as it’s not harming anyone else, I don’t know how much judgment can be placed upon it. I kind of feel like that with a lot of things in life.”

A substantial portion of Cornish’s life is her dedication to being a vegetarian and supporting animal rights. “But at the same time, I appreciate and respect other peoples’ decisions to eat meat,” said the Australian actress, who received accolades for her work in Bright Star. “The only thing that I hope is that people are educated, that they are aware, that they are living a conscious lifestyle. The only time when my hair stands up is when someone is very ill informed, when they are arrogant, when they haven’t educated themselves and they feel like they know what is right but at the same time they haven’t explored the truth of the situation.”

Cornish grew up in a hobby farm (in Lochinvar) where the nearest corner store was 5 kilometers away, and the store was a “a post office, news agency, a fish and chips shop.” The nearest theater for the Australian actress was a 15-20 minute drive. “You’re driving in the country, 80 kilometers an hour sometimes with no traffic, so it’s a fair way,” she adds.

Source: Hollywood Outbreak

“I’m a vegetarian – I’m not the type to want to go shoot a gun – then I actually got to the range and totally fell in love with an M4. It was kind of amazing.”

On top of the Marie Claire cover story, which we’ve reported about previously, Abbie is also featured in another American magazine in April; she has a gorgeous pin-up snap and a short article inside the pages of GQ. Photoshoots from both magazines are now available in the gallery and the articles may be read in the press section.

The Limitless film page has also been updated with some critics’ quotes regarding Abbie’s performance. Pretty much all reviews that I’ve come across so far agree that Abbie is heavily underused in the movie but that she does well with the given material. Sad to hear that she doesn’t have all that much to do in the movie, really. She is so talented and truly deserves to be front and center in films. You’d think this would have happened especially following her spectacular turn in Bright Star.

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- Photoshoots: GQ
- Photoshoots: Marie Claire

Here’s an excerpt from an article, courtesy of Comic Book Movie, in which Abbie discusses her role in Limitless. Click on the link to read the whole article, in case you’re interested.

With Robert De Niro and Bradley Cooper on board, the rest of the cast fell quickly into place, starting with Abbie Cornish as Lindy, Eddie’s girlfriend.”

Lindy, a magazine editor, has given Eddie her complete support. But even she has reached the end of her patience with him and ends their relationship as the film opens. When he discovers NZT and becomes wildly successful, they get back together again. “Abbie has a luminosity that makes it especially sad to think that Eddie could have blown it with her,” says Dixon. “And indeed, one of the things the drug does is help him get her back.”

Along with the opportunity to work with two actors whose work she admires, Cornish was drawn to the overall quality of the script. “It’s extremely well-written,” says the Australian-born actress. “This is a story you can lose yourself in because it feels like it could actually be happening. It’s totally believable and very contemporary.”

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Abbie Cornish talked with IndieWire about her upcoming film The Girl at a press junket for Limitless. She also mentions W.E. and says that she’d love to work with Cate Shortland (who directed her in Somersault) again.

Her next picture will be a small, small indie film by relatively forgotten filmmaker David Riker who was hailed in 1998 for his debut picture, La Ciudad, which was nominated for several awards that year including the Independent Spirit Awards, The Gotham Awards and the SXSW Film Festival . While it’s been almost 13 years since La Ciudad, Riker, who penned Sleepdealer in the interim, is finally set to shoot his next picture, The Girl, starring Cornish, who replaced Emily Blunt earlier this year.

“It’s the story of a 25-year-old Texan girl who lives quite close to the Mexican border,” Cornish explained about her character Ashley. “She has a five-year-old son that she’s lost to the welfare system, she sees an opportunity to make money bringing illegal immigrants across the border. So she does it as a one-off and during this incident in a river, she’s left with the responsibility of a 9-year-old girl. So it’s her journey with a 9-year-old Mexican girl through Mexico to get her home.”

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Madonna wrapped production on W.E., her second directorial effort, in October, and now reports are suggesting she’s looking to premiere the movie at the Venice Film Festival, which takes place from August 31 to September 10.

The film’s co-star, Abbie Cornish, not only confirmed the possibility of a Venice debut to MTV News, but also revealed the mysterious role Madonna’s daughter, Lourdes, will be playing.

“I heard yesterday,” Cornish told us about Venice, while promoting her upcoming thriller, Limitless. “That’d be amazing.”

W.E follows a Julie & Julia-esque dual story line, one featuring Cornish as a contemporary woman obsessed with the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and another focusing on the royal couple itself. News that Lourdes would appear in a small role surfaced last fall, when photos of the teen in a schoolgirl’s uniform popped up online, but until now the nature of her part was unclear. Cornish’s character, it turns out, has a deep connection to that of Lourdes.

“She actually plays a younger version of my character,” Cornish said, adding that because they portray the same person, they never got to share actual screen time. “She’s a super-cute, younger version of my character.”

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