Following in the footsteps of Nicole, Naomi and other great Australian actresses, 25-year-old beauty Abbie Cornish, Cate Blanchett’s co-star in Elizabeth: The Golden Age, might surprise those who see Shekhar Kapur’s historic epic, because few people will have seen the actress’ amazing performances in the Aussie dramas Somersault and Candy. (A few more people may have seen her in Ridley Scott’s 2005 comedy A Good Year but not too many more.)
In The Golden Age, Cornish plays Bess Throckmorton, Queen Elizabeth’s first lady-in-waiting, who has an affair with Clive Owen’s Sir Walter Raleigh, much to the ire of the queen who also had her eye on the dashing adventurer, and when ComingSoon.net spoke to the young actress recently, we were pleasantly surprised by her eloquent responses to our questions.
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The Golden Age will be presented out of competition at the Rome Film Festival in Italy on October 19, 2007. Please refer to the fest’s website for further details. The film will also see its London, UK premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square on October 23. No word whether or not Abbie will be in attendance at the European events.
The Golden Age is only one week away and I have added some stunning new imagery of Miss Abbie as Bess! Thanks to Titooy for these!
GALLERY LINKS:
- The Golden Age: Production Stills
- The Golden Age: On the Set
Some new images from the latest Golden Age events have been added, including a gorgeous new portrait session taken at TIFF, unfortunately it is watermarked but a stunning find nonetheless. Be sure to check out the new additions here, much more will come over the next week!
ComingSoon has an interesting interview with Elizabeth: The Golden Age‘s Geoffrey Rush, in which he mentions his co-star Ms Cornish a few times. Here are the selected quotes concerning Abbie. Click on the link above to read the entire article about the fantastic actor.
It’s been ten years since Australia’s Geoffrey Rush won an Oscar for his first leading role in the biopic Shine, and a few years later, he followed that with a pair of Oscar-nominated period pieces, Shakespeare in Love and Shekhar Kapur’s Elizabeth
Geoffrey Rush is one of those rare breeds of actors who can read the back of a cereal box and be interesting, so getting a chance to interview him was more than a small thrill for this ardent fan.
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