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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He was one of the greatest poets of the English language, a difficult and dense writer of the Romantic period who might have rivaled Shakespeare had he lived past the tragically young age of 25.
And pretty soon he’s coming to a theater near you, enthused Abbie Cornish, who was flush with emotion talking about her upcoming film based on the life of poet John Keats, called Bright Star.
“I’ve read a fair bit of his poetry and, you know, the thing that strikes me is that for someone so young, he can just indulge in moments of great beauty,” she said, echoing the statements of everyone who’s ever read “Ode on a Grecian Urn” or “Ode to a Nightingale,” or any of Keats’ great works. “Things that are quite sensory, and emotive, and colorful, and textured, and romantic. You get affected in reading his words and kind of flush. They’re timeless.”
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The stunning Miss Abbie attend the Elizabeth: The Golden Age US premiere yesterday in Universal City, California. Needless to say, she looks beautiful! Check out the first 34 104 MQ & HQs from the event.
GALLERY LINKS:
- Elizabeth: The Golden Age Premiere
Actor of the moment Abbie Cornish looks a certain starter for Flemington on Melbourne Cup Day. Cornish is understood to have been confirmed as a celebrity judge of the Myer Fashions on the Field event.
Cornish will be in Australia as part of a promotional tour for her latest film, Elizabeth: The Golden Age. The film, which stars Geoffrey Rush and Cate Blanchett, is released in Australia in November.
She is likely to be joined on the judging panel by Delta Goodrem.
Source: News.com.au
The cast of Stop Loss is featured in the October issue of Esquire (US). Thanks to our friend Stef, we have scans of it! Abbie looks gorgeous as do her co-stars.
I’ve also updated the gallery with some rare HQ stills from The Golden Age, A Good Year and Everything Goes. Thanks so much to Titooy for these great finds!
GALLERY LINKS:
- Magazines: Esquire – October 2007
- Photoshoots: Esquire (2007)
- The Golden Age: Production Stills
- A Good Year: Production Stills
- Everything Goes: Production Stills
Bright Star (2009) 
The Dark Fields (2011) 
Sucker Punch (2011) 
W.E. (2011) 
