“I think it’s really important to live in the moment,” she says. “Something I’ve noticed as I get older is that I do think about the future more. It’s all positive thinking.” For example, she says, “I can see (having) a child one day, and so I start to take more care of myself.”
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Relativity Media thriller Limitless surpassed expectations, opening in first place with an estimated $19 million from 2,756 theaters. Made for about $27 million, the film averaged $6,894 per theater. Directed by Neil Burger (The Illusionist), Limitless stars Bradley Cooper (The A-Team, The Hangover) as an unsuccessful writer whose life is transformed by a top-secret “smart drug” that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. Robert De Niro, Abbie Cornish, Anna Friel and Tomas Arana co-star.
1) Limitless – $19,000,000
2) Rango – $15,315,000
3) Battle: Los Angeles – $14,600,000
4) The Lincoln Lawyer - $13,400,000
5) Paul – $13,155,000
Source: ComingSoon.net
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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Limitless (2011) 
Sucker Punch (2011) 
W.E. (2011) 
The Girl (2012) 
