Abigail Breslins Raises Her Shirt (and Eyebrows)
"Then there's Abigail Breslin, who is too young to be showing off her bra to both Sarah Jessica Parker and us, the viewing audience!" That's what New York Magazine had to say about the trailer for Abigail Breslin's upcoming movie, New Year's Eve. When her mom (Parker) tells that she's too young to go to the festivities in Time Square, Abigail - her naturally dark hair dyed blonde for the role - pulls up her winter coat in the middle of a subway station, exposing her banana-yellow bra. "You know, I'm fifteen!" she yells. "This is not a training bra!" Her mom yanks down her coat and yells back, "And this is not Girls Gone Wild!"
As usual, Abigail, now 15, has been busy moving from one project to another. New Year's Eve is set for release on December 9, while her latest movie Janie Jones just opened last month. "To anyone who said, 'Well, she got an Academy Award nomination because she was a cute kid,' I would say, 'Look at her in this movie,'" said David Rosenthal, who wrote and directed Janie and cast Abigail as the title character without even auditioning her for the part. "You see why she's really a star."
Although her film career is the envy of actors twice her age, singing her way through Janie Jones - in which she plays a rock star's daughter - has inspired Abigail to take it up professionally. After Janie wrapped, the New York City native formed a band with her best friend and learned to play the guitar. "I just looked up guitar chords on YouTube, and then I taught myself the whole Taylor Swift Speak Now album," she says. Their first single is out on YouTube, and although a label has yet to sign them, Abigail "definitely" hopes to take her music to a professional level.
And Abigail is trying new things on the acting front as well. She recently wrapped filming The Class Project [retitled and released as Perfect Sisters], where she plays an abused teen who coerces her sister ( Georgie Henley) and a classmate in a plot to kill her alcoholic mother. "It's definitely the darkest role that I've ever done," Abigail says of the film, which will be released next year. Beyond that, she's been cast in Virgin Mary with Keke Palmer and the vampire flick Innocence.
Click to viewAs usual, Abigail, now 15, has been busy moving from one project to another. New Year's Eve is set for release on December 9, while her latest movie Janie Jones just opened last month. "To anyone who said, 'Well, she got an Academy Award nomination because she was a cute kid,' I would say, 'Look at her in this movie,'" said David Rosenthal, who wrote and directed Janie and cast Abigail as the title character without even auditioning her for the part. "You see why she's really a star."
Although her film career is the envy of actors twice her age, singing her way through Janie Jones - in which she plays a rock star's daughter - has inspired Abigail to take it up professionally. After Janie wrapped, the New York City native formed a band with her best friend and learned to play the guitar. "I just looked up guitar chords on YouTube, and then I taught myself the whole Taylor Swift Speak Now album," she says. Their first single is out on YouTube, and although a label has yet to sign them, Abigail "definitely" hopes to take her music to a professional level.
And Abigail is trying new things on the acting front as well. She recently wrapped filming The Class Project [retitled and released as Perfect Sisters], where she plays an abused teen who coerces her sister ( Georgie Henley) and a classmate in a plot to kill her alcoholic mother. "It's definitely the darkest role that I've ever done," Abigail says of the film, which will be released next year. Beyond that, she's been cast in Virgin Mary with Keke Palmer and the vampire flick Innocence.