Oct 02, 2007 00:47
He badmouthed the British film industry, and who does he go back crawling to?
By ADAM DAWTREY
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>LONDON â Dakota Blue Richards, the 13-year-old British actress who made her
>debut in the leading role of New Line's upcoming "The Golden Compass," has
>been cast as the central character in Gabor Csupo's "The Secret of
>Moonacre."
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>The $27 million project, previously announced with the title "The Moon
>Princess," started shooting Oct. 1 in Budapest. It's based on the classic
>children's novel "The Little White Horse" by Elizabeth Goudge.
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>Richards plays Maria, an orphan sent to live with her uncle in mysterious
>Moonacre Manor. There she enters a world of magical creatures, and discovers
>that she is the only person who can undo an ancient curse and save Moonacre
>Valley.
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>Richards heads a cast that also includes Ioan Gruffudd, Tim Curry, Natascha
>McElhone and Juliet Stevenson.