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Abbie Cornish: "The Girl" Shares Political Message On An Intimate Scale About Immigrant Smuggling
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1:23Now PlayingWatch the entire interview with Abbie Cornish on Democracy Now! at Actress Abbie Cornish, who recently finished filming the latest version of "Robocop," explains why she was drawn to the new independent feature film, "The Girl."
ABBIE CORNISH: These are all people, like David [Riker] just mentioned, that have left their children, their wives, and it's heartbreaking. And they have nothing, they've left everything behind to try to build a better life for their families. And they're human beings just the same as yourself or myself, it's just they've been dealt different cards in life.
AMY GOODMAN: Why'd you decide to do this independent film about this critical issue?
ABBIE CORNISH: I think the script was beautifully written and the story was so strong. I loved that it is a political film, but it's told on a very intimate scale. I was very much drawn to this character's evolution, from the dark, from a place from regret and sort of anger and sort of, you know, someone who feels like life has kind of not treated them so well. They're very angry at life into the light, into motherhood, into herself. And connecting with herself, because i think that's an amazing journey to go on and I think we all go on that journey in some way. And I love that journey into the light as well. I wanted to portray that story, give people a little bit of hope. and then also I met David, and as soon as I met him I just knew it'd be an incredible experience to make the film with him.
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