The reviews are in, and they’re terrific. The New York Times‘ A.O. Scott praised Abbie Cornish’s performance in Jane Campion’s period drama Bright Star, saying that she plays John Keats’ young lover Fanny Brawne “with mesmerizing vitality and heart-stopping grace….She’s as good as Kate Winslet, which is about as good as it’s possible to be.” My own colleague Lisa Schwarzbaum cited “Cornish’s lovely, open-hearted performance.” In Part 2 of our OscarWatch interview, Cornish tells me why she was a loner on the Bright Star set, and what it’s like to have butterflies as your costars.
Watch Part 1 of the interview here, or check out segments with Matt Damon, Colin Firth, or my Best Actress report with Missy Schwartz. And follow me on Twitter (@davekarger) for my Oscar alerts.
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And the EW Oscar Hype machine begins…
So not excited. Can we focus on documentaries for a sec instead of boring actors? Earth Days was a better movie than anything mentioned here so far.
Watch out Abbie! Ryan Phillpe doesn’t like it when his women outshine him.
I’m seeing this tomorrow
Can’t wait!
I was lucky enough to see a pre-screening of this movie… its a beautiful story with lush photography, cornish’s performance is sensitive and vulnerable and by the end you’ll fall in love with her character. well done indeed.