Abbie Cornish says "The Girl" offered opportunity to be the best she could be.
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STORY: Actress Abbie Cornish greeted fans at the red carpet for the world premiere of her latest film, "The Girl".
In the American/Mexican production, Cornish plays Ashley, a struggling, single mother in Texas who helps smuggle immigrants over the border.
The Australian says the role called on her to not only become comfortable with a south Texan accent, but to also learn fluent Spanish.
"When I got to Mexico and I started working with a dialect coach, I said to her, 'I'm really confused; am I meant to do the Spanish with Texas accent or do I do the Spanish with a Mexican accent?' And she said, 'Well, that's what we've got to figure out, let's try it.' So, Spanish with a Texas accent? Not so good, doesn't really work," she laughed.
Cornish, who won an Australian Institute best actress award for her 2004 role in "Somersault", said the working environment for "The Girl" was so "free and so heartfelt" that she could bring her best to the table.
"I just felt like, for the first time everything came together: the cast, the crew, the project, the film, the characters, the story, like everything had this sort of centrifugal force to it. And because of that I was able to be in an environment where I could be the best I could possibly be."
Director David Riker, who directed "La Ciudad", said that Cornish put in an enormous amount of work to become the character in "The Girl" and understood Ashley better than Riker did.
"The Girl" does not yet have a theater distribution schedule.
STORY: Actress Abbie Cornish greeted fans at the red carpet for the world premiere of her latest film, "The Girl".
In the American/Mexican production, Cornish plays Ashley, a struggling, single mother in Texas who helps smuggle immigrants over the border.
The Australian says the role called on her to not only become comfortable with a south Texan accent, but to also learn fluent Spanish.
"When I got to Mexico and I started working with a dialect coach, I said to her, 'I'm really confused; am I meant to do the Spanish with Texas accent or do I do the Spanish with a Mexican accent?' And she said, 'Well, that's what we've got to figure out, let's try it.' So, Spanish with a Texas accent? Not so good, doesn't really work," she laughed.
Cornish, who won an Australian Institute best actress award for her 2004 role in "Somersault", said the working environment for "The Girl" was so "free and so heartfelt" that she could bring her best to the table.
"I just felt like, for the first time everything came together: the cast, the crew, the project, the film, the characters, the story, like everything had this sort of centrifugal force to it. And because of that I was able to be in an environment where I could be the best I could possibly be."
Director David Riker, who directed "La Ciudad", said that Cornish put in an enormous amount of work to become the character in "The Girl" and understood Ashley better than Riker did.
"The Girl" does not yet have a theater distribution schedule.
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