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'X-Men' Star Does Normal
Despite still being a teenager, Anna Paquin has had a busy career. And while
the UK watches her play Rogue in X-Men, Popcorn has been finding out what's
next for the Oscar-winning actress.
Paquin has just finished work on two movies, Almost Famous - Cameron Crowe's
follow-up to Jerry Maguire. She stars opposite Jason Lee in the movie, about
a 70s rock band, and explains, "I play this young girl who is a groupie to this band
and travels round with them. She thinks she's a much more integral part of the whole
process than she really is."
As for working with Cameron Crowe, the actress says, "He is so talented and is an
amazing writer, and I would've done anything to be in a movie of his."
Her other project is Gus Van Sant's Finding Forrester, in which she stars opposite
Sean Connnery and Robert Brown. "I play this young high school student who befriends,
and is sort of like the girlfriend of, this young boy [Brown] who gets a scholarship
to her school."
Connery plays a recluse who befriends the boy, but Paquin says her biggest disappoint
was that she didn't get to work with him much.
"I don't really have any real scenes with Sean Connery but I was just really, really
happy to be in the same movie with him. And there's one scene where he's giving his
little speech and we're all in the same room and I was like, 'Wow, I just get to watch
him work for a day'."
X-Men is out in the UK now.
Popcorn.co.uk, August 18, 2000
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