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Anne Hathaway: Jane Eyre
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Anne has two films slated for 2007, including an upcoming role in Becoming Jane, which has her portraying the legendary writer Jane Austen. There’s already been some controversy swirling about the casting of an American in the central role, but if anyone can win over the naysayers, it’s Anne. She’ll ... be working on the John Cukor remake of the 1939 film The Women, about a woman who leaves her cheating husband. Anne will contribute to the film adaptation of the much-loved TV series Get Smart, and she’ll lead the cast in the drama Passengers.
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For her next role, Hathaway took on an English accent to play a literary legend, Jane Austen. The historical romance, Becoming Jane (2007), focuses on the relationship between Austen and a young Irish lawyer played by James McAvoy. Hathaway continues toplay a broad range of roles, working on a big screen adaptation of the hit television comedy, Get Smart, opposite Steve Carell, as well as the thriller Passengers.
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Hathaway has swapped Prada for petticoats in her latest role as Jane Austen in 'Becoming Jane'. Handbag caught up with her to find out what it's like taking on one of the UK's favourite writers
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For the movie, Hathaway had to master an English accent as well as learn the history and customs of the late 18th century. Further raising her anxiety was the fact "Becoming Jane" is a fictional tale of Austen's life.
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