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Empire | February 2004
STAR TRACK; THE NEXT GENERATION
Most flavour of the week 'fresh faces' are forgotten in a fortnight: so we asked a host of seasoned Hollywood watches to tip the new talent with real staying power.
by JEFF GOLDSMITH
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As has Miranda Otto, who was on the radar for years, although this babe from
Brisbane didn't blossom until she grabbed a sword and lusted after Aragon, debuting
as Eowyn in The Two Towers. If that wasn't enough, Otto next traded love for
bravery and violence when she battled the Witch King in the trilogy's final
chapter. Her talents seem limitless and her future s bright, as Peter Jackson
notes.
'I think that Miranda approaches everything she does with truth,' the hallowed
director says. 'She's not interested in being anything other then totally real
in her portrayal, and literally becomes these characters on the screen. She
puts her heart and soul into it. In quite a few sequences in Return Of The King,
she broke down in tears after we shot our scenes because she was so there.'
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