INTERVIEW:
AnnaSophia Robb
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| AnnaSophia Robb |
Stardom!
Only five months into her career, casting agents
were searching for a young actress to play the
starring role of India Opal in the upcoming movie
‘Because of Winn-Dixie’, based on the Newberry Award
winning book by Kate DiCamillo.
AnnaSophia remembers the audition process, “I went
out and there were five different scenes, and I
auditioned for it. I thought I did a horrible job. I
was crying at the end because it was so bad. About
two weeks later, they called me and they said, ‘Can
you meet with the director?’ So I had another
audition which is called a ‘call back’. And then two
weeks later, they called me and said, ‘Can you meet
with the producers?’ So I did that. By that time, I
had spent around three months in L.A. – or two and a
half. So I went back to Denver, and then about two
weeks later, they said ‘Can you come to a screening
for us?’ And I was really excited. I flew out to
Louisiana where the movie was filmed. I had my
screen test. I was real utterly nervous and anxious.
About two days later, they called me and said ‘In
four days, can you come to Louisiana? I was
screaming!” She got the part and a star was born!
That same year, AnnaSophia landed the role of
competitive gum chewer Violet Beauregarde in the
2005 movie adaptation of the book ‘Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory’. “It was the total opposite from
Opal but I liked to play a brat because it was kind
of fun playing mean. But then, of course, you need
to change back to your real self. You don’t want to
be mean or cruel.” she says. Few who have seen
AnnaSophia turn into a giant blueberry in the movie
will ever forget it!
Next came the uplifting and tragic role of Leslie in
the movie ‘Bridge To Terabithia’. “I love Leslie.”
says AnnaSophia. “She's always lit. She always has
this happiness and glow about her that I think
people just get attracted to. And no one can bring
her down.”
For the movie, AnnaSophia recorded a song called
‘Keep Your Mind Wide Open’. “They asked me to sing a
song for ‘Bridge to Terabithia’, which was a little
intimidating. I actually tried to quit a couple
times, but they just really wanted me to do it. And
I'm glad I did, because it was an experience I've
never done before, and stretched me, and I had a
good time, and it was a fun thing.” she says.
Most recently, AnnaSophia played telepathic alien
Sara in the movie ‘Race to Witch Mountain’ starring
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson. “It’s such a classic and
I’m just so excited to be a part of the
re-imagination of it. It has so many great elements
and Andy (the director) really did a great job of
pulling the best elements out of that film and
putting it into our film like the heart and some of
the props even.” says AnnaSophia. The movie was a
smash hit, earning $106 million dollars worldwide.
Way to go, girl!
AnnaSophia currently has three movies in the works.
She will be heard as Periwinkle in Disney’s animated
‘Tinker Bell: A Winter Story’ and appear in the
films ‘Dear Eleanor’ and ‘The Space Between’.
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