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irector P.J. Hogan's new version of Peter Pan is darker and more mysterious
than moviegoers have ever seen on the screen before. "It's the only story where
you can go off on an adventure, be victorious over your father and then come
back and climb into his lap," producer Lucy Fisher commented to
USA Today.
She's referring to
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The live-action film features Jeremy Sumpter (Frailty) in the title role of the boy who refuses to grow up. Thousands of young actors read for the part during a three month, worldwide search. Casting director Matt Casella, famous for discovering Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake, conducted similar searches for the youngsters to play the key roles of Wendy, Michael, John and Tiger Lily. British actress Rachel Hurd-Wood was just 12-years-old when she was cast as Wendy. Though making her feature film debut, producer Fisher calls her, "a mesmerizing, natural actress and a brilliant discovery." |
actors Jeremy Sumpter Jason Isaacs Rachel Hurd-Wood Ludivine Sagnier Lynn Redgrave director P.J. Hogan location Queensland, Australia outtake Peter Pan now holds the title of most expensive feature film ever made in Australia. |
Five thousand children were seen for the part of Tiger Lily before 11-year-old
Carsen Gray got the part. Born in the Haida community of Skidegate on the Queen
Charlotte Islands in Northern British Columbia, the grade six student nailed
the part after launching into a traditional Haida song.
In an interesting twist of casting, French sex symbol Ludivine Sagnier of
Swimming Pool won the part of the playful Tinkerbell.
Peter Pan's haunting tale of adventure and fantasy first captured the imagination of audiences on the London stage nearly 100 years ago. Set in Edwardian London, Wendy Darling entertains her brothers with nightly bedtime stories of swordplay and swashbuckling. The fairy tales become reality when Peter Pan flies into their nursery one night and teaches Wendy, Michael and John to fly. They all take off together over the moonlit rooftops of London and land in the lush jungles of Neverland where Peter introduces them to his friends, a motley crew of other ageless kids known as The Lost Boys.
In this version, Wendy faces confusion as she fights many feelings about Peter Pan. Her love for him is unrequited, which adds an element of tragedy to the story, according to director Hogan.
Children and adults alike are bound to respond to the action in Neverland, where life is free of grown-up rules.