Word now has it that 18 year old Canberra born Austrian actress Mia Wasikowska will now get the lead role of "Alice' in Tim Burton's film 'Alice in Wonderland'.
We saw this young women in several performances and we really believed in her ability early on, as do many critics. Its been said that after she studied ballet for years, that she didnt really take up full time acting until 2006. And did she ever.
Mia currently stars in HBO's "In Treatment' in the role of Sophie, a suicidal teenage gymnast who has dreams of being in the Olympics, and she was also nominated for a young actor AFI award for her outstanding role in "Suburban Mayhem' where she appeared with award-winner Emily Barclay(the films theme was of a teenage girls murder of her father). In 2009 she will be seen in 'Amelia' in the role of Elinor Smith.
Mia had this to say: “I just wanted to try a different type of performance – ballet is more an image of perfection, and fi film can show a grittier side… sometimes it’s the more realistic topic of real life that really intrigues me,” she says.
Our impression is that she will become a star due to the fact that she seems to easily be able to portray a series of 'darker' roles, as in 'Suburban, which dealt with durgs, sex and violence.(which would be one reason why perhaps Burton has chosen her to star in "Alice")as his films tend to be 'darker'.
This young women has a very, very big future ahead of her. And the staff at Celebrity Status Quo respects actresses' of this high caliber and we wish Mia the best.
