INQUIRER.net: Could 9-year-old win youngest best actress Oscar?

INQUIRER.net Philippine News for Filipinos

Could 9-year-old win youngest best actress Oscar? Feb 18th 2013, 02:01 LOS ANGELES – She landed the part by lying about her age: Quvenzhane Wallis was five, and the filmmakers were only auditioning girls at least six years old.   But they believed her fib and tried her out – and were blown away, giving her the starring role in the low-budget "Beasts of the Southern Wild" over 4,000 other hopefuls.   And now she could become the youngest ever winner of the best actress Oscar, at the 85th Academy Awards, the climax of Hollywood's annual awards season, next weekend.   "It was very clear ...you don't meet six-year-olds who have that quality," said director Benh Zeitlin, recalling her audition. "She just had this natural ... Keep on reading: Could 9-year-old win youngest best actress Oscar? Media files: Quvenzhane-Wallis.jpg (image/jpeg)

You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed, or manage all your subscriptions