Bright Star

12/03/2009

Ever since she stumbled on screen as that lost little girl in Somersault, actress Abbie Cornish has been campaigning hard to be accepted as a serious thespian. She has talent, no sentient being would deny that, and yet going into the release of Bright Star she still has not become a household name (despite being blamed from homewrecking Reese Witherspoon's marriage) nor has she become a critical darling (despite being able to act circles around, ahem, Scarlett Johanssen).