>>> LAST WEEK JIM FERGUSON
SAT DOWN WITH THE DIRECTOR
OF "THE BEGUILED".
NOW WE HEAR FROM ELLE
FILM.
>> ELLE FANNING.
SHE IS SO RED HOT NOW.
SHE'S GOT LIKE FIVE MOVIES
COMING OUT NEXT YEAR,
REMEMBER HER FROM BOXTROLLS,
THE ANIMATED MOVIE.
THE CRITICS CHOICE GAVE HER
A NOMINATION.
SHE IS SUCH A GOOD YOUNG
ACTRESS, IN "THE BEGUILED",
CIVIL WAR.
YOU'RE FROM GEORGIA, I KNOW
YOUR FAMILY, I KNOW YOUR MOM
AND SISTER VERY, VERY WELL,
AND YOU HAVE NO TROUBLE
KNOWING WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE
LADY-LIKE FROM THE SOUTH, AM
I RIGHT?
>> YES, WELL, GEORGIA, GIRL,
BORN THERE, MY GRANDMOTHER
LIVES WITH US, AND SHE'S
VERY SOUTHERN AND --
>> MET HER.
>> YEAH, SOUTHERN ROOTS.
I GOT TO BRING OUT.
ALL OF US HAVE SOUTHERN
ACCENTS IN THE FILM, TOO, SO
I GOT TO BRING MINE OUT A
LITTLE BIT.
>> I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU
ABOUT THAT.
BUT YOUR CHARACTER, ALICIA,
WAS ALWAYS SOUTHERN
LADY-LIKE, WAS SHE?
>> WELL, SHE'S THE OLDEST
STUDENT OF THE STUDENTS AT
THE ALL-GIRLS SCHOOL.
AND SHE DEFINITELY IS
REBELLIOUS, FOR SURE, AND
ALSO, BASED OFF OF
[ INAUDIBLE ] VERSION, FROM
A WHILE AGO, AND THE BOOK,
TOO, SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT
OF EXCERPTS IN THE BOOK
ABOUT MY CHARACTER, ABOUT
HER MOM KIND OF RAISED HER
TO -- IN ORDER TO GET LIKE A
RICH HUSBAND, SO EVERYTHING
SHE HAS TO DO.
>> SHE'S AT THAT AGE WHERE
SHE LIKES TO FLIRT, AND
BEING ALSO IN IN THAT HOUSE,
VERY CONFINED FOR SO LONG,
SHE WANTS TO BREAK FREE,
WHEN BERNIE SHOWS UP, IT'S
HER PERFECT OPPORTUNITY.
>> THE DICTIONARY SAYS
"BEGUILED" IS CHARMING,
SEDUCTIVE, AND ALL THE
CHARACTERS, NOT JUST THE
COLONEL, WERE CHARMING AND
SEDUCTIVE.
>> I KNOW, BECAUSE HE COMES
IN, AND HE IS VERY, VERY
CHARMING TO ALL OF US, BUT
ALSO WE'RE TURNING OUR CHARM
ON FOR HIM AS WELL, SO IT'S
KIND OF -- IT'S EVERYONE IN
THE FILM.
>> YOU HAD NO PROBLEM WITH
YOUR ACCENT.
>> NO, YEAH, WE HAD -- THERE
WAS A DIALECT --
>> COACH?
>> COACH ON SET FOR
EVERYONE, GOURI AND NICOLE
ARE BOTH AUSTRALIAN, BUT ALL
OF US, THERE ARE LITTLE
TWEAKS, BECAUSE IT'S
SOUTHERN ACCENT, BUT DURING
THE CIVIL WAR, SO IT'S A
LITTLE DIFFERENT.
>> BEING CONFINED WITH
ACTRESSES LIKE NICOLE KIDMAN
AND KIRSTEN, SUCH GREAT CAST
THAT YOU'RE WITH, THAT HAD
TO BE A JOY, I WOULD THINK,
AS AN ACTRESS.
>> OH, YEAH.
IT WAS.
THE CAST IS SO PERFECT, AND
AMAZING THAT, YOU KNOW,
EVERYONE SHE PUT TOGETHER,
ALL THE GIRLS THAT SOPHIA
PUT TOGETHER.
>> DOES SOPHIA DESERVE HER
CANNES?
>> OH, YES.
SOPHIA'S FILMS HAVE A
CERTAIN FEELING, SUCH A
SENSIBILITY OF THE PLACE AND
LOCATION, IT'S SO IMPORTANT,
BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, HER
CHARACTERS AND JUST THE WAY
HER MOVIES FEEL, I THINK
PEOPLE TRY TO RECREATE THAT
FEELING AND TRY TO -- OH,
YOU KNOW, LIKE HOW SOPHIA'S
MOVIE IS DOING, YOU CAN'T
RECREATE IT.
>> WE HEARD FROM SOPHIA LAST
COMING FRIDAY.
>> I DID HER FOR SUPER 8
OLD.
I INTERVIEWED DAKOTA WHEN
SHE WAS LIKE 3 FOR "I AM
SAM", I KNOW THE FAMILY VERY
WELL, AND THEY'RE JUST
WONDERFUL PEOPLE.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU
>> WITH KIRSTEN.