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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Piper was was led into a room with her costars, JJ, Ingrid, and Danny, and they sat down on the chairs opposite the interviewer. Piper noticed the large poster with her face on it and it still freaked her out. She grinned nervously.

Interviewer: Welcome everyone! I'm here with the stars from the long-awaited for adaptation of the iconic book, Anne's Garden. Why don't we go around introducing yourselves and the characters you play?

The French woman pointed at Piper first who happened to have sat down on the corner. She cleared her throat nervously, fiddling with one of the rings around her fingers.

Piper: Hi! My name's Piper James, and I play Anne!

Ingrid: Salut, je m'appelle Ingrid Paradis, and I play Helene.

Danny: Hello, everyone! I'm Danny Sullivan and I play the role of Peter.

JJ: Hi, I'm Jennifer Jones, and I play Sophie.

Piper caught JJ's gaze across the room. She cleared her throat and turned to look at the interviewer again.

Interviewer: Great! I wanna start off by saying how wonderful it is to have you all here, how big of an honour to meet you all. You know, I've read this book growing up, and it was revolutionary to me at the time, as I think it is for everyone else who has read it. It's really so great that you are here, giving these beloved characters life— so, I wanted to ask, what was that experience like, for you?

Danny: I think I'll sit this one out...

They all laughed at his playfulness.

Interviewer: Piper, you play the main character, the lead. What was it like, for you?

Piper took a second to collect her thoughts, focusing her gaze on the ring, rolling in her palm.

Piper: It was a real honour, honestly. You know, growing up, I loved reading books, I loved the classics, and well, when I was sixteen, I picked up Anne's Garden from the local library on my way home from school and— I read it, all in one night. There was something in Anne that called out to me, that I think calls out to every young woman who reads this book. She's sort of— she's a modern woman, in Victorian London. She's real— she's this real person, which I think is why I believe we can all relate to her, to her feelings. The way she was written was just so raw and— human, I don't think you could describe it any other way. These characters, all of them, they're the epitome of truly being human. And I think we can all agree, it was a challenge portraying them and trying not to butcher the roles. There were so many times where we would have to step back, take a breather, find new and creative ways to deliver the lines, you know. The same word could mean different things depending on how you say it, and it all has to do with your understanding of your character. Putting yourself in their shoes and really feeling their emotions. And... It probably won't make sense but I think it was both easy and challenging for me to do so. Easy, in that, I could understand Anne perfectly, and challenging in that I needed to find the right way to portray that to the audience and... I think I did a good job. Yeah...

Piper took in a shaky breath and exhaled through a chuckle. Ingrid, who was sitting next to her, smiled and squeezed her hand.