NO CHRISTMAS FOR HARD-WORKING SWANK
Actress HILARY SWANK was so dedicated to new movie CONVICTION, she left h er family on Christmas Day (25Dec) to work on the film.
The Million Dollar Baby star plays an unemployed single mother who earn s a law degree so she can represent her brother in court in the movie, wh ich is set to hit U.S. theatres next month (Oct10).
Swank was so keen to do a good job with the role, she worked through th e holidays last year (09) - but her relatives didn’t mind.
She says, "It was something that I worked on daily, even over the holid ays. Christmas night something was falling apart and I was like ‘Excuse m e’ to my family ‘You’ve got my back and I’ve got your back’ and they were like, ‘Go do it, go do it’ because my family loved the story. It’s a sto ry that’s in my heart, I have to do it. You know, there will be other Chr istmases."
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