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AnnaSophia Robb:Crossing the “Bridge”by Lynn B
We met with the actress at the trendy Mondrian Hotel, where the stars hang out at Skybar, on the Sunset Strip recently. The fashion-friendly star definitely looked more grown up in a long-sleeved beige gauze top with a cute purple empire waisted sundress over it. Her gold flats added just the right finishing touch. “Anna” told us everything about racing against boys, handling bullies, her character’s wild fashion sense, working with CGI critters and her fave books. Hop on the bridge with us to check it out…. Anna enters the room and notices that we are drinking Dr. Pepper and there are a pile of them on the table… AnnaSophia: Wow, is some Dr. Pepper thing going on here? Jeez! I might as well have one! [laughs as we give her one]. We always had it on set because they were one of the sponsors. They showed us drinking it in the movie. [We take a slug of our Dr. Peppers and get started]… AGW: Your character Leslie is smart, athletic, and nice to people. Would she really be the outcast amongst the other kids? AnnaSophia: I personally think that people who are different, kids get a little bit intimidated and scared of them because they don't know how to interpret them, or how to react to them. I think kids can be scared of people who are different from them. And also, Leslie, she's a fun person, and I think a lot of people were jealous of her. She just wants to be nice to everyone and be accepted. AGW: What's been your own school experience? Was there bullying for example? AnnaSophia: I still go to the same school I've been going to for ages, since I was in kindergarten. School's been a little bit more generous and nice to me than it has been to Leslie. I've seen bullying, though, and I've heard things in school like people paying other people to call someone fat, you know? And it's just really crazy, mean things that you would never wish on anybody, because that's just torture, especially for a kid, just for their self-esteem. I know that bullying comes in all shapes and forms, and it doesn't matter how old you are. A lot of people get bullied at an office when they're adults, and then it also happens on a playground at school. So it's really sad. AGW: What do you think is behind it? And, what should you do if you are bullied? AnnaSophia: Bullying is just trying to push someone down to make themselves [the bullies] look taller. Also, what Jess and Leslie[in the film] found out about Janice Avery is that she was going through some troubles at home; some personal things. Which doesn't make it acceptable to be mean to someone just because you're going through personal issues, but it just means that the person getting bullied should try to be kind to them, or try to be understanding, or just turn the other cheek, because you can't change anyone, but you can change yourself. AGW: Had you read the novel before you got the role? AnnaSophia: I read the book and the script at the same time. I thought it transitioned into a movie, or a script, beautifully. They did a really good job of capturing the heart and soul of it. I fell in love with the story. It's just a really timeless tale about friendship and imagination. And every interview I go on, I find like a new message and new meaning. I think Katherine Paterson did a really beautiful job, [writing the novel] and I applaud her. I admire her, too, because she's a really good writer. AGW: Do you write like Leslie did, or do you keep a journal or diary? AGW: Did you like Leslie's fashion style. She’s a pretty wild dresser. Also, did you get to keep any of the clothes, and did you have any input on the costume design? AnnaSophia: Oh my gosh, I loved all of Leslie's clothes! Every day when I came to set, I just wanted to change as soon as possible because they were so comfortable and so cool. But you know, dressing like that is a lot of work. AGW: It's a lot of layers. AnnaSophia: It's a lot of layers. Leslie had a fashion designer, funnily enough, making all the clothes and a whole team of people who worked really hard on dyeing them and adding little stitches. I mean, it was a ton of work for them, and it turned out beautifully. I wish I could dress like Leslie. I didn't really get any say in the clothing. The fashion designer had it pretty much figured out. I just kind of went along with anything she had, because she did a great job. And I got to keep, I think, two pairs of pants. AGW: There are several sequences with CGI. How good are you at imagining what's going to be put in later? Imagination really ties into the story in this film, doesn't it? AnnaSophia: It does. It was a challenge, but it was a good challenge. It was fun. I think just reacting [on set] to tennis balls and a man who had a blue suit on, it was hard for me, but I had seen paintings that [director] Gabor Csupo, had in his office. You know, of all these mythical Terabithian creatures. So I really tried to visualize them when I was acting in the scene. AGW: Gabor said one of his favorite scenes was the race scene because Josh refused to let you win. Is that true? Were you getting frustrated? Did you try to trip him or anything? AnnaSophia: [laughs] No, actually. He's a boy, [she rolls her eyes..like ‘you know guys’] so he's extremely competitive. Josh says he was just trying to work out the timing. But really, he wanted to show everyone that he was faster than the car that was driving trying to film. That's really what he was trying to prove. [laughs] But we finally got it worked out. And I was tired by the end of it, just running back and forth, back and forth. AGW: So, did you ever race him off camera…just to see who would really win? AnnaSophia: At lunch, he goes, ‘Let's race!’ I was like, ‘Okay. Fine, Josh, we'll race. Fine. Whatever you want.’ So we say ‘go’, and I take off, but then I stopped because I'm all tired. And he gets to the end, and he's all excited, and he's like, ‘Yes! I won! I won! I won!’ He turns around, and he's looking for me, and then he realized it was a hoax. I didn’t even try. And his face was so disappointed I actually felt kind of guilty. I was like, ‘Jeez. Wow, he takes it really serious.’ But he's definitely a fast runner. AGW: Is acting your own Terabithia, or do you have a different kind of world in private? AnnaSophia: Acting is, I guess, a Terabithia for me. But sometimes acting isn't that happy, because there's sad things in it, too. And usually in your imaginary world, you want it to be a happy thing. Also, my Terabithia is in books. I just get really involved in the characters in the books, and I love to just escape. And I daydream a lot or when I fall asleep or when I'm waking up in bed, just imagining things. Sometimes if I have a really good idea, I'll write it down. I try to keep my imagination alive as possible because that's what's really important, and that's how people are individuals. AGW: How close are you with your family? AnnaSophia: I'm really, really close with my family. I have a great relationship. It's unlike Leslie's, where her parents are always gone and she doesn't get to spend that much time with them. Me, on the other hand, I spend a little too much time with them. I'm 13, so I close my door and say, ‘stay away, please!’ [laughs] but I have a really good relationship with them, and I'm close with all my cousins. They all live in Boulder, and there's six of them, and they're all my best friends. AGW: What are you reading now? Do you have any recommendations for kids or teens? AnnaSophia: Wow, lots of things. I started out loving just fiction, fantasy fiction. I like Harry Potter, of course, and “Lord of the Rings”, and “Eragon”. I love “Summer of Kings”. I like historical fiction. In the acting business, it's really nice because people give you a lot of books and go, ‘This would make a really good story, or a really good script.’ So it's always exciting when I talk to people, because they'll give me books. And I'm like, ‘Yes, I get to read a book!’ And it's actually like an important ‘have to do’ sort of thing. And I like that a lot. |
 
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The
last time we saw beautiful, blonde 13-year-old AnnaSophia Robb, she was
a bit younger and was smacking gum as Violet Beauregarde in Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory. Before that, the blonde, blue-eyed actress
had a cute, scruffy dog for a co-star in Because of Winn Dixie.
Now, AnnaSophia is an adventurous girl who creates a whole world from
her imagination in Bridge to Terabithia. 
AnnaSophia:
I do. I like to write. I like to write letters, I like to write my thoughts
down. I do have several journals, but I get really lazy, I have to admit.
You know, I get like, ‘Okay, well, I should be writing all this
stuff down’ so, when I die or get old, there should be a documentary,
or like a diary that I can publish so that people will know what it's
like to be in the acting business’, but I would rather go to bed.
[laughs]. But, when I have trouble on my mind, I'll write it down and
then that makes me feel better. But I don't write everything down.