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25
April 2006
Renee
Zellweger Unveils Potter
Statue
US
actress Renee
Zellweger
has attended the
unveiling of a statue
honouring the children's
author Beatrix
Potter.
The
Oscar-winning star said
she hoped the 15ft
(4.5m) bronze statue at
Bowness-on-Windermere,
Cumbria, would become "a
distinctive local
landmark".
Renee
Zellweger, 36, is
currently shooting a
film about Potter in the
Lake District with
Scottish actor Ewan
McGregor.
The
actress said she had
been "stunned by the
beauty of the landscape
and the tranquillity of
the scene".
The
statue - which can be
seen at the Lake
District's World of
Beatrix Potter
attraction - depicts
three children releasing
Potter's character
Jemima
Puddle-Duck.
It
also features characters
from all of her 23 tales
and a carving of one of
her Lakeland homes, as
well as the mysterious
code she used in her
personal
diary.
Renee
Zellweger s film, Miss
Potter, is filming in
Cumbria after shooting
scenes on the Isle of
Man.
The
Chicago star, who was
accompanied at Sunday's
unveiling by her British
co-star Lloyd Owen, said
that "it brings the
whole Miss Potter story
to life to be in the
places where Beatrix
lived".
"Arriving
in the Lake District is
like the culmination of
the journey we've been
on these past few
weeks."
Directed
by Chris Noonan of Babe
fame, Miss Potter -
which will feature both
live action and
animation - is released
in the UK in January
2007.
The
Anglo-American
production also stars
Anton Lesser, Bill
Paterson and Emily
Watson.
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