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01
January 2007
Sienna
Miller Denies Dylan
Defamation
Actress
Sienna
Miller
has rejected claims that
new film Factory Girl
blames singer Bob Dylan
for the death of Andy
Warhol's muse, Edie
Sedgwick.
Dylan
reportedly tried to halt
the release of the film,
starring Miller as
Sedgwick, claiming it
defamed him.
Character
Billy Quinn, who has a
doomed affair with
Sedgwick in the film,
bears a physical
likeness to
Dylan.
But
Miller told The Observer
she was "mortified" to
learn of Dylan's anger.
"It blames Warhol more
than anyone. I'm Bob
Dylan's biggest fan. I'm
mortified that he's
pissed off," Miller, 25,
told the Sunday
newspaper.
"She
needed help and no one
helped her. It's not
that Dylan drove her to
heroin
addiction."
Factory
Girl follows the life of
Sixties fashion icon
Sedgwick, who committed
suicide at the age of
28.
It
was released in the US
on Friday, just in time
to allow it to qualify
for this year's Academy
Awards.
Producer
Harvey Weinstein is keen
to secure a nomination
for Miller, who stars
opposite Guy Pearce as
Warhol.
Billy
Quinn - "a hybrid of
Dylan, Jim Morrison,
Donovan" according to
director George
Hickenlooper - is played
by Star Wars actor
Hayden
Christensen.
"Even
though Mr Dylan's name
is not used, the
portrayal remains
defamatory," Dylan's
lawyer Orin Snyder wrote
in a letter to the
film's producers, quoted
in The
Observer.
"It
very obviously looks and
sounds like Dylan," said
Miller. "But I think a
lot of actors base
performances on real
life."
Sedgwick
is believed to have
inspired some of Dylan's
best-loved tracks, but
the singer has never
spoken publicly about
their alleged
relationship.
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