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31
January 2007
Sienna
Miller Out For Factory
Girl
Debut
Actress
Sienna
Miller
has attended the
premiere of her latest
film, Factory Girl, in
New York.
The
25-year-old star, who
plays Andy Warhol's muse
Edie Sedgwick, admitted
she was nervous about
how the critics would
rate it.
Factory
Girl follows the life of
Sixties fashion icon
Sedgwick, who committed
suicide at the age of
28.
The
film, directed by George
Hickenlooper, also stars
actor Guy Pearce as
Warhol.
Miller,
wearing a vintage
1960s-style mini-dress
covered in tassels, said
she felt a "trepidation"
about
reviews.
She
added: "But Edie's
brother saw it and said
that he loved it and her
husband thought that it
was like her, so I feel
like if those people are
happy I don't really
mind too
much."
Last
month Sienna Miller
denied the film blames
singer Bob Dylan for the
death of Sedgwick, who
took an overdose of
barbiturates in
1971.
He
reportedly tried to halt
the release of the film
claiming it defamed
him.
Character
Billy Quinn - who has a
doomed affair with
Sedgwick in the film -
bears a physical
likeness to Dylan, but
is said to be a
composite of Dylan,
Doors star Jim Morrison
and Rolling Stones
frontman Mick
Jagger.
Dylan's
lawyers have said the
portrayal is defamatory
even though it does not
use his name.
But
Miller said: "It blames
Warhol more than
anyone."
At
the premiere
Hickenlooper said: "I
couldn't care less about
Bob Dylan's reaction. My
research showed that
they were involved with
each other. Edie's
brother said they were
involved. I guess it's
embarrassing for him but
it's the story we
told."
The
film's writer, Captain
Mauzner, said the Billy
Quinn character was
based in part on
Dylan.
He
added: "It's based in
part on a lot of
different rock and
rollers, some made up.
It's not Bob Dylan per
se but it's somebody
based on people like
him."
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