Supermodel Abbey Lee Kershaw is to make her acting debut in Mad Max 4. As the world's fifth most in-demand model, Abbey Lee Kershaw says she loves her job because it allows her to become someone else.
Now the elfin beauty is taking her work one giant step further, with word she has signed to star in the controversial fourth instalment of Mad Max.
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Her first acting job, the triple-threat (she sings in a band) has nabbed a part in the George Miller-directed production of Mad Max: Fury Road, which was scheduled to start filming in Namibia this month, following years of delays and setbacks.
A well-placed film source said: "Obviously it's set in a post-apocalyptic world, and women, especially beautiful women, are scarce, so men have been locking them up in cages. Abbey is one of them. She's perfect."
New York-based Kershaw has said in the past she was not sure about acting.
The action film, which has an estimated budget of more than $130 million, is set to star Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron.
It was originally set to shoot in Broken Hill in 2010 but, after huge sets were built during pre-production, torrential rains flooded the area, turning the all-important desert setting into a lush, green garden.
Kershaw's Australia-based model management Chic couldn't comment yesterday and the Kennedy-Miller production company didn't return our calls.
There are rumours Kershaw's role was initially given to fellow Aussie Teresa Palmer, who eventually pulled out to pursue other projects following the long delays.
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Now the elfin beauty is taking her work one giant step further, with word she has signed to star in the controversial fourth instalment of Mad Max.
Her first acting job, the triple-threat (she sings in a band) has nabbed a part in the George Miller-directed production of Mad Max: Fury Road, which was scheduled to start filming in Namibia this month, following years of delays and setbacks.
A well-placed film source said: "Obviously it's set in a post-apocalyptic world, and women, especially beautiful women, are scarce, so men have been locking them up in cages. Abbey is one of them. She's perfect."
New York-based Kershaw has said in the past she was not sure about acting.
The action film, which has an estimated budget of more than $130 million, is set to star Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron.
It was originally set to shoot in Broken Hill in 2010 but, after huge sets were built during pre-production, torrential rains flooded the area, turning the all-important desert setting into a lush, green garden.
Kershaw's Australia-based model management Chic couldn't comment yesterday and the Kennedy-Miller production company didn't return our calls.
There are rumours Kershaw's role was initially given to fellow Aussie Teresa Palmer, who eventually pulled out to pursue other projects following the long delays.
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