Post by marie on Dec 23, 2008 23:55:07 GMT -5
On screen, Ellen Page has played a pregnant teen, an X-Man and a dark metaphorical cousin to Chris Hansen. And now she will play one of us. The 21-year-old actress has been attached to the feature film adaptation of Freeheld, the true story of a terminally-ill lesbian's struggle to pass her pension benefits to her partner.
Good As You reported on Friday that Cynthia Wade, the director of the Oscar-winning short documentary, was turning her film into a full-length feature with Ellen attached. Based on the life of Laurel Hester, Freeheld follows the New Jersey police detective lieutenant's fight after her cancer diagnosis to give her pension survivor benefits to partner Stacie Andree. Ellen would play Stacie.
Good As You reported on Friday that Cynthia Wade, the director of the Oscar-winning short documentary, was turning her film into a full-length feature with Ellen attached. Based on the life of Laurel Hester, Freeheld follows the New Jersey police detective lieutenant's fight after her cancer diagnosis to give her pension survivor benefits to partner Stacie Andree. Ellen would play Stacie.
