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By Stephen Schaefer Wednesday, July 2, 2008 - Added 1m ago Julia Ormond won’t use the C word. “Comeback is a tricky turn,” she said. The 43-year-old actress, who hit it big in 1994’s “Legends of the Fall,” plays Abigail Breslin’s mother in “Kit Kittredge: An American Girl.” She then reunites with Brad Pitt (her co-star in “Legends”) for “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” and stars in “Che” with Benicio Del Toro. Director Patricia Rozema knew why she wanted Ormond for “Kit Kittredge.” “Julia has backbone and grace, elegance and thoughtfulness. If it’s a 1930s mom fated to do housework,” the filmmaker said, “I wanted someone who wouldn’t fade into the woodwork.” Ormond has won praise for playing the role minus makeup or glamour. “ ‘Legends of the Fall’ was virtually no makeup. So maybe what they mean is now I’m older,”... [read full story]
