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When you put the corset on it gives you a glimpse into what those women's lives must have been like, a little bit. Just the fact that they did that to themselves to look a certain way gives you an idea of how important it was to be a proper young lady in those times, to kind of fit the mold of what they were trying to accomplish socially. The director, Jay Russell told me to use the corset as a device to remind myself that not only physically, but emotionally, she was trapped in her surroundings and wanted desperately to get out. It was definitely a reminder because the thing is so tight!
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About the film Tuck Everlasting
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Lynn B (October 7, 2002). "We're Hangin' With.....Alexis Bledel". A Girl's World. Retrieved on 2007-02-26. 

 

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