Christina Ricci talks Penelope

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Aug 4, 2005, 10:41 GMT

Christina Ricci is set to play a woman with a bizarre feature - a pig's snout.The beautiful actress will transform her looks for independent comedy 'Penelope' - which also stars blonde beauty Reese Witherspoon - and is thrilled about the porky role.She is quoted as saying in Britain's Daily Sport newspaper: "It's a modern day fable about this girl whose family lineage is cursed. She's born with a pig's nose."The only way to break the curse is for someone of her own kind to accept and love her."The brunette beauty admitted her agent thought she'd reject the part.She said: "My agent was actually scared to send the script to me because she thought I'd be offended."Earlier this year the 'Monster' star revealed she wants to marry boyfriend Adam Goldberg.She confessed: "I would marry Adam, because I'm very traditional and conservative.I definitely want children, ideally after I'm married, but you can't control everything"I'm getting older now, so I should think about a family, but certainly not tomorrow."Copyright 2005 BANG Media International

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Penelope is the story of a young woman, Penelope Wilhern (Christina Ricci), born to wealthy socialites (Richard E. Grant and Catherine O'Hara). Penelope is afflicted by a secret family curse ...more

US Release: 2008-02-29
UK Release: 2008-02-01

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