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Beatrix the bunny hugger.(News)

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From: Sunday Tribune (South Africa)
Date: 20070318
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Beatrix Potter, children’s

artist, storyteller and, in old age, farmer and landowner of 1 618ha of the Lake District, does not, nevertheless, seem an obvious person to attract the attention of Hollywood, let alone become the subject of a feature film starring Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor.

But Miss Potter has been 15 years in the planning and six years in development. “By the time I came on board two years ago,” explains the film’s director, Chris Noonan, “I could see the producers had worked to make something very special. I think it was ...

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