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| image from Wonderstruck trailer |
Millicent Simmonds is 14 years old and like most teenagers her age-except she's deaf and starring in a major motion picture called
Wonderstruck. The Associated Press reports the director of the film told reporters at the Cannes Film Festival, "It was our incredible good fortune to find this girl, Millie, who from the very beginning — the very first time I saw her tape — I just shivered. There was something about the integrity of her as a person that showed through that was true and ultimately you see it on the screen. Our good fortune in finding Millie can't be overstated." Read the full story about Millicent Simmonds
here
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