From Bill Harris of Postmedia Network:
Ella Ballentine embraces the past in ‘Anne of Green Gables’
It might be the most mature response to any question I’ve ever posed.
Ella Ballentine is a 14-year-old actress who’s playing the most famous orphan in the world, Anne Shirley, in Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables. The new two-hour, made-for-TV movie debuts Monday, Feb. 15, on YTV. Continue reading.Â
From Bill Harris of Postmedia Network:
Martin Sheen talks Anne of Green Gables, love of Canada
“There are as many different interpretations as there are actors doing it. So I felt very comfortable going in there, you know, I was the right age (Sheen is 75). I love the little girl, Ella (Ballentine). And I knew Sara (Botsford) from The West Wing, she played the wife of John Spencer’s character.
“You have to be ruled by the material with Anne of Green Gables. You can’t say, ‘Oh, well, here’s an opportunity for me.’ Everybody has a role to play.†Continue reading.
