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Release year: 1995

Storyline

Set right after World War II, a naive teenage girl joins a shabby theatre troupe in Liverpool. During a winter production of Peter Pan, the play quickly turns into a dark metaphor for youth as she becomes drawn into a web of sexual politics and intrigue.

Top credits

Directors

Mike Newell

Writers

Cast

Hugh Grant — Meredith Potter
Alan Rickman — P.L. O'Hara
Georgina Cates — Stella
Alun Armstrong — Uncle Vernon

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Did you know

• Georgina Cates had unsuccessfully auditioned for the part of Stella under her real name of Clare Woodgate. Frustrated, she dyed her hair, reinvented herself as a 16-year-old Liverpool girl called "Georgina Cates", and landed the role.

• Alan Rickman was reportedly upset to find out that Georgina Cates had lied about her age (she was 19 at the time of filming but stated she was only 16) in order to land the role of Stella. He had gone out of his way to be extremely gentle around her during their intimate scenes because of her perceived age.

• The playhouse seen in the picture was actually the Olympia Theatre in Dublin, Ireland.