Brighton newspaper The Argus report on a wintry incident in Dakota Blue Richard’s hometown of Hove. The paper reports that Dakota was “with a group that kicked to pieces a snowman and snow dog that brought a neighbourhood together.” Local shopkeeper Abe Restoto, outwith whose store the snowman was constructed, lamented that “”We put our heart and soul into that snowman.” He said of Dakota, “She went from cool to uncool in a very short space of time.”
The film star’s agents have responded, saying that, “It was a game that obviously somewhere along the way went awry. It was not done with malicious intent at all.”
Local residents don’t seem too upset however: most of the comments on the Argus’ website criticise the newspaper for running the story in the first place. It has been picked up by the Telegraph as well though.
The Golden Compass videogame has recently been released across all major gaming platforms. Thanks to Sega, we’ve 5 copies of the PS2 version of the game to give away. To be in with a chance of winning, email us with the answer to this question: What is Dakota Blue Richards’ favourite videogame?
The contest closes 7th December and is open to North American & UK residents only - please include your address with your entry.
We also have an interview with Dakota for you. Dakota was asked how she finds the videogame, what she thinks of the model of herself in the game; what consoles she owns and what games she plays.
Finally, if you complete this puzzle game, you can download some exclusive wallpapers of the movie & game.
CBBC Newsround’s Lizo interviewed Dakota Blue Richards this week. In the interview she talks about becoming famous, working with Nicole Kidman, and what she thinks her daemon would be. She also expresses a wish to return to do the next two films - should they get the green light - and reveals that shooting locations are already being planned:
“If they decide to shoot the next two then I think it would be fun to do them. They’re saying that if they do do the next two, parts of them would be shot in Spain and it would be fun to actually go somewhere.”
Brighton newspaper The Argus have an article online about Dakota Blue Richards, in which she talks about her time on set, and her anticipation of the movie as the release date draws ever near: “It’s a bit strange now because the first poster is at the cinemas and it’s a weird feeling I get seeing it. It’s sort of me, and not me, if you know what I mean.” You can read the full article here.
A new film featurette about the character and casting of Lyra, and in particular about Dakota Blue Richards, has been released by New Line. It features the thoughts of Daniel Craig, Nicole Kidman, Chris Weitz and indeed Richards herself. It’s a short, but well put together film which follows the casting process from the open casting calls last year through to the film production. Watch it here, or just below.
Dakota’s unofficial fansite has scored the actress’ first autograph. The photo signed is a new image from the film. You can view the image in full over at dakota blue resource.
IMDB and the official site of The Little White Horse book are saying that the star of The Golden Compass, Dakota Blue Richards, will be taking one of the lead roles in the movie adaptation of the book - currently under the working title of The Moon Princess. Dakota is listed as playing Maria, “a 13 year old orphan on her journey to the mysterious Moonacre Manor in the beautiful West Country. There she finds herself in a crumbling house of secrets and mystery in a world caught up in time. Maria discovers that she is the last Moon Princess and she has only until the next full moon to undo the misdeeds of her ancestors and save the Moonacre estate from disappearing into the sea forever.”
CBBC’s Newsround have posted online their Tuesday interview with Dakota Blue Richards. The star of The Golden Compass had originally heard about the auditions on the programme and told them how she went along to open auditions in Cambridge to try out for the part of Lyra because she was such a fan of the books. “I like to do what I’m told not to do, just because someone’s told me not to do it,” she said. “I really liked the character and so I thought I might as well go to the auditions. I didn’t really believe it at first until they were saying ‘Oh you’re going to come to set and do costume fittings’ and I was like ‘what?’”
Brighton newspaper The Argus report on a wintry incident in Dakota Blue Richard’s hometown of Hove. The paper reports that Dakota was “with a group that kicked to pieces a snowman and snow dog that brought a neighbourhood together.” Local shopkeeper Abe Restoto, outwith whose store the snowman was constructed, lamented that “”We put our heart and soul into that snowman.” He said of Dakota, “She went from cool to uncool in a very short space of time.”
IMDB and the official site of The Little White Horse book are saying that the star of The Golden Compass, Dakota Blue Richards, will be taking one of the lead roles in the movie adaptation of the book - currently under the working title of The Moon Princess. Dakota is listed as playing Maria, “a 13 year old orphan on her journey to the mysterious Moonacre Manor in the beautiful West Country. There she finds herself in a crumbling house of secrets and mystery in a world caught up in time. Maria discovers that she is the last Moon Princess and she has only until the next full moon to undo the misdeeds of her ancestors and save the Moonacre estate from disappearing into the sea forever.”
