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Based on the worldwide bestselling book series, Fallen is seen through the eyes of Lucinda “Luce” Price, a strong-willed 17-year-old living a seemingly ordinary life until she is accused of a crime she didn’t commit.  Sent off to the imposing Sword & Cross reform school, Luce finds herself being courted by two young men to whom she feels oddly connected.  Isolated and haunted by strange visions, Luce begins to unravel the secrets of her past and discovers the two men are fallen angels, competing for her love for centuries.  Luce must choose where her feelings lie, pitting Heaven against Hell in an epic battle over true love.

The much anticipated feature film adaptation of Lauren Kate’s worldwide bestselling young adult novel, Fallen comes to the big screen with a cast of exciting young stars and directed by award-winning Australian director Scott Hicks.

Addison Timlin, Jeremy Irvine, and Harrison Gilbertson star alongside Joely RichardsonLola Kirke, Sianoa Smit-McPhee, Daisy Head, Hermione Corfield, and Malachi Kirby complete the cast.

“Fallen” is a romantic fantasy film based on Lauren Kate’s bestselling series, (inset) Harrison Gilbertson, Addison Timlin and Jeremy Irvine stars of the film
directed by Scott Hicks

Kate was inspired to write the Fallen novels by the romance in the story of fallen angels giving up their place in heaven for the untested love of human women that appears in Genesis. “As a romantic, I wanted to write a story from point of view of a girl who made that love worthwhile,” she says. “The idea of a love that has cosmic consequences and that addresses deep betrayals and big motivations has always reached me deeply and I’m happy that they reached others through my books. Luce has an obsession with making impossible love possible. She falls in love with Daniel but that love dies, and she’s desperate to break the curse because she believes the love is worth it. Her openness and deep faith in the power of love is her defining characteristic. Luce is lost when we meet her and every day is an obstacle but Daniel is a ray of light even though he acts badly. She makes her world about him. It’s a deep faith in love that’s very admirable.”

“Characters always start the book for me,” continues the author. “What Luce taught me, when she wants to do something, I have to follow her. The book comes alive when characters come alive. What’s delighted me most about visiting the set is to realise that there’s a whole energy and world that exists between lines I wrote and beyond the pages. Seeing the actors portray the characters in ways that is so faithful to who they are. It’s exciting to find that they are alive in their own right.”

Kate’s Fallen launched a series of five novels that took the publishing world by storm. Published in 2009, Fallen introduced a group of memorable characters and a compelling romance that spanned the eras and enthralled young adults around the world. The series – Fallen, Torment, Passion, Rapture and the Fallen in Love collection of novellas set in the Middle Ages – has become a smash hit with over 10 million copies sold. Her stories, featuring star-crossed lovers and fallen angels, sold in over 30 countries around the world.

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It’s no surprise then that the filmmakers were keenly aware of the novels’ fans while they were writing and making the film adaptation. It was with a mixture of excitement, trepidation and anxiety that the cast had to deal with the thought that the fans would be watching their every move!

“It’s been exciting knowing they’re out there and cool to share in their excitement,” says Addison Timlin. “I’ve felt a responsibility to respect them. You have to acknowledge it’s because of the audience that you’re here. It’s great to have this group are out there rooting for you. They’re a powerful group and it’s lovely to love something and to care about something so much. There’s also a certain terror in disappointing them but I do read tweets I get or letters I’ve got and they love this character in a way I completely understand. I hope we did the books justice. I think the fans will be pleased in how we’ve translated it to film because we’ve stayed true to the story.”

Jeremy Irvine agrees, “It’s different to other movies because of its huge fan base,” he says. “I hope the fans will want to see it, and we’ve had no choice but to make it good. That’s scary and increases the pressure as an actor.”

Fallen is now in cinemas from Pioneer Films.                                 

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