Quvenzhane Wallis, the nine year old star of “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” has a new iconic role to play: Little Orphan Annie. Will Smith and James Lassiter are producing yet a new version of the musical “Annie” for the movies, with a mostly African American cast. Oscar nominated Quvenhane has landed the role. You may know that the little girl was discovered by director Benh Zeitlin in New Orleans when she was six. She had no acting experience–or any kind of experience. But the little girl is proving to be quite the find, a natural so to speak. But we’re always worried about child stars. Hopefully things will go well here, with no terrible miseries or scandals down the road involving — well, we all know what could happen.
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