NYGossipGirl Exclusive Video Interview: Saoirse Ronan

NYGossipGirl had the pleasure of chatting with Hanna actress Saoirse Ronan at the New York City premiere of her action-packed film.

The film centers around Hanna (Ronan), a teenage girl who has the strength, the stamina, and the smarts of a soldier. This come from being raised by her father (Eric Bana), an ex-CIA man, in the wilds of Finland. Living a life unlike any other teenager, her upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her the perfect assassin. The turning point in her adolescence is a sharp one; sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys stealthily across Europe while eluding agents dispatched after her by a ruthless intelligence operative with secrets of her own (Cate Blanchett). As she nears her ultimate target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence and unexpected questions about her humanity.

During our interview with Ronan, she talked about what it was like preparing for the role and how she dealt with the action scenes.

Check out NYGossipGirl’s exclusive interview below!

Edited: April 20th, 2011

Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde and Charlie Hunnam: Kin Ready

Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde and Charlie Hunnam are in negotiations to star in Kin, a crime thriller.

The film follows “two desperate sibling fugitives (Bana and Wilde) on the run who subsequently collide with the holiday homecoming of a troubled ex-boxer (Hunnam).”

Filming begins this March in Canada.

Bana can next be seen in Joe Wright’s assassin pic Hanna alongside Saoirse Ronan and Cate Blanchett.

Wilde stars in Tron: Legacy, which opens this weekend and Hunnam is filming FX’s  Sons of Anarchy.

Edited: December 17th, 2010

Eric Bana Cast in ‘Hanna’

Eric Bana has been cast in Hanna, a film which centers around a 14-year-old girl who has been raised by her father to be a cold-blooded killing machine.

“She connects with a French family, forms a friendship with their daughter and goes through the pangs of adolescence. When the girl is dragged back to her fathers world and discovers that she was bred as a killing machine in a CIA prison camp, she must fight her way to a free life.”

The Lovely Bones actress Saoirse Ronan is set to star in the lead role as Hanna and the film will be directed by Joe Wright.

Bana will play Hanna’s father and nemesis.

Hanna is set for a 2011 release.

Edited: February 6th, 2010