Posted on 11/29/2006 8:22:47 PM PST by paulat
Pregnant star misses Vatican gala
Keisha Castle-Hughes has said she is too busy to attend the premiere The teenage star of a film about the Nativity is missing its Vatican premiere because she is expecting a baby with her 19-year-old partner. New Zealander Keisha Castle-Hughes, 16, who was nominated for an Oscar for her role in Whale Rider, plays Mary.
Pope Benedict XVI will also be unable to attend the Vatican's first premiere due to his forthcoming visit to Turkey.
A member for the Papal Council for Culture said the actress was expected to play her part well, not be a saint.
The actress, who is expecting a child in spring, said that she was "thrilled" at the news and had made the film "in a state of grace".
Biblical tale
The premiere of The Nativity Story, expected to be attended by 7,000 people, will take place in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall, which is used for Sunday masses when they are not held outside in St Peter's Square.
The film was shot in southern Italy and Morocco
The film was shot partly in Matera, Italy, the same location used for Mel Gibson's The Passion of The Christ.
It recounts the Biblical tale from the Angel Gabriel's announcement to Mary that she will give birth to Jesus, to the visit of the three wise men to the new baby.
It has been produced by the US-based production company New Line Cinema, which was also involved in the Lord of The Rings trilogy, and will open in the US and Italy next month.
Oscar Isaac, a 30-year-old US actor, plays Joseph opposite Castle-Hughes.
Born in Australia, Castle-Hughes moved to New Zealand aged four with her Maori mother and Australian father. She became a New Zealand citizen in 2001.
Proceeds of the premiere will go towards the building of a school in the northern Israeli village of Mughar which Druze, Muslim and Christian children will attend
It's another Festivus MIRACLE!!!
At least she didn't abort the child.
Her childbirth is sad? How so? Should she have aborted it instead?
Oh no - she did what every person's mother on earth has one at least once, and very often several times...
Her baby is a bastard. That's what's sad.
Are you serious? You think single motherhood is ideal?
Her parents, Tim Castle and Desrae Hughes, met in Australia, but were never married. They had 3 children together, during their 9 year relationship.
I guess it runs in the family.
This Mary is obviously not a virgin. Actually, she is not even married. LOL
Her childbirth is sad? How so? Should she have aborted it instead?
Good heavens you are dense!!! OF COURSE NOT!!!
My point is a 16-year-old girl shouldn't be pregnant. I hope you would not want to have your daughters at that age pregnant.
Don't be a jerk!
Shoulda' killed it then. Maybe you'd find that less sad.
This child is a beautiful actress and no one was looking out for her.
This will hurt "The Nativity Story."
Just might.
The core audience for this film, the ones who will ignore bad reviews and poor word of mouth and flock to the film, might be a little less inclined now.
bump with no comment.
Sorry...but you are an out-of-date idiot. "Partner" is any un-married person.
She is a 16-year-old girl in love with a 19-year-old boy who impregnated her. That is what gives me shudders.
Who are you to hope anything for daughters that I may or may not have? But your judgement shows that she'd clearly have been better off in some people's eyes by aborting the child.
It's about appearances, after all.
You are a nasty, nasty, nasty person to even suggest that!!
I think a child (her) has been violated.
Her baby is a precious little baby. God doesn't make mistakes. Sure hope you were being sarcastic. Single motherhood isn't ideal, but it's a heck of a lot better than killing the baby.
Lord knows... ~THAT~ has never happened before. /s
Well calling me an idiot gets you no brownie points. And most papers in the US still refer to the boyfriend as the father, not a partner.
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