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Barrymore: 'Ellen Page is my muse'

Published Thursday, Sep 17 2009, 17:02 BST | By Simon Reynolds
Barrymore: 'Ellen Page is my muse'

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Drew Barrymore has described Whip It star Ellen Page as her muse.

Speaking at the movie's Toronto International Film Festival premiere, Barrymore praised the 22-year-old's performance in her directorial debut.

"It was the ideal situation where you hope that you'll fall in love with your muse and your hero and I literally could burst into tears about how much I did fall in love with her," she explained.

Page was equally as enthusiastic about working with the actress on the comedy-drama, saying: "Unbelievable, mind-blowing. Drew's amazing, she's incredibly grounded, she treats everyone the same. She's so compassionate, a luminous quality like no other person [and she has] an energy on set where she just constantly gives."

Whip It, about a small town misfit who joins a roller derby team, co-stars Barrymore, Kristen Wiig, Juliette Lewis and Alia Shawkat.

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