Saoirse Ronan to star as ‘Hanna Heller’ in a new action thriller
April 12th, 2011 - 12:37 am ICT by Aishwarya BhattLos Angeles, April 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Saoirse Ronan plays the role of Hanna Heller in the action thriller “Hanna.” Ronan’s character is the main character in the movie that also features Eric Bana as her father.
In the movie, Eric plays the role of Erik who is the father of Hanna. The two lived in an isolated cottage where Erik gradually trained Hanna to become an assassin. According to the movie’s plot, Erik had a mission for his daughter that he hoped she would execute one day. He ensured that his daughter had no access to modern day technology making it easier to get Hanna concentrated and manipulated. In the end, Hanna had to confront a rival of his father but was at a loss to the seemingly different world that she found herself.
Ronan was happy that she had the chance to play the character of Hanna. She explained that she learnt a lot of things from the character and was influenced personally. She also revealed that the physical nature of the role that she played was also very appealing to her. She explained that she saw the chance to train to fight as both fun and challenging.
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