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Elisabeth Shue and Famke Janssen

Hide And Seek

Interviewed by Adrian Hennigan

I look like a strong dependable woman, I suppose

You couldn't find two actresses more different than Elisabeth Shue and Famke Janssen: Oscar-nominated Shue is a Harvard graduate who balances her acting career with being a mother of two; Janssen is a model-turned-actress who came to fame as a Bond girl and is now best known for playing Jean Grey in the X-Men franchise. Now they're both playing support to Dakota Fanning and Robert De Niro in psychological thriller Hide And Seek. They talk about the experience here...

WATCH: Elisabeth Shue and Famke Janssen interview

Hide And Seek is released in UK cinemas on Friday 25th February 2005.

Fact File
Date of Birth: Shue: 6th October 1963; Janssen: 5th November 1965
Famous For: Shue: Falling for an alcoholic (in Leaving Las Vegas); Janssen: playing the ridiculously named Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye
Infamous For: Shue: Falling for Ralph Macchio in The Karate Kid; Janssen: playing the ridiculously named Trillian St James in Deep Rising
Soundbite: "I may look like the girl next door, but you wouldn't want to live next door to me" (Shue)
Useless Fact: They've both starred in Woody Allen movies: Deconstructing Harry (Shue) and Celebrity (Janssen)

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