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Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door

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Sigrid Thornton as Judy Garland

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Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door

Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door

Sigrid Thornton as Judy Garland - Joel Jackson as Peter Allen

Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door

Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door

Sigrid Thornton as Judy Garland - Joel Jackson as Peter Allen

Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door

Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door

Sigrid Thornton as Judy Garland - Joel Jackson as Peter Allen

Sigrid Thornton found it ‘thrilling and daunting’ to play Judy Garland

The Daily Telegraph August 24, 2015
PLAYING Judy Garland was all in the eyes for Sigrid Thornton. Appearing as the great Wizard of Oz actress in the upcoming telemovie, Peter Allen: Not The Boy Next Door, Thornton said: “Seeing myself in the brown contacts was really the clincher. My eyes are quite light so making them dark really changed my face.”

A lifelong fan of Garland, Thornton admits it was both a “thrilling and daunting” task to play Garland.
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Sigrid Thornton on her leap from SeaChange to Judy Garland in Seven’s Peter Allen telemovie

Holly Byrnes
News Corp Australia Network
September 14, 2015

“(Playing Garland) was a bit like jumping off a cliff but I always think that’s a good recommendation for taking a job,” the Brisbane-raised Thornton told News Corp Australia.

SIGRID Thornton, beloved as Laura from Seachange in the late nineties, needed a major temptation to return to TV. To play Judy Garland did the trick.

IT’S hard to see any obvious parallels between small town magistrate, Laura Gibson of SeaChange fame and showbiz luminary, Judy Garland.

Until Sigrid Thornton explains her decision to take on the two disparate TV characters came down to the same leap of faith.

Making an impressive return to the small screen in Channel 7’s acclaimed new miniseries,  Peter Allen: Not The Boy Next Door, it’s Thornton — the reborn TV enthusiast — who shares the unlikely link  between the roles — and in doing so, closes the gap between then and now.

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Joel Jackson and Sigrid Thornton on 'Peter Allen - Not The Boy Next Door'

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