Anne Heche's Lifetime Movie 'Girl in Room 13' Will Still Air in September
justjared.comAnne Heche‘s upcoming Lifetime movie, Girl in Room 13, will still premiere as planned. The network revealed the news just a few days ahead of her untimely passing over the weekend. “This project is important to and along with each and every one of us.
We all started to make a film that would bring attention to the appalling issue of human sex trafficking. We hope that this film moves you and that you are just as inspired as Anne was to help us with our with our mission to stop violence against women,” Amy Winter, executive VP and head of programming, said during the network’s TCA panel last week. Elisabeth Rohm, who directs the pic, confirmed that the movie will still debut in September. “We’re all so dedicated to the cause, stopping violence against women and I again thank Lifetime’s so much for creating this platform.
All of us, especially Larissa [Dias] who played this victim, are committed to that cause,” she shared. Elisabeth went on, saying that “we talked about it — every single one of us — that this was our mission.
And although [Anne] is deeply missed, right now, I will say the film is finished and she did a phenomenal performance — a tour de force much like Larissa.” In an additional statement to People, following Anne‘s outcome, Elisabeth added that “Every single morning, she would come to set and she said, ‘We will not stand for abuse!’ And she would pump her fist and have this just beautiful, bright smile.
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