THE SECRET GARDEN - DIXIE EGERICKX INTERVIEW

DIXIE EGERICK in,THE SECRET GARDEN

A new film adaptation of the popular novel, The Secret Garden is out and this one has a a little darker twist and beautiful cinematography.

Dixie Egerickx holds her own in the new film adaptation of The Secret Garden. The 14 year old is definitely going places and has quite a bright future ahead.

Dixie leads the latest cinematic revival of The Secret Garden, the beloved book by Frances Hodgson Burnett, and has already appeared in several feature films, as well as on stage with the National Theatre Live in Young Marx; she’s also part of the star-studded cast for the new Game of Thrones prequel series. In The Secret Garden she more than holds her own alongside an impressive line up that includes Colin Firth and Julie Walters – meaning we’ll be seeing a lot more of Dixie on our screens in the years to come.

Dixie Egerickx was only eight years old when Kate Bone of Nina Gold Casting visited her west London school, looking for the breakout talent to play the lead role in Steven Spielberg’s The BFG. Egerickx was not cast in that role but was asked by Gold’s team if she would be interested in reading for other parts in the future.

Six years later, the actress has an impressive range of credits to her name, from the London West End transfer of Robert Icke’s acclaimed version of Oresteia (“It was pretty daunting,” she recalls) to upcoming Second World War big-screen drama Summerland, with Gemma Arterton. But it is her casting as Mary Lennox in  The Secret Garden  directed by Marc Munden, that will dramatically change her life.

I spoke with DIxie about working on The Secret Garden and why she thinks this story has endured for decades.

THE SECRET GARDEN IS NOW AVAILABLE ON VOD.