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Korean Star Doona Bae On Sonmi-451 And Her Crossover Journey To 'Cloud Atlas'

Korean Star Doona Bae On Sonmi-451 And Her Crossover Journey To 'Cloud Atlas'

You'll hear much of the movie stars and familiar faces that pop up again and again in Tom Tykwer and Lana and Andy Wachowski's sprawling, ambitious Cloud Atlas, from Tom Hanks to Halle Berry to frequent Wachowski Starship performer Hugo Weaving. But the beating heart of the film belongs to Korean actress Doona Bae, who makes her English language debut as the luminous Sonmi-451, a genetically-engineered "fabricant" whose fierce humanity and love for a freedom fighter (Jim Sturgess) will change the future.
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