3:20pm Monday 4th August 2008
By Amanda Williams
An Oxford teenager is appearing in a comedy film tipped to be a summer box office hit.
Eleanor Turner-Moss, 19, will be seen on the big screen in Wild Child, made by the company which produced Notting Hill, Bridget Jones's Diary and Love, Actually.
The former Oxford High School pupil, from Cumnor Hill, placed her plans to study medicine on hold after she was spotted in a school play by Stephen Fry's agent when she was 17.
Months later she was filming scenes for the film - which is due to be released on Friday, August 15 - alongside Hollywood star Julia Roberts' niece, Emma Roberts, who plays the film's title role.
Eleanor said: "I was playing Desiree in the musical A Little Night Music.
"Another cast member's mother had invited the agent who represents Emma Thompson and Stephen Fry to the performance to watch her daughter.
"But when I came off stage he handed me his number and asked me to call him.
"I have been to lots of castings but at 6ft I'm often told I'm too tall.
"It would be great to do this full-time, but at the moment my feet are firmly on the ground and I'm just having a lot of fun."
Wild Child was written by Lucy Dahl, the daughter of popular children's author Roald Dahl.
It tells the story of a spoiled rich girl from California who is shipped off to an English boarding school by her father to instill some discipline in his daughter.
She is met by a host of schoolgirls who will not tolerate her rebellious ways and set about making her life hell.
Eleanor, who is the niece of drummer Roger Taylor, from rock band Queen, plays one of the English schoolgirls - a character called Charlotte.
She said: "It's a fairly big part. I'm one of the girls who takes exception to Poppy at the school, but luckily there was no real-life friction. In fact, most of the cast were great fun."
The young actress has also appeared in the ITV adaptation of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple novel, Towards Zero.
She added: "Apart from my uncle, no-one else is really in 'the business' in the family.
"I'm going to give acting my best shot but if it doesn't work out I'll continue with my plans to be a doctor."
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