A SPRINGFIELD schoolgirl has swapped the classroom for the studios of Hollywood by starring as the young Angelina Jolie character in a new Disney blockbuster.
Isobelle Molloy, 12, will play the young version of the title character, Maleficent, based on the Sleeping Beauty fairytale.
The actress will fly to Los Angeles on November 14 to screen the special effects for the film, which Walt Disney Pictures plans to release in 2014.
Isobelle, who trains at Tomorrow's Talent in Little Waltham, has already filmed her scenes for the film at Pinewood Studios.
"I am really happy with how it all went," she said.
"I met Angelina. She's really nice. We were talking about her contact lenses because we both wear them.
"She showed me hers and then she said 'if you need any help just ask me'.
"It is funny because my mum was saying that I look like Angelina before I even knew about the film.
"It is a big compliment to be picked because that means I must really look like her."
Isobelle was filming on and off for three weeks in October.
Because she was missing out on school a tutor was hired for her.
She said: "Filming was amazing, I was a fairy so I had to have harnesses put on me and fly.
"I even had my own trailer and it said 'young Maleficent' on the door.
"My character could be seen in two different ways. She's not evil but not happy, but that's all I can say, I'm not allowed to give too much away. I know I have to wait a long time to see myself on the big screen, which is a shame, but I cannot wait."
Isobelle only recently finished a stint in the hit West End musical Matilda for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
She won a full scholarship to the famous Redroofs Theatre School, in Maidenhead, Berkshire, after the director saw her play the lead in Matilda.
She now spends four days a week at the school and lives in a hotel with some of her classmates.
"Film is very different from the stage, where if you do something wrong you have to carry on, but with film they shout 'cut, let's do that again'.
"Both are amazing in different ways and I love both of them."
Maleficent is directed by Academy Award winner Robert Stromberg, who was production designer for Avatar and Alice in Wonderland.
"The first two auditions they gave me a completely different script because they did not want anyone finding out about the film," she said.
"I did not have a clue what I was auditioning for.
"I am always busy, lots of auditions for big things and small things, I am never left twiddling my thumbs.
"But my family are the ones who keep me grounded, I am definitely not a prima donna."
Mum Leanne Cornwell, 38, is very proud of how professionally Isobelle has taken to the working world.
She said: "It is really exciting stuff; she's been a busy girl.
"I do not think she realises the enormity of it all. She just takes it in her stride.
"I cannot wait to see Isobelle on the big screen. It is a dream role, it really is.
"I think she got her Angelina Jolie looks from me!"
