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Pet lover Abigail Breslin, child star of "Little Miss Sunshine" and Academy Award nominee will launch her latest film "Nim's Island" next month. The movie is a fantasy adventure about a young girl, "Nim", lost at sea with her scientist father.
According to Paula Bustamante of iafrica.com, "Abigail Breslin got her start making commercials, and eventually was cast by noted director M. Night Shyamalan to play Mel Gibson's daughter in the 2002 movie 'Signs'. That was followed by a role in 'Raising Helen' (2004), in which she played opposite her brother.
"Despite rubbing shoulders with Hollywood's A-list, Breslin enjoys ordinary pleasures like doting on her menagerie of assorted pets.
Her 11-year-old dislikes include the early-to-bed, early-to-rise routine of most children her age.
"I'm not a great fan of waking up early," she said, adding however that being home tutored has given her a reprieve from early school bells.
The only fly-in-the-ointment for what appears a brilliant future in film is Breslin's love of animals, including the "two dogs, two cats and a turtle", she keeps at home.
"The young actress, who wears a photo of one of her pet kittens in a locket around her neck, confesses that she'd like to be a veterinarian when she grows up, and says that her work with animal co-stars was one of the best parts of filming 'Nim's Island'.
"I got to do some stunts, like riding a sea lion, which was really fun," Breslin said.
In particular, "I loved the sea lions, just because they come up to get kisses," she gushed."
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