Aussie actress Abbie Cornish has completely transformed into iconic celebrity Anna Nicole Smith in a first look at the new feature film.<\/p>\n
The 43-year-old will play the late Playboy playmate in an upcoming movie titled Trust Me, I\u2019m a Doctor, which is based on a memoir by Dr. Sandeep Kapoor \u2013 an LA-based physician who was implicated in the death of Smith from an accidental overdose in 2007.<\/p>\n
In a first-look image released today by the film\u2019s production company Briarcliff Entertainment, Cornish is pictured with co-star Kal Penn, who plays the titular role of Dr. Kapoor. <\/p>\n
The pair are seen recreating the real-life duo\u2019s appearance at the West Hollywood Pride parade in 2005, where Smith famously lay over a convertible sports car while wearing a sparkly silver dress with cut-out sides. <\/p>\n
In the photo, Penn is sat next to Cornish in character as Dr Kapoor, who at the time faced backlash for becoming too close with Smith and seemingly crossing a doctor-patient boundary.<\/p>\n
Penn, who is best known for his role in the Harold & Kumar films, said he was lucky enough to have met Smith before her tragic death at 39, and from his observations Cornish perfectly portrayed the late star. <\/p>\n
\u201cShe really embodied Anna Nicole in a very striking way,\u201d Penn told Variety<\/a>. \u201cShe was a completely different person. I briefly met Anna Nicole a handful of times way back when I was starting my career, and she was on a reality show. I never really had any conversations of any note with her but it definitely brought me back to that time. Abbie is excellent. She\u2019s phenomenal in this role.\u201d<\/p>\n He added that Cornish \u2013 who was born in the Hunter Region in NSW \u2013 made a conscious effort not to play Smith as a caricature, but rather she brought a \u201cvulnerability\u201d and \u201ccomplexity\u201d to the role. <\/p>\n