North Devon film fan Dorothy McCormack experienced her own

cinematic close up this month when FILMCLUB sent the youngster to interview the

stars of Gulliver’s Travels which is showing at Scott Central Cinema in Barnstaple from tomorrow, 24 December 2010.

Dorothy, aged 10, from Instow Community Primary School, who is a Young Ambassador for FILMCLUB, traveled to the Dorchester Hotel in London to interview the film’s stars.

Dorothy and fellow Young Ambassador Beatrice met BAFTA Award-Nominated actress Emily Blunt (The Young Victoria, The Devil Wears Prada). After her interview with the young Filmclubbers Emily Blunt said “It was my favourite interview of the day.”

Dorothy asked comedian and BAFTA Award-nominated actor Billy Connolly (Mrs Brown, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events) who plays King Theodore in the movie, what he would do if he was King for a day.  He said he would give children a day off school and no homework.  Billy said the interview with the girls was “a real pleasure”.

Dorothy said of her experience, “The interviews were fun.  I was quite nervous before I went to do my first one, which was Emily Blunt, but I really enjoyed it and there was nothing to be worried about.  Emily was really friendly and was interested in talking about us as well as herself. Billy Connolly was REALLY funny.  He asked where I came from and when I said "Devon" he started singing a song about Devon!”

Dorothy also interviewed the film’s director, Rob Letterman (Monsters v Aliens, Shark Tale) she said “I expected Rob Letterman to be quite serious but he was actually really funny as well.  You have to remember the director is just as big a star as the actors are.”

Dorothy said of the Young Ambassador programme “Being a Young Ambassador has been a brilliant experience so far. It gives me a good knowledge of films because what most people think about a film is what they see on the screen.  Whereas now I can actually look into what happens in films and it's really interesting and fun. It's nice to see how normal the stars are…and to get to interview real people who have an experience in acting or directing.”

You can view and download the FILMCLUB Gulliver’s Travels interviews from Youtube.

FILMCLUB is free to state schools and colleges, and easy to set up.  Start-up sessions are being held across the country to introduce teachers to exciting after-school club. For further details on FILMCLUB and how to join, visit: www.filmclub.org/register or call 0207 288 4520.