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    EXCLUSIVE! Meet the stars of The Help

    As the release date draws near, meet the movie main’s characters in our exclusive clips

    By Eleanor Young
    Published 21 September 2011 In News

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    As the release date draws near, meet the movie main’s characters in our exclusive clips

    As firm fans of Kathryn Stockett’s best-selling book The Help, we were beside ourselves with excitement when film bosses announced plans for a movie.

    Now, as the release dates draws near, we’ve got our lucky hands on a whole host of exclusive clips introducing the film’s fabulous main characters - which we’ve be releasing every week. And you can watch our latest sneak peek HERE...

    SEE EMMA STONE’S STUNNING STYLE TRANSFORMATION HERE!

    Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, the upcoming movie – starring the beautiful Emma Stone and lovely Bryce Dallas Howard – charts the story of determined Southern society girl and aspiring writer Skeeter Phelan, who embarks on the risky task of writing a book about the African American maids which serve her friends.

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    Written from the point of view of characters Aibileen, Minnie and their friends who work for the prestigious Mississippi families - and put together in total secret – the book tells of the hardships the women go through, and once released threatens to turn the town upside down…

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