![]() ![]() ![]() The 55-year-old shows no sign of jet lag, dressed in an elegant plum-coloured Ginger & Smart dress, but would like some caffeine, please. She’s lived there for 10 years with her husband, actor Peter O’Brien, and their daughter, Darcey. ![]() Otto flew in from Los Angeles the night before our lunch. My mum heard it on the radio and loved it.” “People always think because my parents were actors, I was named after The Tempest,” she says. There are more now.” And to dispel any notions of grandeur, Otto, the child of actors Barry and Lindsay Otto, was herself named for the Sydney suburb. So, has she met any Mirandas named for her? “Not so far. Miranda Otto’s personal fascination with cults formed a part of her decision to star in The Clearing. I’m just a small part of that, but I am the face they attach meaning to.” The films, she says are “a part of film history,” a project she feels “super lucky to have been part of.” It’s Tolkien, it’s that whole world, it’s Peter Jackson and the films. “That character meant a lot to a lot of people,” she says. Miranda Otto reckons she’s met “at least six” babies named for her Lord of the Rings character, Eowyn (pronounced Aye-oh-wen). ![]()
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