Woody Allen on IRRATIONAL MAN Star & Bette Midler's Daughter Sophie: 'She's Wonderful'

Showbiz411's Roger Friedman moderated a press panel for Woody Allen's newest film IRRATIONAL MAN, opening today in select LA and New York theaters. The panelists included the film's stars Parker Posey and Jamie Blackley.

During the discussion, Friedman asked the legendary director about Bette Midler's actress daughter, Sophie von Haselberg, who is making her film debut in his latest project.

"She's wonderful," shares Allen. "She came in with a lot of other women that read and she's the spitting image of her and she was just good...I thought she was so good that I combined her part. There was another part to and when I gave her the role, then I dropped the other character out of the movie and worked it so that she could have a double role, so could appear more frequently cause she was impressive... She projects intelligence because she's intelligent."

The film also stars Academy Award-nominated actress Emma Stone (Broadway's CABARET) and Joaquin Phoenix. Allen pens and directs the pic which centers on a college student (Stone) who develops feelings for her emotionally disturbed philosophy professor Abe Lucas (Phoenix).

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