People: Sep. 30, 1985

Her physical presence is nothing if not revolutionary. Which is exactly what Producer Irwin Winkler was looking for when he cast Eurythmics Lead Singer Annie Lennox, 30, in the role of Miss Liberty in Revolution, an epic film about the American War of Independence, due out in December. "We thought she had the right kind of look for the period," says Winkler of the Scottish rocker. "We thought her voice would ring out in the crowd. It cuts through everything." In the film's opening scene, Lennox incites a mob to take a ship for the American cause from its owner, played...

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