How RBG's nephew helped Felicity Jones turn into his aunt in 'On the Basis of Sex'
Felicity Jones was wandering through a museum exhibit when she noticed some black-and-white videos being projected on a wall.
She had seen the 8 mm home movies from Ruth Bader Ginsburg's personal collection before, but was nonetheless transfixed by the silent footage.
"She has this almost movie-star-like quality," the movie star said, staring at the Supreme Court justice on her honeymoon.
Even after getting to meet and subsequently play Ginsburg in "On the Basis of Sex" - the new biopic about the equal rights leader - Jones still seems genuinely starry eyed by the justice. And it was only a couple of years ago that she even learned who Ginsburg was. Growing up in England, Jones was unfamiliar with the 85-year-old icon until her mother heard a BBC radio program about her.
"She said, 'I've just been hearing about this extraordinary woman who's a lawyer in the U.S., I think you'd be really interested in her," recalled Jones, now 35. Within a year, the actress received
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