Christina – who regularly watched her father abuse her mother – told Britain’s OK! magazine: “The girls I play, Ali, has a rough past – her mother dies when she’s very young and she’s been in foster homes. I could relate to that pain, growing up in an abusive household. That gave me great motivation to provoke my tears for those scenes where I had to really pour it on. I felt it deeply, to go through a lot of those things that brought up a lot of painful memories.” Christina stars alongside legendary entertainer Cher in the movie and admits the pair have now become very close.
She said: “Cher’s embraced me with open arms, it’s meant the world. She’s been very much like a mentor to me, but we get together and it’s like we’re old girlfriends, we’ll talk and talk. I really adore her.”
Source: OK Magazine
