Disturbing photo shows smiling 'womb raider', 46, playing the doting mom with baby she ripped from a pregnant teen - despite the hospital knowing the gravely ill child was NOT hers
'Poor baby Pres': Pelosi accuses tantrum Trump of committing 'impeachable offenses' after he storms out of White House meeting to say he will NOT work with Democrats until they stop 'phony investigations'
How AOC served up cauliflower TACOS at the NYC Mexican restaurant where she worked - as she sparks furious row by claiming vegetable is 'colonial'
Harriet Tubman will NOT appear on the $20 bill as planned for 2020, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin reveals - after Trump called ditching Andrew Jackson 'political correctness'
How every woman CAN fall back in love with her husband - but be warned: this author, whose own marriage was struggling, says it means accepting his irritating habits (and making time for sex at 3am)
Michael Cohen had more than 1,000 calls and texts with company linked to Russian oligarch after Election Day, unsealed warrant applications reveal
Federal judge DENIES bid to block Deutsche Bank and Capitol One from turning over Trump business records, citing Congress's 'broad' powers to investigate
Moby shares shirtless photo of himself with Natalie Portman as 'proof' they dated when she 18 and he was 33 after she denied it and called him a 'creepy older man'
Michael Avenatti is charged with defrauding Stormy Daniels by using 'doctored document to divert $300,000 she was supposed to get from a book deal'
EXCLUSIVE: Homeland Security report says Trump administration has built just 20 miles of border wall and has funding plans for another 316 – despite White House claims that it's on track for 500 by next year
New Jersey 'Hamas enthusiast', 20, is arrested on terror charges after he 'discussed plot to bomb Trump Tower and shoot-up demonstrators at an pro-Israel march'
Body of missing 13-year-old girl is dropped off at a Massachusetts hospital by a man, just one day after her family say she ran away from home
'I am the happiest man alive': John F Kennedy Jr and Carolyn Bessette kiss, cut their cake and share a first dance in never-before-seen footage from their secret wedding ceremony
American Airlines pilot charged with murdering wife's lover and two other neighbors pleads NOT guilty - as his former lawyer says his bigamist 'wife' who vowed to ruin his life was his 'downfall'
'Daddy did not rape Tina...he messed up our family but he was not a monster!' The daughter of Ike Turner and his backup dancer breaks her silence to DailyMailTV on his relationship with her 'loving second mother' Tina Turner
Five-month-old girl dies after being left in sweltering van outside Florida daycare in blazing 92F heat for FIVE HOURS
Blood money! College student, 20 tells how she shamelessly funds her $150-a-week retail therapy addiction by donating PLASMA, raking in more than $3K by visiting clinic twice a week
REVEALED: Woman who bought RV with a stolen ID and led cops on high-speed chase that saw dog jump from camper is convicted thief, 52
American pastor 'gave 50,000 Ugandans a "miracle cure" for malaria and HIV that was actually industrial strength BLEACH'
'He should be in prison for life': Congressman who served as Green Beret in Afghanistan voices fury that 'traitor' American Taliban John Walker Lindh will walk free TOMORROW
Brexit leader Nigel Farage 'is TRAPPED on his bus as group of youths with milkshakes threaten to throw them over him' three days after he was attacked at another event
UK Prime Minister set to quit after 'nuts' new Brexit deal is doomed to failure and party faces wipe-out in EU elections tomorrow
'I reject your hypotheses': Quentin Tarantino is left FURIOUS after being quizzed over Margot Robbie's lack of lines in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood during press conference
Live-streaming platform is ordered to pay $4k to family after 'rooftopper' plunged to death from the top of a 62-storey skyscraper while filming a stunt

'It's not dissimilar to Margot Robbie in I, Tonya': Rachel Griffiths praises Teresa Palmer's preparation for the role of Michelle Payne as she prepares to direct movie about the jockey's life

By Hannah Paine For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 10:40 EDT, 27 March 2018 | Updated: 13:33 EDT, 27 March 2018

e-mail

She shared a photo on Monday as she began her preparation for the role of Michelle Payne in forthcoming biopic Ride Like A Girl.

And director Rachel Griffiths has praised Teresa Palmer's commitment to playing the female jockey, who famously won the Melbourne Cup in 2015.

The Muriel's Wedding star told The Daily Telegraph on Wednesday Teresa's dedication was similar to that shown by Margot Robbie while playing Tonya Harding.

'It's not dissimilar to Margot Robbie in I, Tonya': Rachel Griffiths praises Teresa Palmer's preparation for the role of Michelle Payne as she prepares to direct movie about the jockey's life

'It's not dissimilar to Margot Robbie in I, Tonya,' Rachel told the publication, praising Teresa's work ethic.

Rachel also hinted that Teresa had made the decision to method act as much as possible, despite the resulting pain and stamina needed to ride a racing horse.

'I certainly won't dictate to Teresa the choices I might have made as a young woman in the role,' she added.

'It’s begun! Day 1 of training': Taking to Instagram on Monday, Teresa shared a photo of her sitting on a model horse as she began preparation for her role as Michelle

Both method actors: The Muriel's Wedding star told The Daily Telegraph on Wednesday that Teresa's dedication was similar to that shown by Margot Robbie while playing Tonya Harding

Taking to Instagram on Monday, Teresa shared a photo of her sitting on a model horse as she began preparation for her role as Michelle.

'It’s begun! Day 1 of training to play @michellejpayne_ in #RideLikeAGirl,' she captioned the photo.

Teresa also added the hashtags '#feeltheburn' and '#jellylegs', revealing the preparation was already taking a physical toll.

Last September, Teresa confirmed she was set to play Michelle in a biopic, writing on Instagram that she was over the moon with the role.

Authentic edge: Rachel also hinted that Teresa had made the decision to method act as much as possible

'Thrilled that I'll be playing Michelle Payne in "Ride Like A Girl" directed by Rachel Griffiths,' she wrote.

Quoting Michelle's 2015 Melbourne Cup victory speech Teresa also added: 'I just want to say to everyone else to "Get stuffed" if they think women aren't strong enough, because we just beat the world.'

The film will star Sam Neill as Michelle's dad Paddy, with the jockey's brother Stevie playing himself in the biopic.

'Thrilled that I'll be playing Michelle Payne in "Ride Like A Girl" directed by Rachel Griffiths': Last September, Teresa revealed she was set to play Michelle in a biopic, writing on Instagram that she was over the moon with the role