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Aussie plans biopic on survivor of prostitution

Anna Marais. 

Yvonne Adcock was 12 when her mother sold her virginity for $500. She spent 23 years as a prostitute on the streets of Oklahoma City until she turned her life around.

Her story so inspired and moved Australian actress/novice producer Anna Marais, she spent six months trying to persuade the American to sell her the movie rights.

Last Friday the deal was signed and Marais intends to play Adcock in the film tentatively titled A Brand New You, which she will produce. Marais has teamed up with US-born, Melbourne-based writer/executive producer Robert Lewis Galinsky on the project.

Galinsky is working on a treatment and he told IF that he may consider writing the script “if it doesn't screw with my head too much.” Already offers to finance the film are coming in from private investors including a couple of women whose husbands are investing in other Galinsky projects.

Asked why it took so long to reach a deal with Adcock, Galinsky said, “She has been through so much and is very, very wary, but also very open to miracles. Anna had a lot of conversations and emails and letters and activity back and forth. It took months to share with her this was going to be very spiritual, hopeful, and heartfelt—but it would explore the darkest days too.”

Adcock now lives in Mississippi, has found God and plans to open a home for women who are escaping the life of prostitution, addiction and human- trafficking.

As for potential directors, Galinsky said Marais is a big fan of Shekhar Kapur, whose credits include Bandit Queen, Elizabeth and the sequel Elizabeth: The Golden Age, and The Four Feathers, but it's early days.

Ever-ready to liken his projects to iconic films, Galinsky vows that A Brand New You aims to be “gut-wrenching but ultimately a bit of The Blind Side meets Erin Brockovich with a touch of Monster tonally.”

He adds, “Anna is an amazing actress who is about to really be discovered and this is her vehicle to lay it all out on the line. “

  1. I have known Yvonne since 2006. We went to cosmetology school together. I am so proud of her for all she has accomplished and overcome in her life. She is an amazing person and I’m happy to call her one of my best friends and even more than that my family.

  2. Yvonne is my cousin. I know every word she has spoken is true. A strong woman and survivor for sure!! God Bless her on this journey!!!

  3. I first met Yvonne in 2001 when I caught her in the act of prostitution. Later I sat down and interviewed her using my video camera. She was a likable but street hardened individual dealing with her own demons. Months later I interviewed her again, but this time she was a much more broken woman lost in despair.

    Yvonne disappeared after that video and did not reappear for years. I assumed she had died or gone to prison.

    Instead, Yvonne had done what so many other women lost to prostitution could only hope for…. she drug, pulled, pushed and clawed her way out of a lifestyle of horrific abuse and addiction.

    Getting out would have been the most anyone could hope for for Yvonne, but she did more than that…. She has truly lived life and continues to inspire those around her.

    I have compiled memorable moments from Yvonne and I hope they will be accurately portrayed in this movie.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7a3Qquu9Dw

  4. Yvonne and I have literally walked down the same beaten path on Robinson and I am so surprised that our paths have never crossed before. However, I am so glad to have come to know Yvonne. She continues to encourage and support me daily. Though I have not met Yvonne personally, i feel like she is a close sister. During the times that I needed someone to advocate for me she spoke out for me. I am thankful for her and that she made it out of that hell that was an everyday reality to women like us! I love ya Yvonne and congratulations!

  5. If you, do in your career of film decide to film a biopic of this legend . I beg !!!!!!!to try your hardest to make us feel what we have felt thoughtout her life journey and not just stay satisfied with a “good” biopic, because if anyone in their right mind try’s to film a biopic of this hero. Us women will expect the biopic to be unbelievable which no words can express how accurate and truthful it truly was. This means no sugar coding any important events !!! If you have any doubts of this project not coming out as we (FANS) expect. PLEASE do us a favor and do not create this film. We would rather just have the raw,moving,and touching interviews of Mr.Bates that gave the world an overwhelming impact.

  6. I agree , if this Bio is.made.please do.my mom right. And.show.nothing.but the truth. THE HARD CORE.TRUTH. please don’t sugar coat it. Because she went.through total hell and back. And.that’s the only way she would’ve ever wanted.it. She never believed in making something.better than it.actually was. Thank you.

  7. Is this still a possibility? She wrote out her story bit by bit and it’s gone from the internet now. It was really so much to experience. She definitely had a story to tell. I still think of her now and again and I’m sad that she’s not still around.

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