It's shocking to think famed murder mystery author Anne Perry might be so good at her job because she had direct experience in the crime. Peter Jackson absolutely cemented his directorial abilities with this one, and while normally the CGI in something from this era would be distracting, there's something endearingly fitting about its imperfections as related to the girls' mental state.

Melanie Lynskye went on to play another famous character with mental quirks in the sitcom Two and a Half Men, where she lost the baby fat and her New Zealand accent to play Charlie's obsessive stalker Rose .

Also saw her guest-starring in a couple episodes of The Shield, where she plays an extremely messed up woman. Seems like she's been a little typecast, maybe? :)