Megan Follows: Describing Anne Shirley

[@sarahplainandtall9877]

She's the best Anne Shirley.

[@penegakkeadilanpembasmikej5022]

Nope.....the Anne with an e is much better

[@aMUSEme09]

Truth.

[@rosmeryalzate8898]

Asii es ! La mejor

[@isabellakohler7900]

@Ruthlessnoodle not true, amybeth mcnulty is much better!

[@ladygreyheart2012]

@@penegakkeadilanpembasmikej5022 Amybeth is very good but Anne With an E is too dark. The original stories are so good; I don't understand why Anne With an E had to write new stories, especially stories that are so dark. I watch three episodes & gave up.

[@meghna96]

Megan speaks so intelligently and thoughtfully about Anne. She really understands and respects the Anne that L.M. Montgomery created. THANK YOU MEGAN FOLLOWS for doing great justice to Montgomery's Anne Shirley

[@pdoll96]

Love Megan Follows as Anne. She was perfect for this.

[@michaelbennett9965]

season 3,of Reign

[@andreamoboe]

Megan really understood Anne...she did justice to the character.

[@leedoyle4801]

Megan Fellows is superb in the role of Anne. Thanks you for this beautiful story

[@chriscollins6593]

*Follows

[@felixhernandez5664]

She speaks very, very well.

[@whizkidliz]

I don't think they could have casted a better actress for the part of Anne Shirley

[@rhondagdesignsrhondagwellm4337]

Her voice deepend so much over the years.

[@allisonchainz82]

I know i wonder if my voice is this different from when I was a teenager to my 30’s!

[@mary94239]

I will always remember Megan Follows as Anne of green gables.

[@jimred5700]

The great thing about Megan is that she didn`t just understand and capture Anne`s character; She understood and captured Anne`s soul.

[@krzylku4719]

For me Megane will always the perfect Anne !!

[@jimred5700]

Me too. The one and only.

[@JosephDungee]

No one does it better Megan! You are Anne and lovingly done.

[@maliaferry8212]

This version was a full Canada cast and was filled in Prince Edward Island. It stayed as true to the books as it posdiable could. This will always be my true version of this story

[@wpariah]

She's very articulate.

[@LadanSoodmand]

Megan Follows is absolutely amazing. She played well in Green Gables and Avonlea. I just finished watching her latest movie, Reign. Very well done.

[@mastersadvocate]

No one played Anne Shirley better than Megan Follows did! I saw the movie the year it came out on TV! I still love it! ~Janet in Canada

[@mariskaANDmadtv]

I absolutely love her laugh! It's only a small chuckle in this clip, but look back at the movies and you'll see what I mean. And in this interview, she's so eloquent but down-to-earth at the same time. You can tell she's really involved in her role as Anne (which is less of a role and more of who she really is!) and not just reading off of a script the whole time. I wish I could meet her. (:

[@jacksonspines]

Megan IS Anne! No one else could ever hope to play the part as well as she did. She stole our hearts playing that part. With that said, I did not like this movie, the first two were brilliant but this third one did not even come close!

[@tartans101]

I believe Megan Follows did a wonderful, extraordinary job in this film! Just beautiful!

[@kelly3014]

She is the best Anne Shirley ❤️

[@jamesgrames3777]

To all of you who say in comments "she was the best for this role"... ... YOU ARE RIGHT !!!

[@isabellakohler7900]

nope, anne with an e

[@jamesgrames3777]

@@isabellakohler7900 Ok. So Amybeth was awesome choice for the darker approach in "Anne with an E". But for the 1985 version, which was very "faithful" (I don't know if it's the correct word) to the book, Megan Follows was PERFECT.

[@isabellegauthier1254]

I could listen to her for days on ends. I love the way she speaks, how she understands Anne, She is the best Anne of them all. Top shelf. Thank you. A story of characters I will cherish till the day I leave this world.

[@davidsirmons]

I adore Megan Follows. Always wondered why I never saw her in movies, in the U.S. Being a Canadian star, it makes sense now. There are few women my heart would so easily fall in love with....Megan is one.

[@donnamarievalentine1156]

She did! Plays Catherine de Medici in Reign! She's great in this too!!

[@unprocessed_life]

Isn't she a director?

[@inezswaffield48]

Anne of Green Gables is my favourite film ever. There is only one actress for the part! This one x x x I have lost count of how many times I have watched the film.

[@kirstyw.6854]

thank you megan for this 3rd amazing movie love you and your career

[@samtammo]

Out of all the Anne Shirley's, she's my favorite. I'm actually watching it now, and got so curious about her and she seems like an amazing person.

[@bpyku]

her very beginning comment on Anne being "not a victim" is, I think, where the new Netflix adaptation went wrong. I could only get through one episode because they kept putting such an emphasis on her past

[@caacs24]

Brooke Barton I think it changed because today we need to be in touch with your past. Depression, Anxiety, Panic, to over come all of this we have to recognize your past and don't be afraid of it. Netflix does an amazing job with showing us that we can fell, we can be hurting. Society today preach that we need to be robots, don't feel, don't cry, don't stop being productive. Just look at the amount of people using antidepressives. They made an adaptation for your society now, to give us hope and sense of belonging and acceptance of ourselves. I don't know if I explained it well. But, it is what I though watching it.

[@unprocessed_life]

Sullivan kind of white washes everything. Not to say he's a poor film maker. He did well with his movies and RTA. But I actually came to enjoy the new Anne series and find the star riveting. Megan is my #1, but I can't ignore Amybeth's talent.

[@isabellasalmonella]

I could not agree more, although admittedly I have watched the whole series now. Haha, the version of Anne in the Netflix adaptation is ever so much more victimised, this is of course because Netflix decided on having a darker mix on the story. Although I didn’t mind the small glances into her past it got rather aggravating after a few episodes when she began to get tears in her eyes at the smallest jab of teasing or discomfort. I know for a fact that the original Anne would never do anything of the sort; she’d keep her head high and fight back. I’m disappointed in the Netflix adaptation for that. And that only.

[@jennievalentino863]

I didn’t mind one or two flashbacks to help explain her background, but I DID very much mind them introducing topics on Anne’s mensural initiation and her friend’s sexuality. They were not at all part of the author’s story, and in my opinion, not necessary to introduce to the many young children who may have tuned in. It ruined the innocence we’ve come to love about Anne.

[@qwerty99337]

@@unprocessed_life No more than the author of the books herself did.

[@lauriemccarthy3800]

Couldn’t agree more on Anne being judged as a PERSON before she is based on her sex/sexuality because she’s caring, honest, sincere and likeable 💕

[@korinaisabelledanao346]

Forever my anne shirley

[@LCC389]

Canadian icon indeed. Thank you

[@홍미소-n3g]

This is one of the best stories ever written in my heart. ❤

[@LalithaSr]

wow shes so smart

[@홍미소-n3g]

I am deeply into Megan Follows's acting as Anne Shirley.💕

[@adventuresinblox7440]

Jonathan Crombie and Megan Follows WERE THE BEST ONES TO ACT FOR THIS They’re the best Anne Shirley and Gilbert Blythe

[@paytonlynn344]

I love Megan follows even more now

[@smilhopie8260]

Hermosa serie tan bonita que nunca la olvidare

[@jillrudy5599]

I love the Anne and Areen Gables I could watch the movies over and over again.

[@MBT2024]

Megan Follows will always be the only Anne Shirley for me. And the other amazing role is Queen Catherine! Can’t wait to see if Megan will be another iconic role!! Just love you lady! You are something very special!!! Blessings and love to you and yours!❤

[@rpchost]

amazing. Deeply touched with her character

[@goawalkingtour]

Ohh... I love her voice ... She is wonderful actress .. I am presently watching Reign

[@waldensiansylph4869]

I want to be judged for my character. To be known for my integrity. Not my looks, humor, personality, career. Character is everything and the most beautiful, defining thing anyone could ever grow and work on.

[@in_vino_veritas7938]

So very well said! My sentiments exactly

[@rrrullgardina]

I don't care about what people says about her voice, you know they say she's a smoker; ok, maybe she is, but she's still a great actress? Megan IS Anne Shirley, and she will forever be Anne for me.

[@MarieJesne]

Megan Follows has also risen to Canadian Icon status through this role, in my opinion. No one else could compare

[@elleh3495]

She IS Anne: always and forever. One of the few instances where the film outshined the book that inspired it.

[@katharinahahnenkamm9812]

I love the film and the books too

[@Vixen743]

It’s interesting how these actors after you see them in a particular role you can’t see them in any other role or as any other character

[@Romantist]

Thank you for the show.

[@shirlanne08]

yeah i agree with you xellallx. She really portrayed Anne character very excellently. i love her. i just hope She and Jonathan did played beautifully music when they were doing the series.

[@alimilano1]

2017 bravisima megan follow

[@cece4226]

I Love that! She's judged for who she is, not just as a woman. ❤

[@CyeOutsider]

@Believer585 - it just maturity. People age and their faces change. What struck me the most is the change in her voice. Its deepened at lot since those early days as Anne - and its gotten kinda sexier.

[@chrissnuggs]

VERY interesting and insightful - and movingly right on the nail. And wonderful though Amybeth was Megan also did a really great job in the role. Both the 1985 and recent one I can watch again and again.

[@suzannederringer1607]

Megan IS Anne. The living personification of Anne.

[@tatjana1707]

I love Megan and Jonathan,thats why I didnt wanna see the Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning,it just didnt seem right to watch it without them acting in that movie...

[@priscillawilemon7901]

Ur Amazing Anne Shirley 💕💕

[@hmmk1850]

'It's a epic love story'😍😍😍

[@tatjana1707]

@SingingFucker such a beautiful comment..I totaly agree with you.....The story of anne and gilbert never gets boring or old....its a story that will always be beautiful and sort of ideal for the ones who are seeking for true love....like me :) She remained our Anne ( Anne with an E :) )

[@centerfold8]

She grew up to be attractive

[@realcanadiangirl64]

Erin Threlkeld She always was beautiful!

[@user-gs1di4sk2r]

OUR CATHERINE DE MEDICI AS WELL

[@Pantbera]

Why on earth did Sullivan not decide to go on according to how the books go years ago if he wanted to continue with the series? This "Continuing Story" thing was so badly critisized. It's a completely made up story. There's nothing like this in any of Montgomery's books. Only the first 4 books were used to make the 1st and 2nd movies. If he wanted to continue the story, all he had to do was look at the next book and start reading further untill he saw how the story goes further on and "Bingo"!

[@tonyp7779]

Pantbera by the time the war hit, anne and gilbert were already married with children. i think by having them as newlyweds and seperated by the war was a better storyline than following them as a married couple sending their kids off to war. ar least following the sequence of the movies, and not the book timeline.

[@dreamsteddybearsmaster]

More drama this way!

[@qwerty99337]

@@tonyp7779 In the books, it was their 3 sons who fought in WW1. And their oldest son's fiancee was a Red Cross volunteer much like Anne was in "The Continuing Story". And their youngest daughter took care of a little war orphan like Anne does in this 3rd movie.

[@zubikhan3290]

u r my childhood pleasant memory,,,,,love u

[@pumagutten]

She said it: An epic love story.

[@patriciapaterson5355]

great!

[@startuphub4097]

It amazing to me when actors have such a different take on a character they're portrayed that's made the role loveable and identifiable. Her description of Anne as some feminist in the making is NOT what I was seeing, thank goodness. I was watching a hapless young girl learn and face humble pie as she discovered loving people in an often loveless world who championed her upbringing, fostered her giftings and talents by which she helped many others.

[@christineterry3079]

Yes how she describes Ann is accurate I would say .. no not a lot of women like her she's not a victim she's open ! I like how she describes her in this interview I get what she's saying about a place about belonging ! I can connect with that very much so .

[@camilledipatri5184]

in the books, gilbert never went to war though. only her sons (jem walter and shirley) did.

[@MarianaDdeG]

when she did the last movie she was 32 and that was in 2000

[@pinkwall94]

is there another sequel for the movie ... i didnt heard about it ? thankx for replying :)

[@Fluke_Starbucker]

How about Annie Oakley? She lived around the same time the Anne Shirley character did but she was real.

[@muffinman8744]

I had the huge of the crush on her.

[@blackswiftie2860]

♡

[@Ana_Paula.Frasson]

I just hate the way they put Jack in the movie. In the end, looked like Anne wanted to be with him and that freaks me out.

[@mt100irish]

how old is megan in this?

[@dreamsteddybearsmaster]

I think early 30s

[@littleMsWilmie]

@xEllaLLx I completely agree with you.

[@xSpoosh]

How old was she in the 3rd movie?

[@nicolesousa4203]

She was in her early 30s

[@kirstyw.6854]

@alexis shaw i agree

[@slodka098]

I think 32 :)

[@AnnieQ2008]

@xEllaLLx I agree 100%... but they have a new anne of green gables now...and there is a new anne :(... she does a good job, but its not the same.... the little girl that plays Anne in this movie is amazing... but again no Megan Follows!

[@zuriza4277]

how old is she now?

[@nicolesousa4203]

She's in her early 50s

[@leela194]

@xEllaLLx Agreed.

[@chrismorgan9154]

Love love love this movie but don’t like the advertisements on KZbin!

[@jomeyer13]

would her adult life teach her how to filter herself and get along. Id love to see ann in old age maybe raising young

[@Believer585]

Why did she look so much better younger, then (sorry Megan fans) get kind of...ugly? Did the actress change?

[@dreamsteddybearsmaster]

It was 13 years between the 2nd and 3rd movie, what do you expect dude?

[@erdbeerschnittecihanbulut2984]

J am 11 years old

[@darleneferree3887]

the best part is the first one-the last anne & continuing story was 2 dramatic and they made her look kind of homey. did not like the part when she return 2 Green Gables & the house was in such disrepair.

[@danieljohnson7241]

The new Netflix show ruined this story.

[@nicoleosburn9102]

Daniel Johnson I really liked it, it is just that they made it more realistic in the sense of why Anne is who she is and how her mind works.

[@danieljohnson7241]

Yeah. I dunno. I think I'm so used to Megan Follows being Anne Shirley that anyone else playing that role just feels wrong. No disrespect intended to the girl playing her now. But, Megan Follows has a certain magic that you don't see very often.

[@freyamccullough8326]

You almost can't even compare the two because the tone is so different. This is very warm and idyllic, where the other is realistic and feels almost Jane Eyre-ish. I like both for different reasons. I identified more with the new show, but I felt I could escape with this version.

[@realcanadiangirl64]

I can't stand watching the new one. They chose such an ugly Anne

[@BloodxRose27]

What?? Jesus, she's just a kid for gods sake, get off your high horse. It's one thing to call a fictional character ugly, it's quite another thing to call a real person ugly which the actress who plays her is not - she's very pretty.

[@killere2009]

@xEllaLLx ya

[@lauralush23]

we,redheads, rock! xD

[@erdbeerschnittecihanbulut2984]

Giuliano from Germany. You are very nice

[@pinkwall94]

yup they really ruined it .... that was the main thing that she was orphan and also the movie wont be good without gilbert black ?

[@erdbeerschnittecihanbulut2984]

Megan Follows J am

[@daniellebovits3866]

It’s too bad that Kevin did not follow the correct timeline. In my opinion the 2nd and 3rd productions were so convoluted as make them unwatchable. Megan though was a true star.

[@Duane237]

i 1st saw here in the movie silver bullet but then saw here as anne when me and my class watched the movie to me she sucked as anne reason is becuase anne is to much of a drama queen but in the movie silver bullet i loved her acting

[@dwarren1010]

She is 43

[@sherlockholmes2591]

Loved the Anne movies. A shame the 3rd and last series with Follows had a terrible script. She basically just followed Gilbert everywhere.

[@luvjoi0817]

@avakexi1575 Preach!

[@pigpigpigpig100]

:-)

[@jameycollins725]

All the other versions that came after this amazing 1980's series with Megan Follows were pure rubbish!