Showing her support for The Veronicas, Bindi Irwin holds up the JJJ coasters over the weekend in Los Angeles.

We caught up with the 11-year-old budding actress and chatted about her new movie, Free Willy 4: Escape from Pirate’s Cove. Check out what she had to say:

JJJ: Hi Bindi. It’s great speaking with you today. Tell us about your character, Kirra.

Bindi Irwin: Thank you! Playing Kirra is a lot of fun because I play someone who is a bit different than who I am. She’s quite stubborn and she doesn’t take no for an answer. There’s one scene where she has to get really loud and mad at the bad guy. She has to hit him and get really angry and scream at him. Afterward, I went back to my trailer and my mom [Terri] said to me, “Bindi, I’ve never seen you get so mad before.” I told her I’ve never seen me that mad either. So it was quite interesting playing someone who is different from me.

But there’s also another way in which we’re alike. Kirra was trying to save an orca and in real life, I’m trying to save a place called The Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve. Right now, it’s under threat of being strip-mined so people can go to AustraliaZoo.com and sign a petition to help us with that. It’s really cool.

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Bindi Irwin exaggerates her fright with little brother Robert and mom Terri as they visit Islands of Adventure theme park at Universal Orlando Resort in Florida over the weekend.

The 11-year-old budding actress stars as Kirra in the upcoming straight-to-DVD flick, Free Willy: Escape from Pirate’s Cove, which is out next Tuesday.

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Bindi Irwin shows off her fun crocodile hat as she visits Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C., on Thursday afternoon (March 11).

The 11-year-old animal conservationist, along with mom Terri and little brother Robert toured the FujiFilm Giant Panda Habitat where they met panda Tian Tian and visited the Reptile Discovery Center where Robert met his favorite reptile—a chameleon.

Bindi is on a nationwide tour to promote her upcoming movie, Free Willy 4: Escape from Pirate’s Cove and JJJ is meeting up with Bindi very, very soon. Let us know if you have any questions for the budding actress!

Free Willy 4: Escape from Pirate’s Cove comes out on DVD Tuesday, March 23rd.

Bindi Irwin and Siyabulela Ramba do a little dance on the beach in this new still from Free Willy: Escape From Pirate’s Cove.

The film follows Kirra Cooper (Irwin) who goes to live with her estranged grandfather, Gus (Beau Bridges) after her father is injured. Gus’s business is given a miraculous boost, though, when a fierce storm traps a baby orca in his lagoon, turning his park into the area’s main attraction.

With time running out before the rival amusement park owner claims him, Kirra must not only locate Willy’s pod, but also find a way to teach the young whale to survive and be free in the open sea.

Free Willy: Escape From Pirate’s Cove will hit shelves on DVD and Blu-ray on Tuesday, March 23.

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Bindi Irwin gives two thumbs-up as she arrives at the 2009 ARIA Awards held at Acer Arena in Sydney late last month.

The 11-year-old actress and activist stars in the direct-to-DVD family film Free Willy: Escape from Pirate’s Cove with Beau Bridges.

In the flick, a young Australian girl (Irwin) sent to stay with her grandfather, Gus (Bridges), in Cape Town before finding herself caught in the requisite adventure with a whale.

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