Did you ever wish upon a star and hope it listened to you? In the romantic adventure “Stardust”, one gets the distinct impression that they are!

Describing this colorful fairy tale defies words, as much of the plot is quite whimsical, much to the delight of audiences. In essence, "Stardust" follows Tristan, a love-struck young man (Charlie Cox) who hopes to win the heart of Victoria, a rather cold-hearted beauty (Sienna Miller) by bringing her the fallen star Yvaine (Claire Danes) that lands near their village. He's surprised to find that the star is actually a lovely young woman with a fiery temper who strongly objects to becoming a gift! Because the evil witch Lamia, (the always gorgeous Michelle Pfeiffer) and several noblemen are also seeking the star, her mission becomes a dangerous stew of wacky chases, daring escapes, fantastic sword fights and delicious magic spells.

What makes this film so much more than just another romantic adventure, are the wacky characters and mysterious powers that exist just outside Tristan’s home town called “Wall”. In fact, no one from Wall has ever even been allowed to leave. So when first Tristan’s father, and years later Tristan as well, go beyond the boundaries of the town, wondrous, and for the viewer, wonderful things occur.

While the film is about romantic destiny, Michelle Pfeiffer tells Dish about her thoughts on how we find love. “I think life is really about the choices that you make. I worked really hard to be the kind of person I was when I met my husband," said Pfeiffer, who is married to writer/producer David E. Kelley. "And I think if I hadn’t, I wouldn’t have been ready for him. I wouldn’t have appreciated it. I think I would have sabotaged it in some way. My feeling is that I wouldn’t call it destiny, if you will. Maybe I would look at it slightly differently- it’s more like really looking at the different forks in the road. Sometimes you just get your mind in a certain direction,” she said.

Pfeiffer continued, "The left side of your brain is telling you, "I have to do this, I want to do this, I worked so hard. And then there are other opportunities that come along the way, and you just don’t listen to them. So that is what love is about for me."

Pfeiffer offered this journalist the best advice she ever heard. "You know, Kevin Costner and I are old, old friends, and I remember he once gave this great advice to a best girl friend of mine years ago. She was broken hearted over some guy, and he looked at her and said, ‘You know, it’s not about the guy you are going to meet. It’s about the guy you meet on the way over there!’ And I thought that was so lovely. It was the sweetest thing."

In "Stardust”, when the lovers first meet, they actually hate each other, which was wonderful for actor Charlie Cox. “It was so much more fun to play a love story that goes through that kind of journey,” he said. It’s much better than watching a couple fall in love and then it’s just how they get together. The discovery that you love one another after all those scenes of bickering- that was really interesting and different for me. I loved that! It’s very relatable.”

Added co-star Claire Danes, “It’s kind of a classic construct. They hate each other, they argue, then whoops! They’re in love! I’ve had this happen before in my life, but I can’t say it worked out though!”

But whatever does brings these characters together, it’s definitely because their hearts have almost melted together. “I think it’s a story of true love,” offered Cox. “It’s meant to be unexplainable. They may be brought together by a series of events but it seems more like destiny and the romantic notion of fate. I really think people can relate to that.”

As a star, Yvaine’s outer persona actually glowed when she falls in love. Danes explains, "No, I don't know really how it felt to glow, it all happened in post production! But when I read it in the script, I started to refer to the glow as ‘Acting MSG’ (a flavor-enhancer sometimes found in Chinese food) because it sort of enhances the feeling that I’m supposed to be having,” she explained.

“It was actually exhausting playing those scenes though, because you have to create a heightened, joyful feeling and that can be more challenging than being desperately sad and crying hysterically. I drank a lot of "Red Bull", Danes quipped.

When asked if the actors could comment on Pfeiffer’s view of romantic destiny, Cox replied, “I’d like to believe that that exists, yes. But it hasn’t happened yet for me!”

Joked Danes, “In my weaker moments, I do believe in destiny!”

In every scene it was obvious that Danes and Cox had great chemistry with each other. “It’s so funny. I was studying English when I was a teenager at school and there was a poster of Claire in ‘Romeo and Juliet’”, Cox exclaimed. “So it was really so interesting that I was able to work with her. And we had so much fun! We became great friends and I think she is a wonderful person and actress.”

Danes was equally thrilled with that kind of chemistry. “It’s completely ephemeral and mysterious.” I am just really glad we had it. “You tend to know you have it when you are having a good time onscreen.”

Without giving away too many surprises, lucky Claire got to be whirled around the dance floor by the still very sexy Robert DeNiro. “Unfortunately, he’s not the most graceful dancer! And my toes felt it!” she said, laughing. “He was just not very concerned about the steps! We had a choreographer there but it did little good. I was such a boring school girl about it, ‘It’s not the right Fox Trot! You’re not keeping to the lines!’ But to dance with him was incredibly magical.”

And while movigoers might now think more about the effects of wishing on a star, Cox acknowledged that in the past he has indeed asked for love to come to him.

“I think when I was younger I used to do that. You wish for a lot of things... But in London, you don’t see many stars due to the weather! So I think we just wish we could see more stars!”

Indeed!