She lives in Charlie's neighborhood, and attends his school, but no matter how many times they cross paths, he never manages to say anything to her - let alone tell her how he actually feels. In Schulz's conception of Peanuts, the Little Red-Haired Girl is to Charlie Brown as fruit is to Tantalus. This is the biggest alteration in an otherwise doggedly faithful adaptation of the original strip. The Peanuts Movie doesn't just beef up her role: It gives her an origin story as the new girl in town, as well as a voice, provided by 11-year-old Francesca Capaldi. Though she spent decades as the object of Charlie Brown's affections, she never even appeared in Charles Schulz's original comic (with the exception of a barely glimpsed silhouette in a 1998 strip). In the full context of the series, their big-screen meeting is momentous. Charlie Brown has been pining over the Little Red-Haired Girl for more than 50 years.
