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ednbarby:
Here's a pretty picture I found of Kate Mara on Yahoo! Movies today - from the "Shooter" premiere.





The reviews say it's over-the-top, but for some strange reason, I'm drawn to the storyline of a highly-talented Marine sharpshooter who's disillusioned by the powers that be.

;)

Too bad Mark Wahlberg's playing him, though.  As much as he pleasantly surprised me in "The Departed," he's still not enough of a draw for me to carry a whole movie.  "Invincible," anyone?

 :P

moremojo:
Ms. Mara is looking quite lovely and glamorous there. I've seen some commercials for Shooter, and was pleased when I recognized Mara therein. Just the sound of her voice, and her intonation of her lines, quietly moved me. I'm not sure I'll ever completely divorce her mentally from young lady Alma Junior; she played this role to perfection.

ednbarby:

--- Quote from: moremojo on March 23, 2007, 01:22:01 pm ---Ms. Mara is looking quite lovely and glamorous there. I've seen some commercials for Shooter, and was pleased when I recognized Mara therein. Just the sound of her voice, and her intonation of her lines, quietly moved me. I'm not sure I'll ever completely divorce her mentally from young lady Alma Junior; she played this role to perfection.
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I agree.  Like Heath and Jake, she created a character that exists outside of her.  I'll always have a special fondness for Junior in my heart.

serious crayons:

--- Quote from: ednbarby on March 23, 2007, 10:13:22 am ---Too bad Mark Wahlberg's playing him, though.  As much as he pleasantly surprised me in "The Departed," he's still not enough of a draw for me to carry a whole movie.  "Invincible," anyone?
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I, on the other hand, used to like Mark Wahlberg  -- maybe not to carry a whole movie, but I liked him. Then I read his comments about BBM. Have you seen them? Someone posted them on imdb (though I couldn't find the original source online, so take it for what it's worth). Anyway, it really cooled me on MW. Too bad.

serious crayons:
OK, I fetched the comments posted on imdb. They're apparently from an interview with Mark Wahlberg in Premiere magazine. Again, I want to emphasize that I looked for the interview on the Premiere site and couldn't find it, so I can't say for sure if the imdb poster (whose comments appear between the quotes below) is quoting him accurately -- or, for that matter, if Premiere quoted him accurately. But I can't feel the same way about MW anymore.


--- Quote ---[Apparently Mark Wahlberg was asked about BBM because he's working with Kate Mara.}

“Come to think of it, I didn’t’ see Brokeback Mountain. I missed it!” He snaps his fingers like “damn!” “But I’m dying to get a copy of it.

He then reveals that he was approached by Ang Lee to possibly do the film. Whalberg’s reaction?

”I read 15 pages of the script and got a little creeped out. It was very graphic, descriptive – the spitting on the hand, gettin’ ready to do the thing…” He smiles self-consciously. “At one point they were talking about Joaquin [Phoenix] being in the film. Joaquin, I know, and [we] like each other a lot. I think of him like a brother. You know, I’ve kissed my brother before, not like that, not passionate, you know. So it was like, uh, I was kind of freaked out. But I told Ang, ‘I like you, you’re a talented guy if you want to talk about it more…’ But, uh, [chuckles] thankfully, he didn’t, uh, he didn’t call me again.”

Can’t imagine why!

After admitting that his mother “loves it” he then relates how his gay make up artist, who thinks its “the best movie ever made!” tried to play the film for him and “all the guys” in his trailer during the filming of “Invincible.”

“All football guys, macho *beep* through the roof. So he comes in [high, sing-song voice], ‘It’s movie day! You guys gotta watch this movie!’ After five or six minutes, most of the trailer is empty.”

He sums up:

“I didn’t rush to see Brokeback, it’s just not my deal. And I know how talented Ang Lee is. Obviously, it was done in taste – look how it was received. And it’s a beautiful thing. Its just not necessarily my thing.” On the other hand, he comments – “I don’t how many times I saw Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly in Bound – loved it.”
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