What qualities do you look for in an actor when casting a comedy?Daniel TalbottNew York; founding artistic director, Rising Phoenix RepI know it's often one of the hardest things to do, especially when you're auditioning for a comedy, but I love when an actor focuses on the action and truth of the scene instead of trying to be funny. If possible, let the play do the work, and if it's funny and you're able to embody the character honestly and are making strong, bold, and high-stakes choices, usually the play will carry you. You'll be funny in the context of the story instead of just trying to get laughs.I think in most plays, comedy is about action and the extremity of the situation. We laugh because there's something so human about what's happening onstage that it touches the clownish humanity in all of us.There are definitely comedies that require a certain style,...
- 6/3/2010
- backstage.com
It's tempting to still think of Leelee Sobieski as that underage ingénue from "Deep Impact," "Eyes Wide Shut," "The Glass House" and her Emmy-nominated role in the TV miniseries "Joan of Arc," but according to the fair-skinned beauty (who turns 27 this month and, as of December, is a new mother), the opposite is true: "People think that I'm older than I am because I've been working since I was 11. They think, 'Oh, she's been around forever. She's in her mid-30s.' But I'm not."
In the new indie comedy "Finding Bliss," written and directed by Julie Davis ("Amy's Orgasm"), Sobieski stars as Jody, a naïve film school grad who fights against her conservative impulses when she takes an editing gig at an adult film company, specifically to take advantage of their filmmaking equipment after hours. Surrounded by silicone-enhanced toys and talent (plus a full-frontal Jamie Kennedy), Judy is forced...
In the new indie comedy "Finding Bliss," written and directed by Julie Davis ("Amy's Orgasm"), Sobieski stars as Jody, a naïve film school grad who fights against her conservative impulses when she takes an editing gig at an adult film company, specifically to take advantage of their filmmaking equipment after hours. Surrounded by silicone-enhanced toys and talent (plus a full-frontal Jamie Kennedy), Judy is forced...
- 6/3/2010
- by Aaron Hillis
- ifc.com
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