(2005) Still a 'Gilmore Girl,' but also a woman
By Bob Strauss
Film Writer
Rory Gilmore is growing up.
Actually, Alexis Bledel, who plays the precocious teenager on television's acclaimed "Gilmore Girls," was already an adult when the series began.
But this year, 23-year-old Bledel is following her TV mom Lauren Graham's path into attention-grabbing movies with two image-changing roles: Becky, the deceitful young hooker in the violent and stylish "Sin City"; and Lena, a timid teenage artist who comes out of her shell while visiting Greece in "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants."
"Directors think I'm more capable than they might have thought I was before, because they're seeing different sides now," says the delicately featured Bledel, whose pale blue eyes are as striking in person as they are on screen.
"I understand that; they just think of you as they've seen you. I think, in this business, it's at least 50 percent about what you look like and 50 percent what you can do," the former teenage model adds.
"Sisterhood" director Ken Kwapis was determined to show us Bledel's quieter side.
"Rory is very, very verbal," he notes. "This was an opportunity to do just the opposite, to create a character through silences and pauses and awkward physical behavior. Alexis was so excited about that."
"The show is all about the writing, it's not really about the acting," Bledel says of her day job, which starts its sixth season in the fall. "We do have to sort of fit in our performances between the words. So it's actually lovely to have an opportunity to not say everything the character is thinking and just act it."
Of course, being adept at articulate, witty dialogue isn't a bad thing. Especially when English is your second language; born in Houston to a mother who was raised in Mexico and an Argentinean father, Bledel learned to speak Spanish first.
She acknowledges that her Rory image draws intelligent movie scripts her way. As for still being asked to play characters five, six or seven years younger than she is, well, actors have worse problems than that, too.
"I'm always excited about the prospect of playing someone my own age," Bledel admits. "But I'm really not horrified by the idea of playing a teenager, either. I know that I look young, and I know that I have a lot of time to play older characters. And no matter the age of a character, hopefully, they're all having rich human experiences."
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Submitted by Trisha
Film Writer
Rory Gilmore is growing up.
Actually, Alexis Bledel, who plays the precocious teenager on television's acclaimed "Gilmore Girls," was already an adult when the series began.
But this year, 23-year-old Bledel is following her TV mom Lauren Graham's path into attention-grabbing movies with two image-changing roles: Becky, the deceitful young hooker in the violent and stylish "Sin City"; and Lena, a timid teenage artist who comes out of her shell while visiting Greece in "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants."
"Directors think I'm more capable than they might have thought I was before, because they're seeing different sides now," says the delicately featured Bledel, whose pale blue eyes are as striking in person as they are on screen.
"I understand that; they just think of you as they've seen you. I think, in this business, it's at least 50 percent about what you look like and 50 percent what you can do," the former teenage model adds.
"Sisterhood" director Ken Kwapis was determined to show us Bledel's quieter side.
"Rory is very, very verbal," he notes. "This was an opportunity to do just the opposite, to create a character through silences and pauses and awkward physical behavior. Alexis was so excited about that."
"The show is all about the writing, it's not really about the acting," Bledel says of her day job, which starts its sixth season in the fall. "We do have to sort of fit in our performances between the words. So it's actually lovely to have an opportunity to not say everything the character is thinking and just act it."
Of course, being adept at articulate, witty dialogue isn't a bad thing. Especially when English is your second language; born in Houston to a mother who was raised in Mexico and an Argentinean father, Bledel learned to speak Spanish first.
She acknowledges that her Rory image draws intelligent movie scripts her way. As for still being asked to play characters five, six or seven years younger than she is, well, actors have worse problems than that, too.
"I'm always excited about the prospect of playing someone my own age," Bledel admits. "But I'm really not horrified by the idea of playing a teenager, either. I know that I look young, and I know that I have a lot of time to play older characters. And no matter the age of a character, hopefully, they're all having rich human experiences."
http://u.redlandsdailyfacts.com/Stories/0,1413,217~24244~2891677,00.html
Submitted by Trisha
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