Loading ...People.com reports that Mena Suvari really wants for Christmas is a litter of kittens. “I was really hoping that my cat was pregnant, but she’s not,” the American Beauty star said at a recent charity event in Hollywood. In case Suvari, 24, and husband Robert Brinkmann, 42, are still not proud parents by the time Santa arrives, she has come up with a sensible backup request: “A Chanel watch and lots of diamonds.”
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Mena Suvari is re-teaming with the film’s Oscar-winning writer Alan Ball, signing to do a six-episode arc on his acclaimed series “HBO’s Six Feet Under“.
On the quirky funeral-home drama, Suvari will play a student attending the same art school as Claire Fisher (Lauren Ambrose).
“She’s very independent, very self-motivated, very edgy and in a lot of ways much more grown-up than she should be considering how young she is,” Ball said of the character. “She and Claire influence each other both artistically and personally.”
The part proved very difficult to cast. After several unsuccessful casting sessions, Ball decided to go out on a limb and aim high with an offer to Suvari, who aside from sporadic guest spots early in her career has stayed focused on features.
“I’m thrilled because Mena is an extraordinarily talented and extraordinary disciplined actress, and I just think she can do anything,” Ball said. “In ‘American Beauty,’ that was a very tough role, much tougher than it may seem like on the surface, and in the work I’ve seen her do since, I think she’s got tremendous range.” [Source: Reuters]
Trauma is set to have it’s world premiere at the up-and-coming 2004 Sundance Film Festival this January (Opening Jan. 15) - so get in now and get tickets or volunteer to help out the festival!!
ComingSoon.net reports that a large ensemble of actors are joining the independent comedy Standing Still for Mean People Suck helmer Matthew Weiss.
Adam Garcia and Amy Adams will team to play a couple on the verge of getting married who gather their group of friends for a few days of pre-wedding celebrations.
Starring in the ensemble along with the duo are Mena Suvari, James Van Der Beek, James Duval, Colin Hanks, Aaron Stanford, Jon Abrahams, Melissa Sagemiller, Ethan Embry, Lauren German, Xander Berkely, Nikki Ziering, Marnette Patterson and helmer Roger Avary starring as himself.
The project was written by Matthew Perniciaro and Tim Sharp.
Mena has been in the UK to promote her film, Spun and on November 27 - she went to the premiere with co-star Micky Rourke. Mena said on the red carpet to BBC - “It was a lot of fun. I mean because, you know, usually on films you go to the set to be put into hair and make up to be made to look better than when you came it. This was just going completely the opposite way. So it was very relaxing.” View photos at Glamour.co.uk
Mena Suvari made her name playing gorgeous, lusted-after characters in films like American Beauty, but in real life she reckons she’s quite the opposite. “Sex symbol? Hell no! But I have my moments. My husband makes me feel sexy,” she told GLAMOUR.COM in an exclusive interview. Mena revealed: “Meeting my husband was the first relationship that I’d ever had where that person inspired me and gave me the opportunity to be the person who I wanted to be.” The Hollywood starlet, who plays drug addict Cookie in forthcoming movie Spun - released 28 November - has been married for four years now and says she couldn’t be happier. “He’s my best friend,” she added. “He’s mature and intelligent, I feel like I’ve learned so much from him and I wouldn’t be who I am today without him.”
Teen Hollywood reports that American Beauty actress Mena Suvari has fallen in love with England, and is planning to move to London.
The stunning star, 24, spent her summer in the city, filming her latest movie Trauma and carrying out promotional duties for cosmetic company Lancome.
And Mena - who is married to cinematographer Robert Brinkmann - now hopes to buy a home in London’s trendy Notting Hill area. She enthuses, “I really like London and England generally. I’ve been to Bath and Stonehenge, so I’ve travelled around a bit.”
