Mena Suvari assures that fans of Ernest Hemingway will not be disappointed with her upcoming big-screen adaptation of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s “Garden of Eden.” “There’s a lot of preparation in bringing a book into a movie, and I feel like we did a really good job of it,” says the actress, who costars in the film with British actor Jack Huston and Matthew Modine.
“It’s a wonderful Hemingway novel all about transformations and relationships, published posthumously and very close to Hemingway’s own life. It was pretty much a personal account, which not a lot of people know. What we shot was really close to it.”
Suvari also admits that “Garden of Eden” was a “very emotional piece to tackle. It’s a very sexual film about a woman who starts to question herself and her marriage.”
The “American Beauty” actress, who is currently on the big screen playing a young woman who waits for her accident victim to die in “Stuck,” continues to prove she’s not one to shy away from those intense roles. Up next for her is the Lifetime original movie called “‘Sex and Lies in Sin City.’ It’s based on the book ‘Murder in Sin City: The Death of a Las Vegas Casino Boss,’ about the Ted Binion murder,” she says. “I play Sandy Murphy, his girlfriend.” That would be the notorious girlfriend who in 1998, conspired with her new lover, Rick Tabish, to murder Binion.
I have again been busy adding things to the gallery! I’ve added DVD caps from Standing Still and The Dog Problem. We have all her films capped now (where available). I also added a bunch of production stills from Day Of The Dead. We now also host over 10,000 images in the gallery!
Also now open is our new streaming video site! It’s run with a YouTube-esque script and will make viewing Mena videos a breeze! It’s located at http://videos.menasuvarifan.com I have 75 videos uploaded so far with more coming. You can register and upload your own videos, add comments and much more! Please let me know when you think!
I’ve been busy capping and adding lots of gallery media! I’ve added DVD caps for ‘Day Of The Dead’ (I really liked seeing Mena in this kind of role!) and ‘Caffiene‘. I also finished addding the rest of the DVD caps from her role on ‘Six Feet Under’ (along with some promos). I added several photos from Mena’s apperance on the UK’s version of MTV’s Total Request Live (November 2003) and I added some photos from the film ‘Stuck‘ - more to come soon!
I’ve added more photos from more events that Mena has attended. You can see Mena has had some blonde extensions put in too! Oh! In this photo you can see Mena’s ‘13′ tattoo on her breast plate. Check out our latest uploads to view them!
When Mena Suvari first started auditioning for movies, she usually encountered scripts with a male lead and two main female parts: the pretty girl (the bland part) and the “character-y” girl, the one with the personality.
“They always wanted me to read for the pretty girl - but I always identified with the one with the personality,” says Suvari. “It didn’t make sense to me. Why couldn’t the girl who was pretty be interesting and have a personality, too?”
Now Suvari - so petite, pretty and sexy (and interesting) in films such as “American Pie” and “American Beauty,” shows that she’s got personality to burn in “Stuck,” opening Friday. She plays a young woman who controls her own destiny - including making horrific choices that come back to haunt her.
Mena Suvari may be best known for her role in the high school sex romp, American Pie, or the high school sexpot in American Beauty, but typecast her at your own risk. In recent years, Suvari’s been taking on bigger roles in a number of edgy independent features.
Her latest finds her teamed up with horror maestro Stuart Gordon. In Stuck, she plays Brandi, a caretaker at a rest home who spends her off-hours dropping E and partying with her boyfriend. After one such evening, Brandi is driving home when she hits Tom (Stephen Rea), a homeless man crossing the street. Brandi panics and rather than driving him to the hospital, hides her car in her garage, with Tom stuck in the windshield—for three days. We chatted with Mena earlier this week about the real-life incident the film was based on, what it was like working with Gordon, and her fascination with the criminal psyche…
When did you first hear about this project?
I was reading the script up the street from my agency. I felt like my jaw literally hit the floor so many times. I was shocked. I couldn’t believe that someone could be in a situation like this, which just seems to get worse and worse. I guess that really appealed to me; I thought it was very interesting. And I ran into [my agent’s] office after I read it, saying I had to do this. I had worked with Stuart before, on Edmund, so I was hoping that relationship would help sneak me in, and that Stuart would be able to see me in this. At the time, I didn’t know it was based on a true story. I just couldn’t believe what I was reading. I just thought it was a really out-there story. Continue reading ‘‘Stuck’ Interview - FEARnet’
A new trailer for ‘Stuck’ has been released and its a red band ones which means 18+! ‘Stuck’ will be released on May 30th in the US make sure you get out there and see it
Mena Suvari and Matthew Modine have signed to star in the Lifetime Original Movie “Sex & Lies in Sin City,” the U.S. network said Wednesday.
The movie is based on the book “Murder in Sin City” by Jeff German — inspired by the true story of the death of wealthy Las Vegas casino heir Ted Binion and the ensuing trial of his lover and her con artist boyfriend.
The film is scheduled to premiere on Lifetime in September.
“Much like a trip to Vegas, this movie is a guilty pleasure,” Tanya Lopez, senior vice president of Original Movies for Lifetime Networks, said in a statement. “Ripped from the headlines, ‘Sex & Lies in Sin City’ captures all of the true crime story elements and the madness that surrounded Ted Binion’s life.
Mena is the current cover girl for Spanish womens magazine, Vanidades. Check out a preview top the right or click here to go to the magazine website. Scans will be up soon! Thanks to Roselyn Central for the heads up.
Mena & her man, Simone has been to a few more events this month, enjoy photos of her at the premiere of ‘Nosebleed‘, ‘One World‘ presented by LA Fashion Week and Christian Audigier and SocialVibe.com’s Green Party Benefit.
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