Mena Suvari has her guard up.

In the holiday comedy Rumor Has It, Suvari plays Annie Huttinger, a young bride who cancels her honeymoon to rethink her marriage.

This past October, Suvari, 26, filed for divorce from cinematographer Robert Brinkmann, 44, her husband of almost five years.

Trying to get Suvari to comment on her personal life proved virtually impossible.

“Annie is very different than I am. She is way more over-the-top and exuberant. I’m far more reserved,” was Suvari’s reply when asked about her own marriage woes.

“I’ve met women like Annie whose emotions are extreme. They’re always so happy. They literally bounce around, which is how I played Annie.” Continue Reading…

I just thought I’d post a bit on this film. According to the IMDB.com Mena will playing “Whore” and filming has already ended. They’re also saying it’s set to be released December 2005. First Independent Pictures has posted 2 pictures of William H. Macy along with some production notes. Muse Films has posted a script for the film in PDF format. Look forward to more updates on this film.

This 101-page draft is by Pulitzer Prize-winner David Mamet, based on his 1982 stageplay. William H. Macy, Julia Stiles, Dylan Walsh, Joe Mantegna and Mena Suvari will star for director Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator). No word yet on when exactly filming begins on the indie.

Stockbroker Edmond Burke (Macy) visits a fortune teller who advises him, “You are not where you belong. … We all like to believe we are special. In your case this is true.” This statement sends Edmond down a darkly funny but ultimately tragic path. Continue Reading…

The Chicago Sun-Times reports that David Mamet’s play first seen at the Goodman Theatre in 1982 is on its way to the big screen. Dylan Walsh, William H. Macy, Julia Stiles, Joe Mantegna and Mena Suvari are catsed to star in Mamet’s own adaptation of his play ”Edmond.” Stuart Gordon, another Chicago stage alumnus, will direct.

”Edmond” centers on a successful businessman (Macy) who walks out on his family on the advice of a fortune teller. He plunges into New York’s hellish underworld, where he is mugged and robbed before he kills a pimp and a would-be actress, finally ending up in prison.

Walsh plays the police interrogator, and Stiles plays unfortunate waitress Glenna. Gordon, long the guiding spirit of Chicago’s Organic Theater, wrote and directed the cult horror movie classic ”Re-Animator” and co-wrote ”Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.”