Post by Amanda on Oct 17, 2006 9:10:48 GMT -5
Well Laurence Leboeuf is one of my favourite actresses. She plays Cody Myers on 15/Love, but she's not there for the tennis! She's into photography like me. So anyways, there's an article about her in today's Montréal Gazette:
Laurence Leboeuf is set to make her American film debut in a Sorvino family affair.
The 20-year-old Montreal actress, who is shooting the coming Canadian TV series Durham County here, has snared the lead role in The Trouble With Cali, an indie American flick involving four members of the Sorvino clan.
Leboeuf plays the title character, a model/ballerina with a dysfunctional family. The black comedy also stars Oscar-winning actress Mira Sorvino. The film, which begins shooting in small-town Pennsylvania in late November, is going to be directed by Mira's dad, veteran character actor Paul Sorvino, whose many film roles include GoodFellas, Nixon, and the Montreal-made Mambo Italiano. Sorvino will also act in the film, playing Cali's father.
Mira's brother Michael has a small role in The Trouble With Cali and he is also producing the flick. Mira and Michael's sister Amanda, a playwright, penned the screenplay.
This major break for Leboeuf is directly tied to her work on the Montreal-shot Golden Globe-nominated miniseries Human Trafficking. That project starred Mira Sorvino as an immigration and customs agent and co-starred Leboeuf as a young Russian woman who is sold into sex slavery. Mira was impressed with Leboeuf's acting chops, so when Mira's sister gave her the Trouble With Cali screenplay to read, Mira told Amanda and her dad that she knew just the actress for the starring role.
The film's New York casting agent then contacted Leboeuf's agent, Karen Benzakein, and Benzakein quickly sent a tape with Leboeuf auditioning down to New York. Paul Sorvino booked her for the part based on the tape. The two still haven't met in person.
This all the more notable given that Leboeuf spoke virtually no English four years ago.
"It's an incredible opportunity for her," Benzakein said.
"It's a huge compliment for Mira Sorvino to read a script and immediately think of Laurence Leboeuf. There's a ton of Hollywood actresses who could've done this film. It's not a huge budget film, but it's an unbelievable introduction to the American market."
Leboeuf's first English project was the Montreal-produced YTV series 15/Love and she also starred opposite David Duchovny in the film The Secret. The overachiever began acting at the age of 11 and has appeared in a number of French-language Quebec series, including Virginie.
In Durham County - a six-episode drama set to air first on The Movie Network next spring and later on Global - Leboeuf plays the daughter of a detective portrayed by Hugh Dillon. This teenage girl is obsessed with police work and desperate to help her dad on his current case hunting down a serial killer.
On the phone from the Durham County set in a house on Gouin Blvd. on the West Island Friday, producer Janis Lundman was proud to underline that Leboeuf is just one of several local francophone actors with major roles in the production.
The cast also includes Jean-Nicolas Verreault, Michele-Barbara Pelletier, and Patrick Labbe. The two leads are Dillon and Justin Louis, who plays the killer who just happens to live next door to the cop who's in charge of the manhunt looking for him.
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Laurence Leboeuf is set to make her American film debut in a Sorvino family affair.
The 20-year-old Montreal actress, who is shooting the coming Canadian TV series Durham County here, has snared the lead role in The Trouble With Cali, an indie American flick involving four members of the Sorvino clan.
Leboeuf plays the title character, a model/ballerina with a dysfunctional family. The black comedy also stars Oscar-winning actress Mira Sorvino. The film, which begins shooting in small-town Pennsylvania in late November, is going to be directed by Mira's dad, veteran character actor Paul Sorvino, whose many film roles include GoodFellas, Nixon, and the Montreal-made Mambo Italiano. Sorvino will also act in the film, playing Cali's father.
Mira's brother Michael has a small role in The Trouble With Cali and he is also producing the flick. Mira and Michael's sister Amanda, a playwright, penned the screenplay.
This major break for Leboeuf is directly tied to her work on the Montreal-shot Golden Globe-nominated miniseries Human Trafficking. That project starred Mira Sorvino as an immigration and customs agent and co-starred Leboeuf as a young Russian woman who is sold into sex slavery. Mira was impressed with Leboeuf's acting chops, so when Mira's sister gave her the Trouble With Cali screenplay to read, Mira told Amanda and her dad that she knew just the actress for the starring role.
The film's New York casting agent then contacted Leboeuf's agent, Karen Benzakein, and Benzakein quickly sent a tape with Leboeuf auditioning down to New York. Paul Sorvino booked her for the part based on the tape. The two still haven't met in person.
This all the more notable given that Leboeuf spoke virtually no English four years ago.
"It's an incredible opportunity for her," Benzakein said.
"It's a huge compliment for Mira Sorvino to read a script and immediately think of Laurence Leboeuf. There's a ton of Hollywood actresses who could've done this film. It's not a huge budget film, but it's an unbelievable introduction to the American market."
Leboeuf's first English project was the Montreal-produced YTV series 15/Love and she also starred opposite David Duchovny in the film The Secret. The overachiever began acting at the age of 11 and has appeared in a number of French-language Quebec series, including Virginie.
In Durham County - a six-episode drama set to air first on The Movie Network next spring and later on Global - Leboeuf plays the daughter of a detective portrayed by Hugh Dillon. This teenage girl is obsessed with police work and desperate to help her dad on his current case hunting down a serial killer.
On the phone from the Durham County set in a house on Gouin Blvd. on the West Island Friday, producer Janis Lundman was proud to underline that Leboeuf is just one of several local francophone actors with major roles in the production.
The cast also includes Jean-Nicolas Verreault, Michele-Barbara Pelletier, and Patrick Labbe. The two leads are Dillon and Justin Louis, who plays the killer who just happens to live next door to the cop who's in charge of the manhunt looking for him.
;D
