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 Mandy Moore
Spotlight By: Rocco Passafuime
Previous interviews with Mandy:
Mandy Moore was by far one of the unlikeliest success stories in film of recent years. Starting off as teen pop singer with ditties like “Candy” and “I Wanna Be With You” who ended up getting lost in the shuffle of much bigger stars like Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, Moore has managed to do what neither of them has been able to do, parlay a successful acting career. While her movies have met with varying degrees of reaction from movie critics, Mandy’s consistent raves as a performer from them and audiences has only managed to provide her a career that has done nothing but steadily rise year after year as her work continues to evolve. After having gone into more adventurous territory musically this past June with her more folk-style new pop album Wild Hope, Moore prepares to do the same with her film career with her first indie role in the film Dedication. The directorial debut of actor Justin Theroux, the film, co-starring Billy Crudup and Tom Wilkinson made its premiere in January at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Speaking with us, Mandy Moore made no bones about the clout she has managed to gain from her successes in Hollywood romantic comedies and how different she felt the experience of an indie film would be. “I felt lucky because I went straight from Because I Said So into this and straight back into another mainstream comedy,” she claims, “It was great to break it up and be here in New York and I was so nervous though. I was so intimidated walking onto the set. I’m a fan of Justin’s as an actor and obviously as a director and working with him and with Billy and it was so not my scene and I was very, very nervous. So it was a great exercise for me.” While we were on the subject, she did in fact tell us point blank just what was the difference for her in working on an indie film. “I think the people more so,” Mandy believes, “It was definitely this project specifically and being in New York and working with actors like real theater people. You know what I mean, ‘Oh, jeez, Louise, how did I get myself into this one?’” However, Moore was quick to tell us how enthused she was about the film and also about playing the role of Lucy, an illustrator who must work with a rather gruff and unfriendly children’s book author, played by Crudup. “Well, I think it was the project in general,” Mandy recounts, “I read the script and I was like, wow, it’s fantastic material and an opportunity to work with Billy and Justin and everyone. But I think it’s hard to find good stuff out there. It’s so few and far between. When you want to find a ... |
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