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IN CARRIE REMAKE NBC THREE-HOUR MOVIE EVENT CARRIE BEGINS PRODUCTION Production begins with Broadway star Angela Bettis in title role backed by cast including Patricia Clarkson, David Keith, Jasmine Guy and Emilie de Ravin. Burbank, Calif - June 28, 2002 - Production has begun on NBC's new, three-hour version of Carrie, based on Stephen King's horror classic, starring Angela Bettis (The Crucible, Girl Interrupted) in the title role, it was announced today by Jeff Gaspin, Executive Vice President, Alternative Series, Specials, Longform and Program Strategy. The movie event will be distributed by MGM Television Entertainment for a projected Fall 2002 broadcast. Filming began earlier this month in Vancouver, British Columbia. This gritty remake of the 1976 MGM feature (starring Sissy Spacek) includes scenes from the novel that didn't appear in the original film, making it a more faithful adaptation of King's eerie tale of a teenaged girl, shunned by her peers, who discovers she has inexplicable powers. Bryan Fuller's powerful three-hour screenplay and state-of-the-art digital effects take the thriller to a whole new level as Carrie's fellow high school students torment and mock her - unaware of the frightening forces of revenge boiling within her - waiting to explode. Bettis garnered criticcal praise for her role as Abigail, the troublemaking teen, in the Broadway production of The Crucible. Her feature credits also include Girl, Interrupted and Bless the Child. Veteran film and television star Patricia Clarkson (Six Feet Under, The Green Mile) stars as Margaret White, Carrie's mother, whose religious fanaticism has made an outcast of her daughter. Also starring are David Keith (U-571, An Officer and a Gentleman), Jasmine Guy (Feast of All Saints, A Different World) and Emilie de Ravin (Roswell). David Carson (Star Trek: Generations, From the Earth to the Moon, In His Life: The John Lennon Story) directs from a script by Bryan Fuller (Star Trek: Voyager). Fuller executive produces along with Mark Stern, Pen Densham & John Watson, partners in Trilogy Entertainment Group whose credits include The Outer Limits, The Twilight Zone, The Magnificent Seven and Breaking News. David Livingston in the producers. Digital effects will be provided by Stargate Digital USA whose credits include CSI, Crossing Jordan, ER and Dead Zone. BACK TO THE TOP 06.09.2001 - Emilie de Ravin, a spirited and charismatic young actress with the girl-next-door look, is currently starring on UPN's Roswell. Of course, she only looks like the girl-next-door if you live in Australia, where Emilie's from. Emilie plays smoldering extraterrestrial Tess Harding on Roswell, the mysterious fourth alien who makes the special group complete. Impressively, Emilie landed the role soon after relocating to Los Angeles from her home down under. Emilie has studied acting at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Australia, and with the Prime Time Actors Studio in Los Angeles. Advice is only worth what you pay for it "[My sisters] are much older than me - I'm 18; they're in their thirties - so if I was ever embarrassed about something, I could go to them for advice...I remember when I was 14, I had a crush on this guy and asked one of my sisters what to do. She was like, 'First, you don't want to be too pushy with him. Make him come to you.' When my crush finally asked me if I wanted to go to a movie with him, I tried to act all cool. I was like, 'Not tonight - I have other things to do,'" Emilie told CosmoGirl magazine. And we thought only jazz dancers were bitchy "I went to ballet school in Australia, and it was the bitchiest atmosphere. I think it happens to every girl in every country: You think a girl's your friend, and then she goes behind your back and tells stories about you. Well, I was nice to everyone. I knew that I didn't want to be like those other girls," Emilie told CosmoGirl. Hey, get your own broom! Emilie told Seventeen that the one television show she always tapes is "Friends. I just laugh. I love it!" But when asked what TV character she would love to play, Emilie went old school: "Jeannie on I Dream of Jeannie or Samantha on Bewitched. They're both witchy people. I loved the fantasy aspect of those shows." Source: Hollywood.com. Back to the top
Here's the gen: Age: 19 Sci-fi ID: Tess, the fourth alien on Roswell Special powers? "My main one is being able to mind-warp people into thinking something is going on when it isn't. For example, I could close my eyes and make you think there was a whole room of people here. It's a talent that has helped me to save us from alien hunters and a lot of bad situations. It's called 'thought transference' and it would be a wonderful thing to have in real life. I could make people think I was 5-foot-10 and all sorts of amazing things." Fan reactions? "At first I got terrible mail. I wasn't welcome because Tess broke up a relationship between two other characters, Max and Liz. It was hard for the viewers to accept another girl in Max's life and it was like, 'Get away from him.' But they've warmed up to me a little more now." Best alien contact? "When I kiss Max, he gets memory flashes from our home planet. That certainly get his attention: 'Man, I get stars when I kiss this chick. She must be real special.'" Best sci-fi moment? "Not many people get to save the world during their working day, but I do it nearly every week. My best world-saving moment came when we were pretty much about to be killed by the bad aliens, and Tess - that's me - closed her eyes and made the entire room burst into flames. I did it knowing the script, but I opened my eyes and thought, 'What the hell did I do?' That was incredible for me to watch later." Favourite sci-fi thing? "I've watched all the Star Wars movies and I love them, but apart from that, I'm not a huge sci-fi fan. I am more into the genre now that I'm on Roswell, because I like to see what other people have done and I feel I can use it in my work." Do you believe in aliens? "I am still trying to work that out. I've had no extraterrestrial or UFO experiences, so I'm not really sure either way." Check out FHM's website for some great photos of Emilie, plus a chance to download their sci-fi girls wallpaper, which also features Emilie. Back to the top 08.04.2001 - While some people might hesitate to relocate to a city that's a 14-hour plane ride from their family and friends, it was minor consideration for Roswell's Emilie de Ravin when she left Melbourne, Australia, for Los Angeles. "I'm very into persevering," says the 19-year-old who plays Tess, one of the four teen extraterrestrials on the WB show. "Nothing stops me. If I want to do something, I'll do it." De Ravin had the support of her parents and two older sisters when, in December 1999, she visited the City of Angels to find an agent. Her mission quickly accomplished, she went home for the holidays. Meanwhile, a 20th Century Fox casting honcho, who'd seen her as Demon Curupira on the Australia-based syndicated TV series Beastmaster, phoned her Down Under to request an appointment. When de Ravin returned to L.A. for good six weeks later, meetings with the Fox casting people soon yielded her a place on Roswell. "I was very lucky," she recalls. "I'd just done a year on and off of [Beastmaster] and just decided to give it a go in L.A." Beastmaster was her first acting job after having pursued a career in ballet since the age of 13. She'd attended a number of ballet academies - including the demanding Australian Ballet School - before deciding to expand her career options by giving acting a two-month try; if it didn't pan out, she'd return to dancing. But Beastmaster came along, and she hung up her toe shoes. "I totally miss it," de Ravin says of ballet. "It's a wonderful way to express yourself, another form of acting, in a way. But if I were to [resume it], it would take me about five years to get back to the professional standard I was at." De Ravin's had plenty of time to hone her skills as an actor, though, after guest-starring on Roswell last spring and then graduating to full-time status in October. "I'm really happy with the progression of the character, especially in the second season," she explains. "It's given me a lot more to work with." Tess, once an outsider, is now happily ensconced in the lives of the three other alien teens and their human pals. "She's shown Max [Jason Behr], Isabel [Katherine Heigl] and Michael [Brendan Fehr] what their alien skills are," explains de Ravin, who picked up an American accent in a snap. "She's no longer the new girl on the block, and they're treating her like family. I think she's just trying to work out what's best for the four of them and their planet. She's a very sweet girl." Tess' otherworldly pursuits aside, de Ravin likes to exercise, paint, shop and spend time with her new American buddies. When asked for pointers on making chums in a new city, her answer reflects her pioneer spirit: "You just go out and meet people. It's actually fun to not know anyone and go out and find friends - or let them find you!" Source: Gist TV. Back to the top COLIN AND EMILIE AT PRESS TOUR PARTY
The party introduced the stars of The WB's fall television season to television writers from around the United States. After last season's disappointing ratings, The WB will take a little longer than expected to show a profit but should break even sometime within the 2001-02 TV season, network chairman Jamie Kellner said on July 24 at The WB's portion of the summer Television Critics Assn. press tour. Kellner also predicted that the network's ratings would increase this year and help the network catch up to its financial timetable. Back to the top |
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11.07.2001
- The July/August issue of US FHM takes a look at the
Girls of Sci-Fi, including Roswell's Emilie de Ravin
(although their website spells it as de Raven!)
31.07.2000
- Roswell cast members Colin Hanks and Emilie de Ravin
pose during The WB's summer press tour party, in Pasadena on
July 24.