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MAJANDRA
IN PARIS
ADDED: 26.08.02
Majandra will be performing in Paris on Saturday 14 September
at 6.30pm for one night only. Presented by Arkanium
Magazine, Magico Entertainment and Dripfeed Records, Majandra
will be at the Café de la Danse, 5 passage Louis Phillipe,
75011 - Paris. Click here
for more info.
"IT'S
THE END"
22.02.2002
- According to Majandra's diary entries on her official website,
it looks like it's the end for Roswell.
February
20, 2002
News is the UPN has ordered the sets to be struck (that means
to be torn apart). Bahhhd sign for you Roswell
lovers. So I may be out of a job, oh well onto the next.
Those 14 hour days for 9 months straight did get little taxing
so I'm looking forward to taking it easy. The TV thing
was fun and I did it to know what it was like to do a drama
but my curiosity has been fed and now I'm gonna go back to what
I know I like for sure. I think almost everybody else
in the cast feels the same. While, to many, Roswell
was a joyful thing to tune into once a week for an hour, those
of us behind the scenes saw it as very much a job so we can't
help but look at it as just that.
Thankful
of course for what came of it but looking optimistically to
be freed of its chaos. The best comparison is that of
a clothing store manager who really hopes to be a screenplay
writer and live their dream. You have higher expectations
for yourself even though many would kill to be in your position,
you just didn't see YOURSELF living your life like that forever.
See that's how actors and musicians exist, like vagabonds, tiring
of the same old thing only to be inspired by something new and
so on (continued on February 21st).
February
21, 2002
It's a field of creativity so once it becomes to much of a job
one feels the need to look elsewhere. Look at me going
on as if it's done for, but hey one must prepare no? Gotta
tell ya it's gonna be nice not having to wear that Maria clothing
and that Maria face all the time. Whew. She was
just so different from me it became a little frustrating after
a while and one starts to feel robbed of their own personality
and persona.
Time
for a little Majandra yo. Heh. Well let's see about
that, now without someone writing those lines that please some
so much. UH OH. This should weed out the people
that thought I was cool from those that really just liked the
character I was contractually obliged to portray. I can't
wait... Back to the
top
"ROSWELL
IS HOLDING ME BACK"
19.02.2002
- From the Fredericksburg Free-Lance Star, 14 February:
She
isn't Maria.
Majandra
Delfino dearly wants you to know that.
No,
she's nothing like the air-headed teen character on Roswell,
the UPN show about adolescent aliens.
She
doesn't even like the show that's landed her on the cover of
Seventeen and gotten her a sexy layout in FHM
men's entertainment magazine. As a matter of fact, she
despises the TV program that's brought her fame.
The
20-year-old Delfino thinks of herself not as an actress, but
a musician - and she wants to go back to music as soon as possible.
The
problem is that just about everyone else thinks of her as a
TV actress.
"Which
makes me laugh," she said in a telephone interview with
The Free Lance-Star from Los Angeles. "I've
never taken an acting lesson or been in a play."
Delfino,
the daughter of Venezuelan and Cuban-American parents, was born
in Caracas, began playing piano
at 5, and at 11 began to sing and perform.
She
wants to go back to that and sees no redeeming social value
in being on Roswell - not even as a vehicle to launch
her music career.
"It
could have been a vehicle, but if anything, I see it as kind
of like a hindrance," Delfino said. "People
think I'm my character. Unfortunately, I play this really
peppy, ditzy character," she said.
Her
music couldn't be less peppy.
She's
self-released a debut six-song EP titled The Sicks on
her own Dripfeed Records label. The music, which is dark,
melodic electronica, is available through majandra.com
on the Web.
The
darkness reflected in The Sicks comes from personal experience,
she said. The EP and the song Bruises deals with
struggling to handle emotional wounds.
"This
is definitely not an album where we looked at it and thought,
'What would make me look cool? Let's go dark,'" Delfino
said.
It's
the real Majandra, she said.
She
wants to go on tour to promote The Sicks but Roswell
is holding her back, she said.
She's
hoping the show, which has low ratings, is dropped by UPN.
"If
Roswell gets canceled, I'll definitely go out on tour,"
Delfino said. "It's like the lowest-rated show on
TV. It's kind of stifling to be working every day and have just
about one person watch it."
Cancellation
of the TV show is now on hold until Feb. 26. The show airs on
Tuesday nights at 9 following Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Being
allowed to go on tour would be "a huge relief," Majandra
said.
"I
don't even care if no one comes to the shows. I just don't
want anyone to come and yell, 'Maria!' If they do, they'll
be quietly escorted out by security," she said with a chuckle.
She
doesn't plan to do television again in the foreseeable future.
"I
took Roswell because I was interested in seeing how it
would be," Delfino said. "I saw, so that's all
I needed."
"I
definitely find movies more interesting," she said.
Her
film credits include: Zeus and Roxanne (1997), The
Secret Life of Girls (1999), I Know What You Screamed
Last Summer (1999) and Traffic (2001).
She
read for Mena Suvari's part as the seductive cheerleader in
American Beauty, but didn't get the role - perhaps in
part because she decided to cut her hair short before the reading,
and perhaps in part because of a faux pas.
"I
didn't really mind when they said the character had an affair
with an older man," Delfino said. "But when
they said 'Kevin Spacey,' I made a face like that wouldn't have
been my pick." Back
to the top
DELFINO
RAPS ROSWELL
01.01.2002
- Majandra Delfino told Sci-Fi Wire that she doesn't
concern herself with Roswell's fate or how it bounces
back and forth between SF and romance. "I try not
to think about it," the actress said in an interview.
"I don't have enough invested in it - I don't think any
of us do - to let it frustrate us. The people it must
frustrate are the fans."
Roswell
kicked off its third season, its first on UPN, in October, but
Smallville has consistently won the ratings war.
And that's despite the fact that Roswell has returned
to its earlier romantic storyline, which initially attracted
passionate fans and elicited excellent reviews. Delfino,
however, can't offer much of an opinion about the show's quality.
"For us, [the episodes] are our job," she said.
"Rarely do we end up seeing the finished products, because
we're working that day, or we've been doing this so much we
really don't watch it. And I can definitely speak for
all of us. For me, the reason I like an episode [now]
is because we had a lot of fun doing it, or we had a great location,
[or because of] what we all had personally going on."
Delfino
- currently celebrating the release of her CD, The Sicks,
available only at her official website
- can point to one such episode: "Samuel Rising,"
the Christmas-themed episode which aired in the US on 18 December.
"[It] was really hilarious, because we were all in these
costumes, and we were just ragging on each other the whole time,"
she said. "It was funny because we were doing the
Christmas episode on Halloween day. That was just really
comical to us. We were in Santa Claus and elf costumes,
that kind of thing." Back
to the top
MAJANDRA
CHAT SNIPPETS
13.11.2001
- Majanda and Shiri Appleby took part in an online chat with
E! Online this week. Here's a few non-spoilerish
Majandra comments:
What
better or worse about the move to UPN?
Majandra:
It's better, because they're excited to have us. They're
promoting us. And there's nothing worse I can think of.
Roswell
won't be on forever. Do you ever think about what you're
gonna do afterward?
Majandra:
I'll probably continue to do the music thing.
How
does it feel with your private life being the centre of most
of your fans' interest?
Majandra:
I didn't know that! But I guess it's cool. I'd rather
they be interested in something than not be interested.
But they don't know much about my private life, because I don't
have one!
Majandra,
are you going to tour sometime soon? I love your song!
Majandra:
I'll tour during my hiatus, or if the show gets cancelled.
Who
would you like to guest star on Roswell?
Majandra:
Jack Nicholson. He could play my dad.
Is
it difficult as a Hispanic actress in an industry where diversity
is sometimes frowned upon?
Majandra:
It's only difficult when I try out for Latin roles, because
my blond hair and fair skin make casting directors believe I'm
not Latin, which seems quite stereotypical.
If
you could be any character on TV, who would you be?
Majandra:
Probably Dick Van Dyke on The Dick Van Dyke Show.
I
live in Brazil, and I'd like so much to know if there are any
plans for your CD to come out in countries besides the USA.
Majandra:
My CD is available at majandra.com
and can be purchased over the Internet, so it's available to
anybody.
Any
chance of Maria speaking or singing in Spanish?
Majandra:
Speaking has been talked about, but the other has been tossed
around, and she definitely won't be singing in Spanish.
Majandra,
will you do any shows around L.A. to promote your CD?
Majandra:
Definitely. I haven't tried to fit it into my schedule
yet, but I'm sure we'll do that.
How
was it working with Clayton Crane? (He's really hot.)
Majandra:
It was fun. He's a cool guy...a very fun actor to work
with. He and I got along well.
What
do you think of the success of the show in other countries?
Majandra:
It's great! It makes me happy to see that other countries
get it. I can just imagine what we sound like dubbed and
stuff, so I apologise for the bad acting - but it's not us.
What
TV shows, past and present, do you enjoy?
Majandra:
The Bob Newhart Show. The Dick Van Dyke Show.
Dobie Gills and The Donna Reed Show. I just
thought she was so cool. And Rhoda. I love
the old stuff.
Is
it really true you are best friends on and off the set?
Shiri
and Majandra: Yup.
Are
you, like your character on Roswell, a romantic fool?
Shiri:
No. I hope not.
Majandra:
Definitely not.
Can
you tell me something about the diary you're doing?
Majandra:
Basically, it's a day-by-day journal entry that I type from
home. Whether it's interesting or not - that's up to who
is reading it. Sometimes I have art and pictures.
It's pretty personal. I update it pretty much every day.
Does
the online community ever freak you out in their intensity/obsession?
Do you ever not like going online (for Roswell) because
of the reaction to certain things and certain actors/characters?
Majandra:
They totally freak me out! At the same time, they totally
make me laugh, especially the bashers who come up with thiings
that don't exist.
Majandra,
what do you think you have in common with your character?
Majandra:
Nothing. We both can sing.
Is
Brendan Fehr taken? If not, can you ask him to marry me?
Majandra:
[Laughs.] You'll have to ask him yourself.
Would
you want to do a Buffy-type musical episode if you could?
Majandra:
No, I hate to sing on the show. I don't like being fed
the kind of music I have to do. But if it were just Appleby
singing for an hour, I'd be behind it all the way.
Majandra,
have you ever considered going to other parts of the world with
your music?
Majandra:
I hope I have the opportunity to. I hope and pray I can.
Acting is a money thing, but singing is my priority. Back
to the top
MAJANDRA
OUT AND ABOUT
 06.09.2001
- "Majandra Delfino cuts things short" was the headline
on E! Online's Out and About recently, accompanied by
the shot on the right. Back
to the top
THE
GIRL WHO FELL TO EARTH
10.07.2001
- Majandra is featured in the UK edition of FHM this
month (August 2001 issue with Sarah Michelle Gellar on the cover)
wearing a somewhat different outfit to the one she wore to the
Legally Blonde premiere.
Deftly
sidestepping the clutches of leathery lothario Warren Beatty,
Majandra Delfino has landed a plum role on Roswell.
Click for full-size version
'An old man came up and started hitting on me. I
asked him his name, and it was Warren Beatty!'
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Fortunately,
many things told to you in your youth have failed to hold any
truth whatsoever. For instance, if you pull a face and
a brisk north-easterly suddenly changes direction, your contorted
mug doesn't actually freeze in its position, or if you eat the
crusts off sandwiches, you won't necessarily be blessed with
a hairdo like Brian May. And this Hollywood beauty, Majandra
Delfino, is relieved that the playground rhyming couplet, "liar,
liar, pants on fire" doesn't actually mean that when you
tell a massive porkie your underwear turns into a roaring inferno
- otherwise she'd be suffering third-degree burns. "I
lied about my age to get on Roswell," says the 19-year-old
who plays the sarcastic Maria DeLuca on the sci-fi show.
"I had just done a movie where I had been treated as an
adult - there is this legal thing that if you're six months
away from your 18th birthday and it's in the summer, you can
work as an adult or something. I assumed that it also
applied to a TV show, so I said I was 18 when the director asked.
I got called back and the day I was supposed to go in and test,
they found I was 17, because I asked for a studio tutor in my
contract."
Born
in Caracas, Venezuela, Majandra's family moved to Florida when
she was three, and at the age of 11 started in showbiz when
she joined an all-singing girl group China Doll, along with
her best friend Samantha Gibb - daughter of legendary Bee Gee,
Maurice Gibb. But after a few years belting out pop music
she decided that acting was her thing and in 1997 landed the
top role of cult US TV actor Tony Danza's daughter in The
Tony Danza Show.
But
that was not before a bizarre run in with another major Hollywood
superstar. "I went to audition for Mars Attacks!
and I was sitting in the waiting room," says Majandra.
"An old man came up to me and started hitting on me, saying
he wanted to take me out. So I asked him where he'd take
me and he said, 'How about the Eiffel Tower?' I asked
him his name, and it was Warren Beatty!" Back
to the top
MAJANDRA'S
LATEST FASHION DISASTER
 10.07.2001
- Not for the first time, Majandra was collared by E! Online's
Fashion Police at a film premiere (hasn't she got anything better
to wear at these sort of things?)
Attending
the premiere of Legally Blonde, Majandra "shows
off her middle ground in tight, strangely hiked-up pink Babie
tee, hip-hugger flared Vendetta jeans, leather belt, boots,
wrist cuff and earrings by DKNY."
The
website goes on to say: "Earth to Majandra: Um, what's
with the one rolled-up sleeve? Alien minds want to know."
Click
here
for more pics of Majandra, as well as a far more stylishly looking
Katherine Heigl.
Majandra
shows a different side to her nature in this month's issue of
FHM (UK edition, with Sarah Michelle Gellar on the cover).
In fact, looking at the photos, it's safe to say that Majandra
shows pretty much every side of her nature! Back
to the top
SHRIEK
RELEASED ON VIDEO
10.03.2001
- Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday The 13th
which stars Majandra and former Roswell star Julie Benz
has just been passed without cuts as a 15 certificate by the
BBFC. Back to the top
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