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Post by pop on Jul 24, 2004 11:44:52 GMT -5
Meryl Streep told SCI FI Wire that her decision to play Aunt Josephine in the upcoming comedy-fantasy film Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events had nothing to do with pleasing her four children. "That I did for me because I wanted to act with Jim Carrey," Streep said in an interview while promoting her latest film, The Manchurian Candidate. "He was wonderful. He's so funny, deeply, deeply funny and generous and interesting. He's an interesting person, so I had a really good time." Based on the novels by Daniel Handler, Lemony Snicket follows three orphaned young siblings who are taken in by distant relatives following the deaths of their parents. Among those relatives are Aunt Josephine and Count Olaf (Carey), the latter of whom aims to steal the fortune the kids are set to inherit when they come of age. Streep went on to note that she chose not to veer over the top in her performance as Aunt Josephine. "No, it's very detailed," she said. "It's a small part, subtly rendered. It's a woman who's afraid of everything, everything she touches, everything she sees, everything. It's a really fun character. And [Carrey] plays a ham actor villain who fools everybody in the movie when he puts on different disguises, except for the children. The children are not fooled, but I'm completely gulled." Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events opens nationwide on Dec. 17. www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-film.html?2004-07/23/10.00.film
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Post by Tyler on Jul 24, 2004 20:39:19 GMT -5
So she does have a small part. Does that mean they really are centering it around The Bad Beginning?
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Post by Antenora on Jul 24, 2004 22:00:06 GMT -5
The plot in the film can be described as "TRR and TWW in a TBB sandwich", from what I've heard. The second and third books are sort of embedded in the plot of the first. It's a bit hard to describe; I'll need an article.
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