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Sam Rockwell Joins Anna Faris in 'Deep Throat' Biopic
Filed under: Drama », Casting », Newsstand »
Once she took on the role of Cindy Campbell in Scary Movie, Anna Faris was fast-tracked to a life of big, innocent doe eyes and over-the-top slapstick comedy. But in between a lot of those mainstream laugh quests, many of which weren't worth her time, she's slipped in a little-buzzed performance here or there that proves she's more than just that blonde girl from the Scary Movies. And while most of her upcoming projects are steeped in the funny, she made a surprising announcement last September that she was going to star in a "deep, dark drama."But it wasn't just any drama. It was Inferno -- the story of Linda Lovelace, the porn star known as Deep Throat, the woman with a clitoris in her throat. At the time, there was a rush on the project, and Faris said they were looking for Lovelace's manager and hubbie, Chuck Traynor. Now, according to a recent discussion with MTV, she says that Sam Rockwell will be the guy.
Now all they have to do is figure out the money, and then we can see Rockwell get skeezy, and Faris get dark: "You're not going to even know who I am. I'm not there right now, but I will be when the time comes. I'll be in a very dark place."
Is this a story you want to see? And, can you imagine Faris as Lovelace?
Lose Your Lunch with New 'Mother of Tears' Clip
Filed under: Horror », NSFW », Cinematical Indie », Trailers and Clips »
I was just about to eat lunch when ComingSoon.net directed me to this super violent and gory clip from Mother of Tears, the latest flick from Italian horror legend Dario Argento. Now I've lost my appetite. Before you click on the link (which brings you to an exclusive from ShockTillYouDrop.com), be warned: you may lose your lunch or have some serious nightmares or both. Also, it's likely not very safe to watch the video at work. The film is the final installment in Argento's The Three Mothers trilogy, which also includes the horror classics Suspiria and Inferno. Mother of Tears stars the filmmaker's goth-sexy daughter, Asia Argento (unfortunately best known in the States as Vin Diesel's co-star in xXx), as an American studying abroad at the fictional Museum of Ancient Art in Rome. She unearths a sort of Pandora's box-like urn that unleashes a witch known as the Mother of Tears and the apocalyptic chaos that comes with her.
Reviewing from the Toronto Film Festival last fall, Cinematical horror hound Scott Weinberg called the film, "the master's best flick since ... hell, since at least the mid-'80s ... fans of the old-school Argento splatter-fests will find a handful of truly gruesome sequences here, while those who are on the lookout for a bleak yet tongue-in-cheek tale of the apocalypse will most likely appreciate what's in Tears." Now we can see what Scott meant by "truly gruesome."
Mother of Tears opens in limited release this Friday.
Anna Faris Does Porn ... For Real This Time
Back in June, while talking about Anna Faris' new Playboy film, our Erik Davis said: "Calm down there guys, her career hasn't tanked enough for Anna Faris to begin entertaining the same ideas you were entertaining after reading the title of this post." Well, now she is -- kind of. MTV has reported that the actress is in a rush to get a feature on Linda Lovelace in production, before the looming strike. For the handful of you that don't know -- Lovelace is the gal behind the epic porn film Deep Throat.As if Faris playing a porn star, an uber famous one at that, wasn't enough -- she says: "It's a really deep, dark drama -- and it would be cool for me to do." The film is called Inferno, she's putting it together "alongside a first-time filmmaker," and she says that Matthew Wilder will direct it. No other big names have been added to the cast, but Faris says that they are currently struggling to cast the role of Lovelace's manager and husband, Chuck Traynor.
After playing a woman whose clitoris is in her throat, and becoming world-famous, Lovelace became an anti-porn activist. But her life was a heck of a lot more than that role. In the biz, she was involved in bestiality and pretty hardcore sex, and she claimed that her first husband, Traynor, forced her into porn at gunpoint (similar to how he acted with second wife, porn star Marilyn Chambers)*. With all this in mind, who would have ever guessed that Anna Faris would be the actress to take it on? Can you see her in the role?
*Proof that even writing about porn rots the brain: Mixing up the names Boreman and Traynor. Thanks to those who spotted that!
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