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| Wild side of on-screen spy |
Source: Sydney Morning Herald - August 11th 2008
Author: Scott Ellis
Article submitted by: Christopher
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There's something irresistible about the spy on-screen. In real life, our
intelligence agents might spend their days crawling through rubbish or staring at
a computer, but on-screen, let's face it, they have a ball. Fast cars, exotic locations, gadgets galore and an unlimited
expense account - no wonder Gabrielle Anwar was more than happy
to join in when her chance to play a spy came up.
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| Chi McBride Leads Driving Lessons Cast Additions |
Source: IF Magazine - February 26th 2008
Author: Monika Bartyzel
Article submitted by: Christopher
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It sounded a bit creepy when news about the black comedy Driving Lessons first hit. The film was said
to focus on "a troubled family who gets a second chance at happiness when the mother (Davis) suffers a
memory loss and can't recall the last 15 years of her life." Now, as more cast sign on, it's sounding
entirely different.
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| Burn Notice - The Tudors - and the fine art of resurfacing |
Source: The Hollywood Interview - February 9th 2008
Author: Terry Keefe
Article submitted by: Christopher
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It was one of those true 'a star is born' moments when Gabrielle Anwar tangoed with Al Pacino
in Scent of a Woman back in 1992. While Anwar was only in the film for one scene, it was perhaps the
most memorable of the film. She was, for all intents and purposes, the woman of the title in a movie
heavy on the testosterone, and her star quality wasn’t lost on the audience, or the powers that be at
Hollywood. This writer recalls working at an Orion Pictures production company at the time and hearing
people rave about Pacino, the also newly-arrived Chris O’Donnell, and that great girl, who soon found
herself on casting lists across town.
When asked during our interview how dramatically her life changed
after Scent of a Woman, Anwar explained that it didn’t really all that much, due to the fact that she was
simultaneously embarking on the journey of motherhood, which was to take up much of the time that would
have otherwise been spent basking in the starlet spotlight. She certainly didn’t disappear, making memorable
appearances in Abel Ferrara’s remake of Body Snatchers, For Love or Money, and The Three Musketeers in 1993,
and Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead in 1995. She’s continued to work regularly in the years since,
with leads in numerous film and television projects. But it’s only been in the last year or so that those
projects have started to be as high-profile as Showtime’s new series 'The Tudors', where Anwar stars as
Princess Margaret, alongside Jonathan Rhys-Meyers young take on Henry VIII. Next up, she’ll be seen in
the USA series 'Burn Notice,' and 2006 saw her adventuring alongside Noah Wyle in the second film in the
popular 'Librarian' series for TNT.
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