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Christina Ricci: "Learned to use helicopters for film." |
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Christina Ricci:"Learned to use helicopters for film." Christina Ricci learned to fly a helicopter in two seconds. The actress learned how to take control of the airborne vehicle - which was computer generated - for her new movie 'Speed Racer' in a matter of seconds. Speaking at the film's UK premiere in London's LeicesterSquare last night (29.04.08), Ricci told BANG Showbiz: "I got to the shoot and I was like, 'Oh, maybe you could show me what it looks like to drive a helicopter?' and within two seconds they were like, 'It just looks like this.' All of a sudden I was like, 'I can fly a helicopter. It's not that bad.'" Ricci - who plays Trixie, the lead female in 'Speed Racer' - braved torrential rain to attend the premiere. The svelte star looked stunning in a small black dress as she walked down the red carpet shielded by a clear plastic umbrella. Ricci also revealed shooting the entire film without sets, against a green screen, didn't cause any problems. She added: "It's really amazing how fast you get used to green screen, and we had such a bonded cast it literally took a day. The directors they made everything so easy and comfortable, they inspired such confidence. You really do put yourself in their hands, and it doesn't matter what you might imagine around you." Other guests at the premiere included Ricci's co-stars Emile Hirsch, who plays the film's hero Speed, John Goodman and Susan Sarandon, while Guy Richie attended with his children Lourdes and Rocco. Sir Ian McKellan and 'Speed Racer' producer Joel Silver also ignored the terrible weather to attend. Source: www.askmen.com/celebs/entertainment-news/christina-ricci/two-second-pilot-christina-ricci.html |
Christina Ricci's Quotes and Christian Ricci's Bio |
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"I certainly hope I'm not still answering child star questions
by the time I reach menopause." "My dream role would probably be a psycho killer, because the whole thing I love about movies is that you get to do things you could never do in real life, and that would be my way of vicariously experiencing being a psycho killer. Also, it's incredibly romantic." "I like the way my own feet smell. I love to smell my sneakers when I take them off." "I'm not perfect-looking and I don't say the right things, I'm a little different, nothing really special, but I guess I come across as a little more real to people and that comes through on the screen. I know I look young, but with the right make-up I can look older. I definitely feel older." "I like playing people who are so afraid and ashamed of who they are and so disgusted by everyone around them that they decide to become the ultimate extreme of what they're afraid they are." "I think the main reason a lot of child stars don't make it is that it's hard to see someone as cute and then all of a sudden see them as having more depth. I guess I was just lucky that, when I was little, nobody thought I was that cute." "I'm very shy. I can't even act that well when the camera's not on. I get really embarassed." "I don't have any training, and I don't believe in training. Of course, people who don't have any training always say that." "I don't know who Peter Lorre is. Pathetic right? It shows you how completely gross and uncultured my generation is." "Now my body is really womanly - a little too much so. It's someting I can fall back on. When I don't know what else to do, I stick my chest out." "Nobody's kissing my ass, unfortunately. I could use a little. But then again, my personality isn't conducive to butt-kissing." "W called me 'the young Delta Burke.' It's so sily. I weigh 105 pounds and wear a size two, but for some reason I'm a heavyweight." "If anyone ever saw me dance. They'd have trouble taking me seriously." "For years, I hated myself. I covered the mirrors in my house. I literally couldn't have a mirror in my room. I still can't sit in a restaurant or someplace where I can catch my reflection. I get so paranoid." |
Christina Ricci Biography - Bio |
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One of the most celebrated actresses of her generation, as well
as one of the few child stars to make a successful transition to
adult roles, Christina Ricci has been impressing audiences and
critics with her unnervingly accurate performances since
debuting in 1990's Mermaids. The daughter of a lawyer and a former Ford model and the youngest of four children, Ricci was born in Santa Monica, CA, on February 12, 1980. Following her family's move to New York when she was eight, Christina got her start acting in commercials. Her big screen debut came shortly after, when director Richard Benjamin cast her as Cher's younger daughter in Mermaids. Although much attention went to Winona Ryder, who played Ricci's older sister, the young actress made enough of an impression to land more work: The following year, she starred as the morbidly precocious Wednesday Addams in the hit film adaptation of The Addams Family. The role would help to establish Ricci as an actress known for playing dark, unconventional characters; she went on to play Wednesday again in the film's 1993 sequel Addams Family Values. Following a series of films both good and bad, including Now and Then, in which she played the young Rosie O'Donnell, and the critically panned but commercially successful Casper, she starred as the troubled, ually precocious Wendy Hood in Ang Lee's widely praised The Ice Storm. The actress handled the part with uncanny , leading many observers to conclude that she was truly beginning to come into her own. This assessment was solidified with Ricci's subsequent roles in films like Buffalo '66 (in which she played Vincent Gallo's unwitting abductee-turned-girlfriend), John Waters' Pecker, and Don Roos' The Opposite of , the last of which cast her as Dedee, a delightfully loathsome girl who wreaks tabloid-style havoc on everyone she encounters, whether they be dead or alive. For her performance as Dedee, Ricci was nominated for a Golden Globe and attained the unofficial title of the Sundance Film Festival's 1998 "It" Girl. Now riding high as an indie teen queen, Ricci went on in 1999 to headline the much-anticipated but ultimately disappointing 200 Cigarettes; the same year, she could be seen in Desert Blue, which featured 200 Cigarettes co-stars Casey Affleck and Kate Hudson, and Sleepy Hollow, in which she played Gothic princess Katrina Van Tassel opposite Johnny Depp's Ichabod Crane in Tim Burton's adaptation of Washington Irving's ghostly tale. In 2000, Ricci starred in Sally Potter's The Man Who Cried, in which she played a young Jewish woman who flees from Germany to Paris during World War II, and Bless the Child, a supernatural thriller that also starred Kim Basinger and Rufus Sewell. Though rumors of a stateside release date for Ricci's 2001 drama Prozac Nation continued to linger, Christina would move on to such unconventional efforts as the offbeat romantic comedy Pumpkin, which found her as a popular sorority girl who risks becoming a social outcast after falling for a mentally disabled young athlete whom she has volunteered to help train. Though subsequent efforts as Miranda and The Gathering (both 2002) fell beneath the radar at the box office, Christina was a hit with Ally McBeal fans when she appeared in a recurring role in the Fox show that same year. Audiences who caught Woody Allen's 2003 comedy Anything Else found her as charming as ever. At festivals that year, Ricci could be seen in supporting roles in actor Adam Goldberg's dark drama I Love Your Work, as well as in director Patty Jenkins' Aileen Wuornos biopic Monster. ~ Rebecca Flint, All Movie Guide |
