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Showing posts with label girls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label girls. Show all posts

Monday, 17 April 2017









GIRLS (2012–2017)

The character of Shoshanna wasn't supposed to be recurring, but creator Lena Dunham liked Zosia Mamet's performance so much that kept her on the show as a regular, because they saw potential for exploring the character thanks to Mamet's talent.

Adam Driver had to repeatedly fly back and forth between New York and London between seasons 3 and 4 to film Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015).

Jemima Kirke had to be convinced by Lena Dunham to take the role of Jessa, because Kirke didn't (and doesn't) have a long-term interest in acting, compared to her focus on her thriving career as a painter and artist.

All four main actress Lena Dunham, Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet, and Allison Williams have famous parents in some regard. Lena Dunham's parents are photographer Laurie Simmons and painter Carroll Dunham. Jemima Kirke's parents are fashion designer Lorraine Kirke and rock musician Simon Kirke. Zosia Mamet's father is writer David Mamet and mother is actress Lindsay Crouse. Allison Williams's father is NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams.

Allison Williams has a clause in her contract for this show stipulating that she will not do any full nudity.

The four titular characters - Hannah, Marnie, Jessa, and Shoshanna - only appear together in twelve scenes over the entire series.



Sunday, 30 August 2015



FILM 1368: THE FALLING

British director Carol Morley’s follow-up to her breakthrough hit Dreams of a Life is a feverish exploration of raging hormones and teenage angst set against a brilliantly beguiling backdrop of a mysterious outbreak of mass-hysterical fainting at an English girls’ school in the late 1960s.
Abbie and Lydia are best of friends, with a particular intensity that comes with the friendship between sixteen-year-old girls. Abbie (newcomer Florence Pugh) is the undisputed leader, full of natural charisma and magnetism. Lydia (Games of Thrones’ best Bristolian Maisie Williams) is fixated on her friend, having long been emotionally abandoned by her agoraphobic single mum (Maxine Peake) and a father she never knew. But when Abbie begins to experiment with boys, including with her best friend’s magic-obsessed brother, Lydia’s fragile world quickly starts to unravel. And when first she and then other girls too at the school begin to faint en-mass, to the consternation of the school authorities, an occult-like strangeness begins to pervade the lives of all those involved.
Like a British riff on Picnic at Hanging Rock in its exploration of female friendship (and competition), burgeoning sexuality, and the supernatural unexplained; this bold head-rush of a film is confirmation that Morley is fast becoming one of Britain’s most distinctive and exciting filmmakers. (http://www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/6506/the-falling)


TRIVIA: Florence Pugh (Abbie) is a singer songwriter in real life.

Thursday, 30 January 2014




Film 1074: Bachelorette

Trivia: Casey Wilson was set to play the role of Becky but dropped out for scheduling issues She was replaced by Rebel Wilson (no relation).


Isla Fisher and Rebel Wilson share the same birthdays, 3 Feb. However, Isla is 10 years older than Rebel, and they play high school friends in this movie. Both Lizzy Caplan and Kirsten Dunst were born 1982.

Thursday, 23 January 2014





Film 1067: The Call

Trivia: In the opening scene, one of the callers into the 911 centre states "I think I'm having an overdose and so is my wife" - the line made famous by Edward Sanchez, a policeman who confiscated marijuana from a suspect and then made brownies with it. He called 911 when he thought he had taken too much.