Julia Stiles will join Dane Cook and Josh Hamilton in a production of Neil LaBute’s “Fat Pig” on Broadway this spring.
The three will team up beginning April 12 at the Belasco Theatre on 44th Street for the darkly comic tale of a bachelor who falls for a plus-size girl. The show officially opens April 26.
Stiles began her career on stage at New York’s downtown La MaMa Theatre, and has since appeared in “Twelfth Night” in Central Park, the Broadway revival of David Mamet’s “Oleanna” with Aaron Eckhart and Bill Pullman, and opposite Mia Farrow in “Fran’s Bed.”
“Fat Pig” premiered off-Broadway in 2004, and LaBute, whose films include “Nurse Betty” and “Your Friends and Neighbors,” will be making his Broadway debut as its director.
It appears that the short film Sexting featuring Julia will be screened during the Sundance Film Festival. Let’s hope Julia will make an appearance.
The 2011 Sundance Film Festival is fast approaching and if you can’t make it to Utah yourself, the festival is bringing some of its highest profile films to a city near you.
The largest and most important U.S. film festival will take place from January 20-30 in and around Park City, Utah and the selection of films this year is nothing short of remarkable. In competition there are films like Michael Rapaport’s Tribe Called Quest documentary Beats, Rhymes and Life, and Vera Farmiga’s Higher Ground, out of competition there are films like Kevin Smith’s Red State and Morgan Spurlock’s documentary The Greatest Movie Ever Sold and even the short film selections have films with stars like Will Ferrell, Jack Black, Julia Stiles and Isabella Rossellini. And that’s not even beginning to scratch the surface. All in all, over 200 brand new movies will be screening at the festival and, if you are a film fan, you owe it to yourself to get up to Utah at some point for this momentous annual event.
If you can’t, though, there are two options. The first is to keep you browser locked onto /Film because we’ll have extensive coverage. Or, if you live in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Brookline, Massachusetts, Brooklyn, New York, Chicago, Illinois, Los Angeles, California, Madison, Wisconsin, Nashville, Tennessee, San Francisco, California or Seattle, Washington, just head to your local theater. On January 27, those cities are going to host special screenings of high profile films will be premiering at Sundance. It’s the Sundance Film Festival USA program. Get all the specifics after the break.
Here’s some info about Sexting.
sexting (Director and Screenwriter: Neil LaBute) – People are not who they seem when a misdirected text message leads a young woman to meet with the wife of her boyfriend and ask what is really going on in their relationship. Cast: Julia Stiles.
She’s come on board Dexter and made quite an impact.
But how did Julia Stiles end up on this Showtime hit? What can she tell us about the future of Lumen on the drama? We’ve posted the following excerpts from a TV Fanatic exclusive interview with the actress…
How did the Dexter role come about?
I heard that they wear planning on writing a part for a young woman as a guest star. I circled around it for a while, knowing it was out there, and wanting to know more about it because I was a fan of the show. Then my agent surprised me and told me that I’d been hired. I think that it had to do with a little bit of a campaign. John Goldman, who’s the executive producer, was the person that produced Save the Last Dance, so I think that he was a big advocate of mine.
You mentioned you were a fan. Were you familiar with the series before landing the part?
I had seen Season 4, and when I got the part I went back and watched the first three seasons.
Was there pressure to follow in John Lithgow’s Emmy-winning footsteps from last year?
I try to ignore any kind of pressure. I always believed that my character went in a different kind of direction than what he had to do on the show. Lumen’s relationship with Dexter is different than the almost paternal relationship that John Lithgow’s character had with Dexter. The mentor relationship actually takes her on a strange journey, so I felt that alleviated some of the pressure. But at the same time, I was definitely aware of how great his performance was and how much the audience really appreciated what he did. I didn’t want to be spiteful about, so I try not to think about that.
Will the Lumen/Dexter relationship turn romantic?
I think a relationship as unique as our relationship, to say it would turn romantic doesn’t do that justice. The fun of the show is to be surprised, so I shouldn’t say anything more about that.
How would you describe their bond?
It’s intimate in the truest sense of the word. She is the only one who really knows the truth about who Dexter is and what he does and has accepted that. I think that’s a pretty profound connection. At the same time, she’s carrying around her own shame and sadness and anger about what’s happened to her, and Dexter’s the only one who knows about that.
Talk about working so much with Michael C. Hall.
He’s a great actor. It was an absolute joy. I felt like every day was a delight to go to work, and I love that he’s the kind of actor that works really, really hard and pays attention to every little detail and is very thoughtful and analytical. Also, very emotional, and kind of raw. But he doesn’t announce that he’s working hard, he just quietly goes about his business and it was really exciting to develop this character over the course of many hours with him. I felt like we were really communicating in the scenes. It was very fun to share that time with him. He made me a better actor too. I was very inspired by watching him work.
Is the finale going to answer a big question, or is it more of a cliffhanger?
There’s a finale to it, and there’s also loose ends left open.
Between Us (2012)
