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THE BULLETIN • JULY 29 - AUGUST 4, 2021
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“Movie: The Artist”
This best-picture Oscar winner is an
affectionate tribute to movie history,
with director Michel Hazanavicius
going so far as to make it a silent film.
Jean Dujardin also earned a statuette
as an actor who fears what the dawn
of talking pictures may mean for his
career — and who falls for a chorus girl
(Berenice Bejo) whose star is rising. John
Goodman also stars.
“Movie: Raiders!: The Story
of the Greatest Fan Film Ever
Made”
This 2015 documentary from first-
time filmmakers Jeremy Coon and
Tim Skousen tells the story of three
childhood friends — Chris Strompolos,
Eric Zala and Jayson Lamb — who spent
their teen years doing their own remake
of their favorite movie, the 1981 actioner
“Raiders of the Lost Ark,” a production
they wound up finishing as adults.
BY JAY BOBBIN
Checking in with
ALEXANDRA DADDARIO
“Movie: The Keeping Room”
From director Daniel Barber (“Harry
Brown”) comes this 2014 Western about
three women who must fight to defend
themselves and their homes from two
rogue soldiers who broke off from the
advancing Union Army in the waning
days of the Civil War. Brit Marling,
Hailee Steinfeld, Muna Otaru and Sam
Worthington head the cast.
At a time when the coronavirus pandemic was limiting work
options for many performers, a stay at “The White Lotus”
looked quite good to Alexandra Daddario.
The cast and crew of HBO and HBO Max’s current Sunday
series created their own “bubble” by largely taking over a
Hawaiian resort for the two months of filming writer-director
Mike White’s comedy, about a Maui hotel’s staff and the diverse
guests they service. “Baywatch” and “Percy Jackson” movie co-
star Daddario plays a newlywed who develops second thoughts
about the marriage, with Jake Lacy as her worried husband and
Molly Shannon as his meddling mother. The ensemble cast also
includes Steve Zahn, Connie Britton and Jennifer Coolidge.
“Everybody has their own thing” happening in the show,
the friendly Daddario confirms. “Each story is as important as
the others, and they all intersect. That was great for all of us,
because we all had our down time. And on the set, I always felt
that I was doing something that was meaty. You weren’t just
waiting around. Everyone was shooting their own little movie.”
Daddario particularly enjoyed acting with “Saturday
Night Live” alum Shannon, with whom she also worked in
the William H. Macy-directed 2017 movie “The Layover.”
Deeming her “a delightful person,” Daddario says simply, “She’s
Molly Shannon! She’s a legend. Like in a tennis match, it’s
always better to have somebody who makes you better.”
“Movie: Mood Indigo”
From French filmmaker Michel Gondry
(“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless
Mind”) comes this surreal 2013 comedy
drama about a young inventor (Romain
Duris, “The Spanish Apartment”)
who seeks a cure for his lover (Audrey
Tautou, “Coco Before Chanel”), who is
afflicted with an unusual disease caused
by a flower growing in her lungs. Gad
Elmaleh, Omar Sy and Charlotte Le Bon
also star.
However, notes Daddario, “You’re not going to be funnier
acting with Molly Shannon. She’s always going to be the
funniest, but when you feel the scene being uplifted by her, it
helps. I wish I could be as funny as she is.”
Birthdate: March 16, 1986
Birthplace: New York
Current residence: Los Angeles
Marital status: Single
Other television credits include: “The Girlfriend
Experience,” “Why Women Kill,” “American Horror Story:
Hotel,” “Workaholics,” “Robot Chicken” (voice only), “The
Last Man on Earth,” “True Detective,” New Girl,“ ”It’s
Always Sunny in Philadelphia,“ ”Parenthood,“ ”White
Collar,“ ”Nurse Jackie,“ ”Damages,“ ”The Sopranos,“
”Law & Order,“ ”Law & Order: Criminal Intent,“ ”All My
Children“
Movie credits include: “Die in a Gunfight,” “We
Summon the Darkness,” “Can You Keep a Secret?,” “The
Layover,” “Baywatch,” “The Choice,” “San Andreas,”
“Texas Chainsaw 3D,” “Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters,”
“Hall Pass,” “Bereavement,” “Percy Jackson & the
Olympians: The Lightning Thief,” “The Babysitters,” “The
Attic,” “The Squid and the Whale”