Mena Suvari: ‘I never had my jaw hit the floor so many times’
By Behind The Scenes TV on May 30, 2008 in Actors
It’s not clear that Mena Suvari is even remotely interested in being a glamorous actress. Now 29, she entered the national consciousness in a forceful and disturbingly sexual way almost 10 years ago in “American Beauty.” Her character, Angela Hayes, rapidly became a shorthand reference for precocious teen libidinousness and the effect it can have on middle-aged men trapped in depressing suburban cul-de-sacs and airless professions.
Suvari was young enough at that point — yet sufficiently wise in the ways of Hollywood, where she had been working since she was 14 — to develop a career that hinged on big-budget movies punctuated with the occasional cred-preserving indie detour. Instead, she decided to make more distinctive and, as she likes to put it, “challenging” choices.
(LA Times)
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