September 20, 2004
THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE WORLD OF SELMA BLAIR
Before & after
Julienne-thin actress. Known for offbeat roles. 5'5, 103. Real name: Selma Blair Beitner. BFA University of Michigan. Studied acting at Stella Adler, moonlighted as cigarette girl at gentlemen's club: "I got more tips because I was so sad and skinny."
Most famous for: French-kissing Sarah Michele Geller in Cruel Intentions, for which she received Best Kiss from MTV Movie Awards. Did not rehearse for kiss. Hellboy black Prada dress sold for $178 on Ebay; black turtleneck available for $23.59. Married Ahmet Zappa at Carrie Fisher's mansion after 6-month romance. Previous boyfriend: Jason Schwartzman.
Early roles: Cyane in Xena episode, Pretzel Cart Lesbian in The Broccoli Theory, Voiceover as Cici's Friend on Phone in Scream 2 (to Sarah Michele Geller), Drugged Woman in Arresting Gena, Girl Mike Hits On in Can't Hardly Wait. Auditioned for Buffy lead but lost to Geller. Next up: Ursula Udders in John Waters' A Dirty Shame.
On her role as Ursula Udders: "The breasts were four body casts, and mould making, so it was basically four hours of prosthetics every day. First gluing them down, then the makeup. I've been naked in front of everyone. I heard people were going through the studio dumpsters every day looking for a piece of Ursula Udders."
On Ursula's giant gazongas: "No one has ever really noticed my breasts much at all in my real life so that was a real departure for me."
Traumatized by randy gay stripper: "I get plucked out of the crowd to sit on a stool and they ask me to undress the gentleman on stage, and I thought, Oh, you know there will be a bow-tie and some slinky tuxedo panty or something. For a gay guy, he was real excited. He's asking me, 'Undo the pants,' and I'm like, 'Ooh, my husband will get mad at me,' and he's saying, 'Trust me, your husband won't care.' I'm just mortified and I look up, and sure enough there's about 10 inches two inches from me, and it was a bit much, if you know what I mean."
On The Sweetest Thing: "I've always felt like a tomboy, especially beside Christina Applegate and Cameron Diaz. God bless anyone who looks at the three of us & still finds me sexy."
On her normal childhood: "In fourth grade, I made a girl eat staples because I wanted her satin pants. She didn't die, though, and now we're friends."
On her offbeat roles: "If you are just playing the foil to the beautiful, glamorous ones, it's bound to be the opposite, so you get me. As an actress, it would be a waste for me to try and play the glamour part, because truthfully, I am really not at all that."
On the Hollywood scene: "Actors are usually just too good looking. I'm suspect about the attention I receive from really good-looking guys."
On her drivers license: "I look like a lesbian in a correctional facility."
On movies vs TV: I prefer doing films because they light you a lot better."
On her reputation: "I really have no idea why people think I'm weird, unless it's because I carry a hanky and like fine writing papers."
On her art: "I think getting to tell stories fills anyone with a void. I mean, we read and write stories, we like stories read to us and we like to watch movies. Therefore all of us can fill a void or fill some moment at least, and get some better understanding of ourselves."
Posted by Jeff at September 20, 2004 10:27 PM
Comments
great girl, great career ahead of her!! :)
Posted by: Poppy Rose at July 15, 2005 04:20 AM
Poppy I guess that means she has nothing to look back on in pride at this point in time.
Posted by: Jason at November 8, 2005 10:06 PM
hiui
Posted by: Magdi at December 3, 2005 01:30 PM