The Vodka God ([info]allah_sulu) wrote,
@ 2009-04-01 08:50:00
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My Niece in the Movies

Almost 18 minutes into the movie Duplicity (2009), Julia Roberts identifies my niece Danielle (Merana's daughter, left) as a drug dealer. ("Who are they?" "Researchers at the fragrance lab down there, when they're not dealing ecstasy.")

A year ago she was grabbed by the director (from where she was working on the wardrobe) to pose for a mug shot to be used on-screen (so she got paid double that day, for her normal wardrobe job and for being an extra). She made the daily rushes, and the mug shot was eventually used when the scene was shot with Julia Roberts (who saw the shot and said, "Holy crap, that's Danielle, does her mother know she did this?") Of course, it wasn't until the movie was released a week or two ago that we found out whether or not that scene stayed in or ended up on the cutting room floor.



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AS USUAL
[info]merana_artist
2009-04-01 01:40 pm UTC (link)
YOU ROCK!

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Re: AS USUAL
[info]allah_sulu
2009-04-01 01:41 pm UTC (link)
If she were on LJ, that would make a great icon.

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Houston
[info]merana_artist
2009-04-01 01:53 pm UTC (link)
She always did hate TX< now I know why!

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[info]bellelvsbeast
2009-04-01 08:35 pm UTC (link)
Wow that's really cool! :)

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[info]bellelvsbeast
2009-04-01 08:35 pm UTC (link)
and fake I'm sure, but bravo to you...;)

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[info]allah_sulu
2009-04-01 08:50 pm UTC (link)
Nope, not fake at all. My sister's been talking about this for a while (see the links to her LJ).

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[info]bellelvsbeast
2009-04-02 02:35 am UTC (link)
Wow!!! :) Cool! :)

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[info]nsingman
2009-04-02 05:46 pm UTC (link)
Very cool, Arthur! I'm sorry she didn't get in the credits, but I'm glad she and the family get to see her lovely visage on the big screen!

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[info]allah_sulu
2009-04-02 05:49 pm UTC (link)
She might still be in the credits for her wardrobe work; no idea. I stopped watching the movie once I found her scene.

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no credit
[info]merana_artist
2009-04-02 11:10 pm UTC (link)
Nope, she didn't even get credit for wardrobe work. She says that is all up to director or producer, how many/who they list. She has most of it on her IMDb page.

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Re: no credit
[info]allah_sulu
2009-04-02 11:18 pm UTC (link)
Really? That's not controlled in any way by the various unions?

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Re: no credit
[info]merana_artist
2009-04-02 11:46 pm UTC (link)
Not at her level...

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