Colleen from Surivor = next Meg Ryan?

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Whit4you

Thursday, May 24, 2001 - 08:38 am Click here to edit this post
She has over 40 minutes of screentime in the upcoming movie with Rob Schnieder - I was watching her on the Early Show this morn she's definately alot like Meg Ryan. Colleen's had no acting lessons at all yet got a major part in a big movie. I doubt the show will be a flop because so many survivor fans will want to see her movie. But I think even if the movie does flop - there will be alot more movie offers in her future. I don't imagine they had to offer her much pay for her to do this one, but if she does a couple more - she will end up being the ultimate survivor I think (making more and becoming more successful then Rich)

I've always loved Meg - and she sooo reminds me of Meg. I think it'd be funny (once she gets a little more skill behind her so we aren't watching for mistakes) to see her paired up with Tom Hanks.

Twiggyish

Thursday, May 24, 2001 - 08:46 am Click here to edit this post
I agree. She seems quirky like Meg (who I also like).

Grooch

Thursday, May 24, 2001 - 08:49 am Click here to edit this post
She may be quirky like Meg, but can she act?

She had a hard time with the chapstick commercial.

Zeb

Thursday, May 24, 2001 - 08:24 pm Click here to edit this post
She did? I thought she did pretty good for not having any exposure to that type of work.

Whit4you

Thursday, May 24, 2001 - 11:31 pm Click here to edit this post
Grooch.. well I'm guessing she acts better then you or I since she's now got 40+ min on screen in a feature movie :) But bottom line is she realyl doesn't have to "act" - she just has to be herself. I don't know how she'd be if she were "acting" but as herself she's definately the new Meg Ryan (in my opinion)

Grooch

Thursday, May 24, 2001 - 11:44 pm Click here to edit this post
My opinion is that from what I saw in the commercial she cannot act. That is my opinion.

She got the part because she is "cute". If she had never been on Survivor, there is no way they ever would have picked her. The movie company is trying to cash in on her name.

Again, my opinion. I truly hope that she will be good in the movie, and that if she's going for acting jobs, that is what she wants to do.

Acting is an art that depends on more than just being cute or pretty or being macho (for men).

Again, my opinion.

Zeb

Friday, May 25, 2001 - 06:42 pm Click here to edit this post
It's about drawing emotion from the audience.

Grooch

Friday, May 25, 2001 - 07:44 pm Click here to edit this post
Zeb, you can easily draw emotion from the audience, but you have to hold their attention for 2 hours.

Zeb

Friday, May 25, 2001 - 09:04 pm Click here to edit this post
Actually, they have to hold mine. lol!

Grooch

Saturday, May 26, 2001 - 08:31 am Click here to edit this post
Isn't that what I posted? Sometimes I am not good at explaining myself in posts. What I tried to say is that you can put Colleen on the screen w/ her "cuteness" but if that's all she has to offer, I would think it would be dull rather fast.

Zeb

Sunday, May 27, 2001 - 08:36 am Click here to edit this post
It worked for Goldie Hawn for a while.

Whit4you

Monday, May 28, 2001 - 08:08 pm Click here to edit this post
Well Grooch - I don't know how she'd be if she wer "acting" - but as herself she's alot like Meg Ryan. And Meg's had some pretty big parts over the years. Maybe if she learned how to act she wouldnt BE like Meg Ryan. Anyhow I love Meg, and I'd love to see another "Meg Ryan" - would love to see Colleen pair up with Tom Hanks some time. Something about the fact that she was the last of the Pagong.. I'd love to see her make more $$ and be more successfl then Rich (though I like Rich) so a Pagong turned out to be the ultimate winner.

Seamonkey

Monday, May 28, 2001 - 10:27 pm Click here to edit this post
Considering that Goldie Hawn is one of the more powerful women in Hollywood, I'd say things are still working for her.

Colleen.. still to be seen what comes of all this, but she definitely has some appeal.

Grooch

Tuesday, June 05, 2001 - 06:29 am Click here to edit this post
Whit, this is for you. :)

AP Entertainment
'Survivor' Colleen Falls Into Acting

NEW YORK (AP) -- Richard Hatch grabbed the $1 million prize, but ''Survivor'' pixie Colleen Haskell is winning fame and fans with her role as an animal shelter volunteer in the movie ''The Animal.''

The 24-year-old said she fell into acting after her torch was snuffed in week 11 of the 13-week series.

''My life was turning upside down and all I wanted was for the show to be over. Have fun, smile, do the interviews and then go back to normal life,'' Haskell said in the June 8 issue of Entertainment Weekly magazine.

Her mother convinced her that life would never be normal again, so Haskell hired an agent and landed a Blistex commercial to pay off her school debts. As for her crash course in filmmaking, Haskell said she's still learning.

''I did a lot of smiling and nodding and not hitting my mark,'' Haskell said. ''Frankly, I didn't even understand the end of the movie until halfway through filming.''

Haskell's reticence seems to have made casting directors and filmmakers even more determined to make her a star.

''What drives me crazy is she's never nervous, ever,'' said director Luke Greenfield. ''She has fantastic improv skills and she's eerily talented.''

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