First let me say that van
Houten looks young, wonderful and works out religiously to stay fit. This beautiful and talented Dutch actress still has
exactly what it takes to take Hollywood by storm.
Currently van Houten plays
the role of Melisandre in HBO’s Game of Thrones.
She has starred in a terrific Paul Verhoeven
film, Black Book as a Dutch Resistance spy and hero. Along the way she made several other films.
If there is something
unfortunate about van Houten’s Game of Thrones role is that hoods, capes and a
long red wig cover her. That made van
Houten nearly unrecognizable to American journalists when she walked the Red Carpet
for the show’s third season premier in Hollywood last year.
Not only can van Houten act
but also she can sing as she did in Black Book.
Musical director Anne Dutton created a period musical score for that
film that van Houten really brought it to life.
Today's Metro’s article cites current
and somewhat accurate research showing that acting roles seem to dwindle for
women past their 34th year.
Then the Metro jerk rudely reminds us that van Houten is 37!
There are a few exceptions to
these unwritten film career rules like actresses Glen Close and Meryl Streep.
There is an undeniable
sexiness and charm maintained by van Houten that should keep her fresh for many
more years. I hope her manager Janey van Ierland (Nummer19) and agent, Tracy Brennan, (CAA) will aggressively continue to market her to film producers and casting directors
rather than to give in to a false prophecy.
When it comes to leading
ladies van Houten performs right at the very top.
Casting directors and producers should keep their eyes open to make their
films really sparkle with van Houten's amazing talents. Van Houten can really make a good film
great.
You will be seeing van Houten
in upcoming American films such as Incarnate from Blumehouse Productions.
Two other known projects are
in development, Broken, from Paradoxal and a biopic film; Garbo where the
lookalike van Houten will play that legendary actress.
I hope to see van Houten take
the lead role in a script I have written about a young woman who was wrongfully
convicted of murder spending 23 years on Arizona’s Death Row.
It would be indeed tragic if
Hollywood does not fully exploit Van Houten’s entire gift as an exciting and
energetic performer. The losers would
be the deprived audience and Hollywood’s financial investors.
AN UPDATE!
As that Amsterdam rag, Metro
was suggesting van Houten was finished real entertainment news was published by
Hollywood’s Variety!
In Berlin a deal is being
inked for a biopic film called, RACE on 1936 Olympic legend Jessie Owens who
picked up four Gold Medals right before Adolf Hitler’s own eyes.
The film will star newcomer UK
actor, John Boyega as Owens and he will be joined Jeremy Irons and Geoffrey
Rush in this film. The director is going
to be Stephen Hopkins.
Presently they are fighting to
bring Carice van Houten in to play Hitler’s pioneer filmmaker; Leni Riefenstahl.
Riefenstahl created a cinematic masterpiece
filming the 1936 games with camera techniques that are still copied and used today
in Hollywood.
Riefenstahl is a rich
historical character who aligned herself with the Nazis to enabled her to
make films with bottomless budgets.
Riefenstahl's work was so well done that when the war ended they wanted to try her as a war criminal.
Thankfully cooler heads
prevailed and Riefenstahl was able to continue her work, unfortunately without
the budgets she was used to having.
I know this will have a terrific
script and can’t wait to see the film.
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