European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday april 30 2007 stars and stripes Page 19 faces photos Courtesy of screen gems Kate Beckinsale knows her movies Arent great Shes of with that by Rachel Leibrock Mcclatchy newspapers Kate Beckinsale has exactly 12 min utes calling from a Montreal movie set Beckinsale just finished shooting a scene for her next film White out and barely has time to catch a breath the 33yearold actress Hast even had time to see the finished version of vacancy the film for which Shes taking a break to Chat up ill probably just have to go watch it in the movie theater when in done Here she says words tumbling out in rapid fire and with a perfectly clipped British accent vacancy is the Story of an estranged Cou ple who mourning the death of their son stops at a rundown Motel after their car Breaks Down what starts out As a night of awkward silences and an uncomfortable bed turns deadly when David Luke Wilson and Amy Fox Beckinsale discover a stash of videos in their room they soon realize that the tapes which show graphic Slasher Type scenes Are Actu ally snuff films that depict real and that they May be the next potential Vic Tims what Drew Beckinsale to the Story though was the couples relationship i thought it was really interesting to Start a film at the end of a relationship and explore what happens says the London native who is perhaps Best known to Many for her role in Pearl Harbor it just Felt like there was an awful lot of room for actual acting and while the Motel set sometimes Felt a bit Claustrophobic hours in that room we were always Happy to get to be chased around the parking Beckinsale dismisses tabloid reports of any Onset Fric Tion with Wilson Luke Wilsons very sense of humor she says if youre going to be trapped in a Motel room with someone on end it helps if you have someone you like she is of course used to gossipy attention having endured speculation on her relation ship with her husband director Len Wise Man whom she met on the set of 2003s underworld Beckinsale just shrugs most of it off after All she says if you believe every thing you read then theres this monstrous person who does crazy things and is con stantly on the Edge of divorce if s like 1 dont know who she is but in not dying to hang out with her if anything Beckinsale gotten quite adept at staying Cool beneath the sweating during spotlight it goes with the territory and theres a limit to How much you can complain about it she says this is just the nature of being in the Public life that said Beckinsale would like to thank you very much focus on her work which by the Way she claims is getting somewhat harder to come by if s a Wellborn cliche that material for older women int As exciting As it is for the Guys she says and i do feel that theres less available and most movies Arent very Good her own films notwithstanding of course of no a Good Deal of mine Arent very Good she says laughing but there were Many Lovely people involved so i would never name them despite the dearth of roles Beckinsale says Shes been Able to strike a balance for every part in such films As 1995s cold Comfort farm theres a kick butt action flick like Van Helsing for every serious drama the upcoming winged creatures with Forest Whitaker and Dakota theres a Vampire tale if s funny but working in action films came to me by Accident Beckinsale says before i was having Trou ble getting work that want Oscar Wilde or very starched she says so i thought i just want to see if i can do an action before you know it Beckinsale 12 min utes Are on the Dot if s time to return to the set and then finally to the trailer that she shares with Daugh Ter Lily 8 while husband Wise ans off shooting the next die hard film and that s great she says because at the end of a Busy Day Shes Happy with the Sim ple act of being Kate Beckinsale i make dinner in the trailer we have the cats s extremely Domestic and if s a Good me she says i try not to complain too much about any thing because honestly i feel very Lucky director Nimrod Antal and Beckinsale on the set of vacancy Hie movie pairs her with Luke Wilson As a couple stranded in a scary and dangerous hotel i like entertainment just As much As anyone and its All relevant in terms of a body of work and experience she says uts All part of the learning curve Smiths sex ready to leave Bahamas with baby Giri a bahamian court cleared the Way Friday for Anna Nicole Smiths sex Boyfriend to leave with their baby daughter rejecting an Appeal by the Mother of the former reality to Star the judges ruled that a us court would Likely have the final say in the custody dispute Between Virgie Arthur and Larry Birkhead who was confirmed As the 7monthold baby father after undergoing Dan testing Arthur was challenging a judges decision last week to let Birkhead leave the Island Chain with Nannielynn her attorneys argued that Birkhead might not return As directed for another Pri vate hearing in the Case june 8 in Happy because this is nonsense really Birkhead told the associated press outside the courthouse Pamela Anderson Carmen Electra Carmen Electra out Pamela Anderson in Pamela Anderson will replace car men Electra As special guest Star in Hans kicks new show the Beauty of magic at the planet Hollywood re sort and Casino Electra said last week that she would be with the show for three months publicists had hailed it As her stage debut in Las vegas and prom ised sultry surprises but the 35yearold actress pulled out for scheduling reasons said Bill Taylor chief executive of stage entertainment which produces kooks show in announcing her special guest appearance Anderson popped out of a Box at the crowded extra lounge at the former Aladdin Casino hotel on the Las vegas strip my kids Are going to love this the 39yearold actress said thursday this is my dream of being a vegas showgirl come True divorce costs Mccartney rank on Rich list Paul Mccartney is ranked third in an annual list of Britain richest Musi Cal figures with a Fortune estimated at billion the sunday times annual Rich last said the former beatles Fortune was Down million from last year due to the estimated Cost of his upcoming divorce from Heather Mills Clive Calder the former Zomba records Label Boss whose acts included Britney Spears and n sync was at the top of the music list with a Fortune estimated at billion Andrew Lloyd Webber was in Sec Ond place at billion the list also includes theater producer Cameron Mackintosh american idol Impre Sario Simon Fuller Madonna and her husband Guy Ritchie Elton John Mick Jagger crooner Tom Jones and rolling stones guitarist Keith Rich Ards stories and photos from the associated press
