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Doing the GLAM thing
at one of the premieres...
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This
is Jessica Fricke,
fabulous makeup artist,
who turned me into
Marilyn in an
independent film called
"Anoosh of the Airways"
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playing
Marilyn Monroe...
This was truly
a dream come true to play my favorite icon, and I feel a part of her will stay inside me
always. I hope she's happy with how I represented her. The photo on the right was taken at the Las Vegas premiere of
The Rat
Pack. I felt like Cinderella.
No wonder I was blowing kisses....
HBO flew us over in private jets, and then after getting our hair and makeup done in a
luxurious suite (I was too excited to eat!), we climbed into a long limo to drive back
around to the front of the hotel where all the photographers were waiting. (It
seemed kinda silly to drive instead of walk, but you know how Hollywood is!!! A Grand Entrance is everything! Very Glam!)
Just as we pulled up, I
glanced up at the hotel reader board that announced the premiere, and saw it switch
to: "and Barbara Niven as Marilyn Monroe". It was an
amazing moment for me. And so was the whole night. There were so
many photographers waiting for us on the red carpet, and everyone was yelling to
"Look here!!!" Marilyn would have had a
ball! I got to hang with all the stars of the show, naturally, and the
fab director, Rob Cohen, but also other cool people too. (Angie Dickinson, a member
of the REAL Rat Pack looked fabulous! She's such a Great Broad
-- my highest
praise!)
The actual showing of the film was sort
of anti-climactic. Here I was LIVING a TRUE
RAT PACK moment.....much better than seeing it on film. I feel I was so
blessed to have the chance to portray Marilyn. I cherish each and every moment I was involved with it.
I also decided to not be vain
and to gain weight for the part, because Marilyn and all the actresses then were heavier
than we have to be today. I had so much fun just eating whatever I wanted for a
change. And surprisingly, I felt so GOOD about me and my curves.
Very
womanly and sexy. Of course, the minute they yelled "Wrap" when I was done
shooting, I started to panic about my butt again...and it was back to the gym. Oh well.....
Click
here for Las Vegas Press
on the Rat Pack Premiere!
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Blowing kisses
at the
Las
Vegas Premiere
at the Desert Inn
HBO's
"RAT PACK"
was up for lots
of Emmy's!
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This is my friend,
Nannette Troutman,
who was also the
producer / casting
director of "Anoosh"
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