Fergie Finds Love Letters From 'Nine' Co-Star Daniel Day Lewis
By Robin Milling Posted Nov 24th 2009 02:51PM
Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie discovered first-hand the method acting madness of her 'Nine' co-star Daniel Day-Lewis when she received love letters from the eccentric actor written as his character Guido. "Daniel is very charming. I'd go into my dressing room, and I'd find this little note. I'd open it, and it would be Guido's stationary. He would write me little notes as Guido. They were very cute and very charming," Fergie revealed at a press conference on November 15 at The Waldorf Astoria in New York.
Billed as Stacy Ferguson, Fergie makes her film debut playing the Italian vamp Saraghina performing the song 'Be Italian' as she taunts and teases the filmmaker Guido as a young boy. She dove into the world of 'Nine' watching every variation of the Federico Fellini film '8 1/2,' but her preparation for the role couldn't subside the nervousness she felt joining A-list actresses Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson, Penelope Cruz and Judi Dench.
She recalls, "Going into this musical, I'm definitely the singer coming into this A-list acting world, so it was intimidating for me flying over and knowing that I was going to be amongst these people who were at the top of their game in their field. I thought maybe I'll just sit in the corner and kind of be a sponge and not speak and watch how they hone their craft."
But Fergie had to push aside her fears quickly. "The first person I met was Daniel. It was 15 minutes later where I had to belt out the song right in front of him. I've admired his work for years, and I just had to push through it and say, 'What the hell.' I was very hungry for this role, and I went after it. I definitely have caught the bug because it's another way to express yourself, and I'm an artist."
'Nine' will open in limited theaters in New York and Los Angeles on December 18th and nationwide December 4th.
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Too funny, check out the last sentence in this article. It says "'Nine' will open in limited theaters in New York and Los Angeles on December 18th and nationwide December 4th." Oops! why would it open nationwide 14 days before limited theaters? Too funny.
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Correction. Fergie played a role in the Poseiden Adventure remake. She was the singer!
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LOL, do they get high schoolers to write these articles for AOL? I am assuming it's limited release on Dec 4th and nationwide Dec 18, I doubt if they are going to run it nationwide then take it out of theaters, what an idiot, does anyone proof read, what an easy job, are they hiring?Too funny!!!
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Yes, the Poseidon role and the named role of Tammy in the Planet Terror half of Grindhouse.
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daniel is hitting on fergie using his character guido. lol guido provides deniability if she calls his bluff and her husband will be hesitant to knock his block off.
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She watched 'Every variation of Fellini's '8 1/2'??? What does that mean? There is only one variation that I know of! The movie - '8 1/2'!!!
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Yeah, um, I don't think the guy that tapped his own bare eyeball with the tip of a knife because he was playing a character with a glass eye is going to do this for any other reason than that at the time he WAS GUIDO.
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stationery. not stationary.
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