I couldn’t let my school down. The Hollywood Reporter claimed the story of Holmes’s audition “has become the stuff of legend” and “no one even thought that it was weird that one of the female leads would audition via Federal Express.” Holmes won the part. And yet, in a gloriously contradictory manner, in spite of her tough-as-nails exterior demeanor, Joey’s also a frail, sometimes uncertain, emotionally sensitive, in-need-of-love person”, said the show’s official book. I come from a small town. The 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) tall brunette enchanted the press, writers of both sexes commenting how Holmes was the sort of girl one wants to bring home to meet the parents and to marry. Time called her “impossibly lovely” and Entertainment Weekly said she was “next up for idolhood.” Variety, reviewing the pilot, said Holmes “is a confident young performer who delivers her lines with slyness and conviction.” Holmes made such an impression in Hollywood, The New York Times Magazine claimed everyone was seeking to cast a “Katie Holmes type”, who, the reporter claimed, “is a throwback to the 1950s: she is a smart girl next door (as opposed to the babe-o-rama blondes)”. On the other hand it was refreshing to play someone else”, she said in 2004. in Wonder Boys (2000), directed by Curtis Hanson from the novel by Michael Chabon, Holmes had a small role (six and one-half minutes of screen time) but nevertheless attracted the attention of numerous film critics with her performance as Hannah Green, the talented student who lusts after Professor Grady Tripp (Michael Douglas), her creative writing instructor and landlord.
Katie Holmes Has Found Her Next Acting Gig in The Seagull Tom Cruise has already been named a cinematic icon, but Katie Holmes still has some work to do to get to that level of stardom.Needless to say, the 33-year-old still has PLENTY of time and has lined up her next project. The actress is in negotiations to join a seasoned ensemble cast in the [...] [link]
