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The Crushable office was pretty unanimously underwhelmed by Cody Horn‘s performance in Magic Mike. She wasn’t awful per se, more like her reaction shots swung between the two extremes of stone-faced to over-the-top emotional. (Her one big scene is where she finds her brother, played by Alex Pettyfer, passed out in a drugged haze. I feel bad poking fun, but the way she flails around and yells, “My bruh-huh-huther!” came off as way cheesy.) I much preferred Olivia Munn.

But what’s interesting is the circumstances under which Cody Horn got this romantic lead in Magic Mike. She tells HuffPo that it’s “a pretty crazy story”—we wouldn’t go that far, but it’s certainly unexpected. Seeing as, you know, the way she acted in the interview is the complete opposite of how she came across in the movie:

They weren’t going to see me because they thought I was too young, but my agent, Jason, fought for me to go in. Carmen Cuba, the casting director, agreed to meet with me, and we taped the interview. She asked me questions about my life, my dating history, things like that. We talked like girlfriends would; it was more friendly than a formal interview. I then got a call that I was to go in and audition for them, which I did. After we finished the scenes, Carmen excused the guy I was reading with and said, “This will never happen to you again for the rest of your career, but you booked the role before you came in.” I’m not sure what Steven [Spielberg] and the producers saw in me, but I’m glad they saw something they liked!

I hate to say it, but what they say was probably her dad, studio exec Alan Horn. Curiously, he was the COO at Warner Bros. when Magic Mike (a Warner Bros. picture) was being cast.. That would probably explain why her first go-round was really relaxed and casual. It’s really difficult to equate the Cody who has easygoing girl-talk with the casting director, with the Cody who comes across as so stern and unrelaxed in the movie. Or maybe she’s making up the whole audition story. Because you’d think that the Magic Mike producers would’ve wanted her to bring that same energy and intimacy to the role, when instead her character Brooke is so closed off.

Gawker makes the apt comparison between Cody and Tori Spelling, whose writer/director father Aaron Spelling is the only reason she ended up as an actress. Sorry Cody, but that story makes a lot more sense.

Photo: Warner Bros.

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Heart-rending scenes in her documentary Part Of Me.

On June 15th, International Recording Artist, Celebrity Spokesperson and GRAMMY member Heather Schmid crowned the Charm Star winner for the Chinese National televised competition. In a festival merging Eastern and Western musical traditions, the …
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The Crushable office was pretty unanimously underwhelmed by Cody Horn‘s performance in Magic Mike. She wasn’t awful per se, more like her reaction shots swung between the two extremes of stone-faced to over-the-top emotional. (Her one big scene is where she finds her brother, played by Alex Pettyfer, passed out in a drugged haze. I feel bad poking fun, but the way she flails around and yells, “My bruh-huh-huther!” came off as way cheesy.) I much preferred Olivia Munn.

But what’s interesting is the circumstances under which Cody Horn got this romantic lead in Magic Mike. She tells HuffPo that it’s “a pretty crazy story”—we wouldn’t go that far, but it’s certainly unexpected. Seeing as, you know, the way she acted in the interview is the complete opposite of how she came across in the movie:

They weren’t going to see me because they thought I was too young, but my agent, Jason, fought for me to go in. Carmen Cuba, the casting director, agreed to meet with me, and we taped the interview. She asked me questions about my life, my dating history, things like that. We talked like girlfriends would; it was more friendly than a formal interview. I then got a call that I was to go in and audition for them, which I did. After we finished the scenes, Carmen excused the guy I was reading with and said, “This will never happen to you again for the rest of your career, but you booked the role before you came in.” I’m not sure what Steven [Spielberg] and the producers saw in me, but I’m glad they saw something they liked!

I hate to say it, but what they say was probably her dad, studio exec Alan Horn. Curiously, he was the COO at Warner Bros. when Magic Mike (a Warner Bros. picture) was being cast.. That would probably explain why her first go-round was really relaxed and casual. It’s really difficult to equate the Cody who has easygoing girl-talk with the casting director, with the Cody who comes across as so stern and unrelaxed in the movie. Or maybe she’s making up the whole audition story. Because you’d think that the Magic Mike producers would’ve wanted her to bring that same energy and intimacy to the role, when instead her character Brooke is so closed off.

Gawker makes the apt comparison between Cody and Tori Spelling, whose writer/director father Aaron Spelling is the only reason she ended up as an actress. Sorry Cody, but that story makes a lot more sense.

Photo: Warner Bros.

Related posts:

• The Next Best Thing To Sleeping With The Cast Of Magic Mike Are These Magic Mike E-Cards
• The $ 10,000 Problem In Magic Mike
• Kiefer Sutherland’s Daughter Makes Acting Debut On Veep, Proving HBO’s All About The Nepotism Casting This Year
• This Girls ‘Nepotism’ Poster Illustrates The Privilege Backlash Against Lena Dunham And Her Co-Stars
• Robin Williams’ Daughter Zelda Writes Open Letter Challenging Nepotism Accusations Hurled At ‘Children Of’ Actors

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On June 15th, International Recording Artist, Celebrity Spokesperson and GRAMMY member Heather Schmid crowned the Charm Star winner for the Chinese National televised competition. In a festival merging Eastern and Western musical traditions, the …
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So as I feared, The Office is really going forward with its ill-advised Dwight Shrute spin-off The Farm, as evidenced by a character breakdown that’s going around. Since there’s nothing I can do to stop it, I figure I might as well play along and opine on who should play which character.

First, a bit of background: the series begins with Dwight and his siblings inheriting a large B&B/farm, and for some reason, Dwight has to talk his family into joining in on the business before he can proceed.

FANNIE SCHRUTE | Attractive, urban and in her late 20s/early 30s, Dwight’s younger sister fled the Schrute farm life for Boston as soon as she could, and has had little to do with her roots for quite some time. Now divorced with one son, Fannie is “a bit of a pseudo-intellectual lefty” with an ironic sense of humor and a great heart.

There are a lot of actresses who could play Dwight’s normal, sane, career woman sister. Anyone who’s ever played a lawyer would do, and the fact that all of these women are improbably beautiful will only make it funnier, like Jerry‘s hot daughter on Parks and Rec. Portia de Rossi has great comic timing, and has proven herself to be good at playing little sisters. I also think Rashida Jones makes a great straight-woman for wacky people to play to. Sure, she doesn’t look like a Shrute, but maybe she’s Dwight’s half-sister. And I’m also a big fan of Lizzy Goodman for a part like this, although she might be a little too young.

JEB SCHRUTE | Dwight’s easygoing thirtysomething brother hasn’t done well in any of the career paths he’s followed – worm breeder and Bigfoot hunter among them — but has found some success with a pot farm. He’s got none of Dwight’s dedication or work ethic, but he has made an exercise video about things you can do with a knife and a canoe.

This part screams Judah Friedlander to me, or maybe Paul Rudd if the wardrobe and makeup departments can sufficiently obscure his handsomeness. Or how about Gareth Keenan, the actor who played the “Dwight” character on the British version of The Office? It would be fun for him to play a more Jim-like part this time around, and he’s already proven he can play a weirdo. Also, he looks like he could be related to Dwight, in that they are both kind of pale and shifty-looking. (Sorry, Rainn Wilson.)

CAMERON WHITMAN | Dwight’s smart and slightly weird 9-year-old nephew (Fannie’s son) is a cosmopolitan lad who nevertheless feels the pull of his Schrute heritage, especially when he’s around someone — his uncles, perhaps? — who can offer the fatherly guidance he lacks.

How about Jacob Hopkins, who is almost definitely looking for work since meeting the true death on True Blood? We already know he has the ability to be creepy, and his tendency to over-act may hinder him less in this role.

HEINRICH MANHEIM | The Schrute siblings’ great uncle is charming, greedy, manipulative… and just may have had to spend time in Argentina following World War II, thanks to his German National Socialist roots. Oh, and he vows to kill Dwight by the end of the first episode.

Any great old character actor! Or Nick Offerman, 20 years from now. Uproxx.com suggests Ray Wise (a.k.a. Leland Palmer from Twin Peaks), and now I can’t get that image out of my head.

(Via TV Line)

Photo: WENN.com

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LOS ANGELES – LG Electronics formally launched itsnew high-capacity TurboWash washer at acelebrity-filled charity event here last monthco-hosted by actress Christina Applegate.
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Any by that we mean he can’t stop using you to garner a little attention for himself.

It’s been two years since his divorce from Katie Price, yet the memory of Peter Andre’s marriage to her haunts his memories still. Peter was a guest on Piers Morgan’s Life Stories this weekend, and he opened up about how their relationship has scarred him for life.

He explained:

“I think that’s what hurts the most about what went wrong a few years ago. Because I’d just come from the worst place in my life. I’m not blaming anybody, but when I finally found happiness (with Price), it was the first time I’d felt good. I felt good about everything. I think that’s probably why I’ve never been able to (move on)… I’ve moved on in leaps and bounds in one way but in another way I’m still a bit tortured inside.”

Yes, breakups can be difficult.

But c’mon! Time to move on! This tortured soul bit isn’t really going to get you anywhere. Let’s try a different angle to get your career started again, okay?

[Image via WENN.]