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...unfair to stereotype the genre. "Some teen movies really suck, while others are really good but get a bad rap," she says, adding that the same dictum holds for young actors. To break out of the pack takes charisma and clever marketing. Talent helps too. Since Stiles stars in Disney's new teen comedy, 10 Things I Hate About You, it might be helpful to examine 10 things this emerging actress has done to boost her career...
...OVER CASTING AGENTS: Getting auditions depends on currying favor with casting pros, who sift through thousands of head shots and videotapes. "I narrowed the field down to 20 girls, and Julia's natural, soulful quality stood out," says Francine Maisler, who cast Before Women Had Wings. Disney's casting exec Marcia Ross, who saw nearly 200 actresses for the 10 Things role, remarks, "You can see it onscreen--she projects an intelligent depth, she's not girlish, and she'll easily grow into adult roles...
...SUCCESSFULLY "OPENED" A FILM: Well, it remains to be seen if 10 Things will do as well as Stiles--or Disney--hopes. The studio moved the release date up, hoping to capitalize on spring break. If the movie does well, Stiles could become Hollywood's latest overnight star--seven years after she began her acting career...
...argue that, as things stand, a lot of the money parents spend on getting kids into college is diverted to businesses--SAT cram courses, for instance, and expensive prep schools--that are clustered around the admissions process, like motels and fast-food joints bellying up to the edge of Disney World. Why not have the money go directly to the college...
...release 15 to 20 films a year. They can either make more deals with outside producers or, more likely, hire a high-powered executive to run the live-action division alongside Spielberg's operation. An open question is how involved Katzenberg--who spent 10 years as head of the Disney studio but fared poorly in live action--will be in building the slate. Until now, the area had primarily been Spielberg's domain, while Katzenberg focused on animation and television...