Word: hollywoodized
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...closest most Harvard students get to US Weekly-worthy celebs is through their guilty pleasure reading, but Lindsey E. Gary ’06, feels right at home in Hollywood. A successful art director, Gary’s designs serve as the backdrop for blockbusters like Pirates of the Caribbean II & III, Tropic Thunder, and Jurassic Park III. She found time between partying with Robert Downey Jr. and preparing for her next project, The Social Network, to revisit her Harvard days at Currier House and share her wisdom on the film industry...
...You’ve worked on movies with Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Robert Downey Jr., and Justin Timberlake. Is this a coincidence or does your work conveniently land you next to some of the hottest actors in Hollywood? LEG: (Laughs) I don’t decide whether to take on movies based on the hotness of the lead actor...but it certainly doesn’t hurt. FM: Also, we have to ask: Orlando Bloom or Johnny Depp? LEG: Ummm, man. Johnny’s so sexy. Let’s just say that...
...What is the best and worst part about working in Hollywood? LEG: The best part of it is that it’s very exciting and you’re surrounded by very creative, very interesting people. The hard part about it is that everybody works crazy hours, everything is really spread out—Los Angeles is not really a convenient city—so it’s a little bit more challenging to get together with friends. But it’s also beautiful all the time and you’re near the ocean...
...having both your parents in the entertainment industry affect your own in Hollywood? LEG: I think I knew what I was getting into. I didn’t have grand fantasies of what Hollywood was like because I had grown up on set and I was very aware of the realities of the work, but it didn’t stop...
According to Matthew C. Lichansky, the Director of Operations at Upstairs on the Square, the recent Hollywood visitors have been a boon to the business...