Word: suvari
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Dates: during 1999-1999
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...Sunday afternoon when I met the young trio of actors who fill out the second generation in the cast of American Beauty. Certainly, I could have picked the three, um, American beauties out of a lineup--all striking examples of uncommon poise. Petite and chatty, Mena Suvari (teenage lust object Angela Hayes in the film) appeared with a surprisingly modest brunette dye job which only partially belied the model-quality good looks that garnered her roles in both "American" movies this summer, both this one and American Pie. With unshaven, not-quite-ratty stubble that gave him the look...
...Mena Suvari: I thought just the same--I was struck, really amazed at how true to life it seemed. I was especially fond of my character; I loved her many layers. It was a highly visual script. You could see the film clearly from it--though it had a somewhat cooler, crasser edge...
...more than abandon his adult responsibilities and regress to teenage indulgences. Lester's raging at the dying of the light might be a little more poignant if it meant more than rediscovering psychedelia and getting into a coed's pants. Furthermore, Angela (played by the svelte and perceptive Mena Suvari) is nearly as brittle and shallow as Lester's wife. Lester isn't checking out of the race, he's just trading up for a newer model...
...Bening), to mourn the sullen silence that has descended between him and his teenage daughter Jane (Thora Birch), to loathe the sterile suburbia where they all try to make emotional ends meet. Lester masturbates a lot, especially when he gets to thinking about his daughter's friend Angela (Mena Suvari), the American Beauty of the title...