Post by desdemona proust on Jul 7, 2009 21:02:28 GMT -7
IMOGEN GERVAIS !
imogen’s always stood out at the brightest bulb in the shed, no matter what shed she happens to be in. she was kind of like all those kids in that annoying infomercial that can read at the age of two and totally ruin your self-confidence ’cause you learned to read in kindergarten. she ascended through elementary school grades in a few years and graduated high school by the age of fourteen. though she was brilliant – pretty much textbook definition of prodigy – it wasn’t really all that great. her parents were hardly impressed with her near-genius level of intellect. in fact, it seemed quite a burden to her model mother and actor father to have to pay as much attention to her affairs as to tell their accountant to handle her private school tuition and meetings with special tutors. aside from that, they didn’t pay her much mind. parents – especially ones as vain as imogen’s – delight in seeing a bit of themselves in their progeny, and in their clever daughter they viewed their opposite. so, rejecting letters imploring her to join the ranks of freshmen at harvard, yale, and oxford, she instead met with the family accountant on her own and had him hire an acting coach and an agent. as with most things, acting came to her naturally – perhaps it was practice from all those years pretending that anything her parents had to say was interesting or relevant.
she’s already been in a few wide release movies, playing mostly minor roles, but last year imogen starred in one of those quirky teen pregnancy dramedies everyone likes, and earned the acclaim of critics as well as the adoration of a cult following. her small, but loyal group of fans is quite looking forward to her next role – an as-of-yet untitled film directed by marty bellefleur (who, by the way, has a cult following of his own – it’s the clash of the internet forum nerds). she’s starring as the farthest thing from herself; an air-headed valley girl trapped in a mall to ward off zombies and raid nordstrom if she and her bff (as played by mona proust) have the time. thing is, though, it’s taking a lot of acting skills to feign the fact that they detest each other. mona’s a bit of a bitch and imogen’s not too fond of bitches. you can see why this would be a problem.
the other problem appears to be that the crew has already sort of picked sides. even marty – this is marty bellefleur we’re talking about, antisocial king - gave her a thumbs-up after a take. his sister-in-law, lorraine harper, even fainted at the sight – marty likes practically no one he’s known for less than fifteen years. insanity!
should you decide to take imogen and have any questions regarding her character and other things of that nature, don’t hesitate to pm the admin account (miss leading)!
also: thank you lauren for writing this!
