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Histoire:

Un écrivain anglais quitte Londres pour venir travailler au sein du magazine "Vanity Fair". Il tente de s'adapter tant bien que mal à ce milieu un peu particulier... Basé sur le mémoire de Toby Young.

Synopsis plus complète:(IMDB)
Sidney Young (Simon Pegg) est un intellectuel déçu, qui à la fois adore et méprise le monde de la célébrité, de la gloire et du glamour. Son magasine alternatif, "Post Modern Review", se moque des médias obsédés par les stars et les tendances, et alors quand un travail au diamétralement opposé et conservateur magasine de New York "Sharps" lui est offert, il y a comme un choc! Il semble que l'éditeur de "Sharps" Clayton Harding (Jeff Bridges) soit amusé par l'interruption d'une post- BAFTA soirée avec un cochon qui se fait passer pour un bébé. Ainsi commence la montée de Sidney vers le succés - son passage d'outsider ridiculisé à confident de la starlette Sophie Maes - et une histoire d'amour avec sa collègue Alison Olsen (Kirsten Dunst), qui l'aidera et le brisera.
 

Lieux de tournage:

Casting:

Une interview de Robert B.Weide: Allez voir!

Sur Kirsten:
NORMAN SWEETZER: Let's talk about that cast. How did you land Kirsten Dunst?

ROBERT WEIDE: A lot of wonderful actresses were discussed for the role of Alison. In fact, most of the actual auditioning process was focused on the roles of Alison and ''Sophie Maes,'' which wound up being played by Megan Fox. (More on her later.) It was a great time for me because aside from the audition process, there were lots of meetings with some incredible -– and beautiful -– actresses… some, fairly new on the scene, and others whom I've long admired.

NS: Okay, so back to Kirsten.

RW: Right. Sorry. So, there was a lot of pressure from the money people to land a big ''marquee'' name for Alison -– Sidney's love interest. This ruled out many of the women I had met, because in the eyes of the financiers, they just weren't big enough names to bank on. Somewhere in there, Kirsten's name came up, which seemed like a good idea, but I just wasn't sure if she'd do a film with a small-ish budget.

Now, I had worked with Kirsten when she was just thirteen. I hadn't directed her, but I wrote and produced ''Mother Night,'' in '95 (released in '96) and we really bonded on set in a big brother/little sister kind of way. I also stayed in touch with her and her mom socially for a couple of years after that. Stephen, of course, produced ''Interview with a Vampire,'' which put Kirsten on the map a year earlier, so she had a history with both of us.

At the time we approached her, she was still recovering, you might say, from ''Spiderman III.'' So she was open to a smaller movie and was looking for a comedy. We're both at the same agency (William Morris) so her agent was very helpful in getting the script to her. I included a personal cover letter so she called me before even reading the script and we gabbed for a half-hour. Before we got off the phone, she just stopped short of saying she wanted to do it before even reading it. She then called me a couple of times mid-script to tell me how much she loved it. When she finally finished it, she called me and left the sweetest message telling me how much she loved it and how honored she was to be considered. She said she laughed all through it and cried at the end. It was everything you'd want to hear from your lead actress. I still have that message. One for the archives.

NS: Her involvement must have made your backers happy.

RW: Yeah. It actually helped them relax about some of my other casting choices, which I had been rather adamant about.
 
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