Alexis Bledel - Violet (Violet & Daisy) #2: Because TIFF is just the beginning for this wacky film!

**pink velvet** · 09-16-2011, 10:42 AM

A coming of age story with elements of dark humor and intrigue. Violet and Daisy are professional hit girls, roommates and best
friends with their lives ahead of them and a long overdue vacation that as finally arrived. When they are lured into what is supposed
to be just another quick and easy job, their plum plans get complicated as the man they’re supposed to kill is not what they expected...
Alexis has signed on to play a teenage assassin in the indie drama Violet & Daisy. She’s replacing Carey Mulligan, who was originally cast in the role but dropped out
over a scheduling conflict. The movie has been described as a cross between Thelma & Louise, Superbad, and Pulp Fiction. Violet & Daisy is the directorial debut of screenwriter
Geoffrey Fletcher, who won an Oscar earlier this year for his screenplay for Precious.

Cast:
Alexis Bledel .............. Violet
Saoirse Ronan .......... Daisy
James Gandolfini ..... Michael
Danny Trejo ............. Russ
Writer & director: Geoffrey Fletcher

"Violet & Daisy is quite surreal. It's these two girls who are like eighteen
or nineteen, but they act quite young. They only stay together and they
don't really step outside their little bubble. They kill people, but it's very
cold, and it's just kind of what they do -- like Alexis Bledel's character
blows bubblegum while she's shooting some guy." - Saoirse Ronan

Pictures from the set:

September 28th

September 29th

September 30th

October 13rd

October 19th

October 19th and 22nd

anettbianka · 09-16-2011, 11:42 AM

Thank you, Rae, for starting.

Also huge thanks to everyone who brought over all the news/pics at the end of the last thread.

Hopper · 09-16-2011, 12:31 PM

Thanks for the new thread.

TIFF 2011 Violet and Daisy Intro - YouTube

Variety Reviews - Violet & Daisy - Toronto Film Fest Reviews - - Review by Peter Debruge, Peter Debruge

Toronto 2011: An Oscar winner takes an un-'Precious' turn - latimes.com

Hopper · 09-17-2011, 03:30 AM

Sorry for the double post.

'Violet & Daisy' - Saoirse Ronan at the Toronto Film Festival 2011 - YouTube

Matt At 2011 Toronto Film Festival - Day 8 - YouTube

Review: Cool-Kids-Who-Kill ‘Violet & Daisy’ From ‘Precious’ Writer Isn’t What You’d Expect > The Playlist

Violet & Daisy: Toronto Review - The Hollywood Reporter

Violet & Daisy: Another sparkling gem in TIFF’s necklace � sparklincyanide

Saoirse Ronan and Alexis Bledel Are Just As Confused by Their New Film as You Are | Movieline

iPOP Alexis Bledel Talks 'Violet & Daisy' at TIFF World Premiere - indieWIRE

**pink velvet** · 09-17-2011, 07:29 AM

thanks soooo much for all the links

the positive remarks on Alexis has me really excited

chazman · 09-17-2011, 01:05 PM

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Alexis Bledel Talks “Violet & Daisy” at TIFF World Premiere
by Nigel M Smith (Updated 22 hours, 19 minutes ago)

Last night was a big night for Geoffrey Fletcher, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of “Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire.” To a sold out crowd at the Visa Screening Room in Toronto, Fletcher world premiered his first directorial effort, “Violet & Daisy,” an oddball tale about two teenage assassins dead set on vanquishing their latest target (James Gandolfini) to afford new dresses. It also marked a big night for Alexis Bledel, Violet to Saoirse Ronan’s Daisy. Ronan proved her action chops in “Hanna.” Apart from a brief appearance in “Sin City,” Bledel’s stuck mostly to girly teenage fare since wrapping her stint on TV’s “Gilmore Girls.” Her brazen turn as Violet might change all that. “It takes a lot for someone to see something different in me because I have to prove it,” Bledel told indieWIRE at the film’s afterparty. “I was always resistant to kind of accept that challenge. I’m pretty stubborn. So I didn’t step up to the plate for many years. Now I enjoy it. You have to apply yourself to the job if you want to do good work. Now, I’m kind of addicted. I want to see what else I can do.” [Photo by Nigel M. Smith]

iPOP Alexis Bledel Talks 'Violet & Daisy' at TIFF World Premiere - indieWIRE