Mischa Barton - Mischa News and Appearances #16: That's right. SEVEN movies in the works. - Page 17

maalibu · 08-02-2007, 03:14 PM

Learning the Lingo

Leather-clad dancers gyrated to a bass beat in the opulent nightclub Rai, or Paradise, as Roland Joffe shot a party scene on location for "Finding t.A.T

Leather-clad dancers gyrated to a bass beat in the opulent nightclub Rai, or Paradise, as Roland Joffe shot a party scene on location for "Finding t.A.T.u.," a teen drama that the British director is filming in Moscow and Yaroslavl.

Outside the giant club, which has a Garden of Eden theme, the film's star, American actress Mischa Barton, took a break from filming. Dressed in vintage jeans and a slim black coat, she stood on the embankment, looking out over the Moscow River.

The 21-year-old actress, best known for starring in teenage drama "The O.C.," plays a Russian girl called Lana. An aspiring model from a provincial town, Lana bonds with an American expat, Janie (played by Shantel VanSanten) after they meet on a fan site devoted to t.A.T.u.

The screenplay is based on an erotic novel titled "t.A.T.u. Come Back" by State Duma Deputy Alexei Mitrofanov. The pop duo will make a cameo appearance in the film.

Barton has to deliver some of her lines in Russian and speaks throughout the film with a Russian accent, a task she said she first undertook at the age of 8 in a staging of Tony Kushner's play "Slavs!"

"It's a much harder, guttural throat sound," she said of Russian pronunciation. "But it's a really pretty language when you break it apart, actually."

The film is being produced by Ramco, a Russian-American production company. Its American producer is Stephen Nemeth, who previously worked on "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas."

Watching the filming, Nemeth praised Barton's performance. "I think that it was very bold of her to come to Russia at this point in her life, to play a Russian girl, to learn an accent, to take a risk like that -- because frankly, unless she really pulls it off, it can be very dicey.

"In this particular case, my fears are gone," Nemeth said. "She's doing unbelievably well."

Barton said she sympathizes with her character in the film. "Lana's got a lot of morals," she said. "You see her struggling to hang on in the middle of all of this mayhem that she's thrown into in Moscow.

"She's drawn to all of this fantastic wealth and night life she has never seen before, and I think the people will relate to her, because she's just this young kid in this very confusing, corrupt world, trying to stick to her guns."

The director "is trying to make a film that is as raw and real as possible," Barton said, citing its criticism of the "corrupt" music scene in Russia. "The whole night life has got a seedy undercurrent to it that doesn't go unnoticed in the film."

The actress said she had dinner with Yelena Katina and Yulia Volkova of t.A.T.u "They carry a lot of baggage," she said, bringing up the pop duo's initial claim to be lovers. "I think a lot of people felt cheated by it; it's a bit of a gimmick, the lesbian thing."

Barton, who came to Moscow in June, is living on Stary Arbat with her dog Ziggy. She ventures out accompanied by a driver and bodyguard, but has socialized with the city's elite. Last month, Russia's Hello! magazine pictured her with designer Darya Zhukova, who has been linked to oligarch Roman Abramovich.

Despite her reputation as a party girl, Barton said that the local club scene is not to her taste. "The night life here scares me a bit," she said, describing a visit to Diaghilev, a club aimed at the city's high rollers, as "shocking."

"It was enough to keep me satisfied the whole stay," she said. "It's really bizarre to see it once or twice, but I can't imagine wanting to do it on a regular basis."

Source: CONTEXT - This Week in Arts and Ideas from The Moscow Times

**Cristofle** · 08-02-2007, 03:25 PM

Thanks, Marie! Interested to see how the Russian accent ultimately sounds

CreekFreak · 08-02-2007, 03:28 PM

I'm really excited for this!

**-Alicia-** · 08-02-2007, 05:13 PM

Mischa + Russian accent = HOTNESS.

I can't wait for this!

Junk_Yard_Slut · 08-03-2007, 02:44 AM

Mischa witha Russian accent should be awesome, and she doesn't sound to fond of the t.A.T.u girls, lol. This movie sounds really great!

True Daisy lover · 08-03-2007, 03:26 PM

I cant wait for this....

MiScHa <3 · 08-03-2007, 04:16 PM

Mischa is such a dedicated girl-actress.....Im 100000000% sure she will sound like a native Russian speaker!!!

Cant wait too to see her!!!!
Saying I miss her like H E L L is nothing.... o____O

CourtneyS416 · 08-05-2007, 07:08 PM

Thanks for that article.

yyam084 · 08-06-2007, 08:49 AM

really ziggy was in stardust?!!!

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Junk_Yard_Slut · 08-07-2007, 12:34 AM

No, his name is Ziggy Stardust, lol. (Google it, might help

)

Love her dark hair, it suits her so much. I wonder if it's for the movie or not.

**Sam_MC** · 08-07-2007, 01:33 AM

MISCHA AND RIHANNA?!?!?!??!

RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Faj.

**Sam_MC** · 08-07-2007, 05:17 AM

This was in my local newspaper and I thought it was LMAO-worthy so here it is:

STEP aside Aussie Tyler Atkins. Paris Hilton has a new man, otherwise known as the scraps of TV star Mischa Barton.

The former hotel heir has been spotted on a series of dates with Barton's ex Cisco Adler, according to The Sun newspaper.

Barton split with the Whitestarr frontman in February after naked photos of him surfaced from Hilton's belongings.

At the time, a sheepish Cisco said: Her ******* got stolen and somehow she had a picture of me naked in there."

"I think it was actually worse for (Barton) than for me in some ways.

"So yeah, I'm gonna try to keep my pants on from now on."

But now that Barton has moved on - "I'd like someone who's mature. God, I can't take another immature person" - Hilton has moved in.

**-Alicia-** · 08-07-2007, 10:57 AM

Cisco and Paris deserve each other.

your_konstantine · 08-07-2007, 11:03 AM

I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.

Junk_Yard_Slut · 08-07-2007, 11:10 AM

Now that I think about it, they have a lot in common. Lack of talent, famous parents, nude pictures all over the internet. They sound perfect for eachother.