Los Angeles, CA— My favorite film of all times is Paul
Verhoeven’s, Black Book. It’s a subtitled
German/Dutch film primarily in the Dutch language that’s based on a true story. The principal protagonist is a sexy Jewish
nightclub singer, Rachel Stein that fled the Nazis in Berlin for the
Netherlands during the war. She somehow
winds up in the Dutch Resistance for some incredibly dangerous adventures. It’s also a love story.
The leading lady playing that character is my absolute favorite
actress, Carice van Houten who won this role of a lifetime. The role required acting in different
languages, singing and some dancing. Van
Houten was magnificent. This was
Verhoeven’s best film ever and the entire cast and crew were absolutely
awesome.
Van Houten was jaw dropping terrific! There was no emotion
she did not absolutely own in this thriller film. That kind of talent takes years of serious
discipline and hard work to develop and master.
As a result of Black Book and other films Van Houten is a
huge celebrity in Europe. She also won a coveted role in HBO’s, Game of Thrones
playing Melisandre, The Red Witch. She’s
won five Golden Calf Awards in the Netherlands for her acting. She also has a great music album on iTunes
called, See You On The Ice. Take a
listen and you will like it. I play it
in my car as I drive around L.A.
Getting cast in what I’d call hefty roles in American films
has eluded van Houten. She was recently
cast as the Female lead in a Blumehouse production’s low budget horror film,
Incarnate. She plays opposite of actor Aaron
Eckhart. The release date for that project
has not yet been announced. Blumehouse
Productions has found serious box office success for their films and I certainly won’t
miss this one.
This incredibly talented woman slips into L.A. and New York
virtually unnoticed. She quietly gets
off planes taking the shuttle to a car rental agency like the rest of us and
goes about her business. She shops, goes
to inexpensive L.A. health clubs to work out with little notice.
If I have my way van Houten will have a major
star’s entourage and bodyguards! I want
to see this woman on the Oscar Award's Red Carpet where she belongs!
Twice in the last year, van Houten has walked Hollywood’s lesser
Red Carpets. Once for the Third Season
Premier of, Game of Thrones. The last
time was at the SAG Awards where Game of Thrones was nominated for an
award.
As van Houten walked the Red Carpet alone and the reporters
and photographers are clueless as to just who she is without her character’s
huge red wig. Thankfully my friend
Frank Fastner from the German TV network RTL spotted van Houten grabbing her
for the only interview (She gave it in the German language) that I’m aware she gave.
At least it was exclusive!
Somebody somehow failed to send an advance publicist on van
Houten’s behalf to prepare for the press gauntlet.
This is routinely done for lesser known stars so when they arrive so the
media members could ask her the right questions and give them proper face time
on the entertainment shows. Instead of seriously needed interviews van Houten had to settle for a few pictures.
Van Houten is represented by Tracy Brennan at the
powerhouse, Creative Artist’s Agency and has a wonderful manager in Amsterdam,
Janey van Ierland. CAA should do better for van Houten before their competition snatches this major talent away from them.
Frankly I’m disappointed that this talented lady is not put
up for the kind of roles we see given to Cate Blanchet or Sandra Bullock. In case you were wondering van Houten’s
English is flawless and when she’s acting she masks her accent really well.
I hope that on van Houten’s next trip to L.A. she will find
the time to do a video interview with me for my blog. I want my visitors to love her talent like I
do. More importantly I want every film producer,
director and casing director to know that she really rocks!
If you’ve not seen Black Book, you must! Here is the trailer:
