•• The cast of the locally filmed TNT movie “Hornet’s Nest” arrived late last month, and the stars will be popping up around the Port City at various shoot locations and area haunts through Dec. 24. The following are some of the actors you’ll see on the screen next spring and possibly around town through the end of the week.
•• Virginia Madsen: Perhaps best known for her role as Maya in the 2004 movie “Sideways,” Virginia Madsen is no stranger to Wilmington. This is the third TV movie she has done in this area. The others were “Linda” in 1993 and “Ambushed” in 1997. She also appeared on the 2003 season finale of “Dawson’s Creek.”
Madsen plays Police Chief Judy Hammer in “Hornet’s Nest.” Clad in a knee-length black dress and sheer wrap and sporting bright-white sneakers between takes during a ballroom scene at the Hilton Wilmington Riverside last week, she gushed about the Port City.
“It’s just a beautiful place,” Madsen said with a sense of sincerity and warmth. “I’m very happy that they haven’t built it up too much. This town is such a wonderful combination of small-town feeling but with show business.”
In fact, she loves it here so much she asked to stay in the heart of downtown rather than being in a more remote location away from the city’s center. You’re likely to find Madsen sitting at the bar at Caffe Phoenix, an eatery she confessed she’d visited almost every day during her stay thus far. She recalls it fondly from her previous visits.
“I like the staff, and the food is wonderful,” Madsen said. “I’ve never had a bad meal there.”
She’s also a fan of Tower 7 in Wrightsville Beach. Madsen’s sentiment for the local film community matches her love for the area. She beamed when talking about the “Hornet’s Nest” crew.
“They just know how to do it here,” Madsen said. “The crews have an ease with one another and so they work faster. They really are professional, and they know what they’re doing.”
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The Hot Flashes (2013)
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An unlikely basketball team of unappreciated middle-aged Texas
women, all former high school champs, challenge the current arrogant
high school girls' state champs to a series of games to raise money
for breast cancer prevention. Sparks fly as these marginalized women
go to comic extremes to prove themselves on and off the court, and
become a national media sensation.
Virginia
Madsen as Clementine Winks
Director: Susan Seidelman
Genre: Comedy
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Trailer ∞
Official Site
The
Last Keepers (2013)
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When the teenage daughter of a reclusive
family of artists falls in love with an unusual boy at school, she
awakens mysterious powers and discovers ancient family secrets that will
change her life forever.
Virginia
Madsen as Abigail Carver
Director: Maggie Greenwald
Genre: Teen Fantasy ∞ Romance
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Photos ∞ Trailer ∞
Official Site
Jake Squared (2013)
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A surreal comedy about a filmmaker who decides to make a
movie to help figure out out how he's managed to screw up every
relationship he's ever had.
Virginia
Madsen as Beth
Director: Howard Goldberg
Genre: Comedy
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Official Site
Crazy Kind of Love (2013)
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A broken family finds their relationships
to one another changed by a new arrival in the household.
Virginia
Madsen as Augusta
Director: Sarah Siegel-Magness
Genre: Drama
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Road To Capri (2013)
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A full detailed plot synopsis to be
released
Virginia
Madsen as Katherine
Director: Boris Damast
Genre: Comedy
IMDb ∞ Photos ∞ Trailer ∞
Official Site
The Wilderness of
James (2013)
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A young boy in Portland comes to terms with living without his dad.
Virginia
Madsen as Abigail Charm
Director: Michael James Johnson
Genre: Drama
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Official Site
The
Anna Nicole Story (2013)
∞ Biopic about Vickie Lynn Hogan,
a pretty but plain small town Texan girl who transformed herself into
the voluptuous, Marilyn Monroe-esque Anna Nicole Smith.
Virginia
Madsen as Virgie
Director: Mary Harron
Genre: Drama
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Photos ∞ Trailer ∞ Official Site
Virginia Madsen
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A cool, classic beauty,
with a vibrant blonde mane and an exuberant flair for the dramatic,
Virginia Madsen
is one of Hollywood's most versatile and unique
actresses. Not only did she receive amazing reviews for her Academy
Award and Golden Globe nominated performance in Alexander Payne's hit
film, Sideways, but this Independent Spirit Award-winning actress has an
illustrious resume of roles alongside the most notable and respected
actors in the business.
Virginia
Madsen's Agent
United Talent Agency
9560 Wilshire Blvd # 500
Beverly Hills, CA
www.unitedtalent.com
Virginia
Madsen's Publicist
Carrie Gordon &
Heidi Slan
11400 W.Olympic Blvd.
Ste. 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90064
www.42west.net
Elaine Madsen
(Mother)
∞ Visit the official
website
for Emmy award winning documentary maker, playwright, author and poet,
Elaine Madsen.
Michael Madsen (Brother)
∞ Visit the official
website
and fanclub for actor, poet and photographer, Michael Madsen.
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