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Thurman Flaunts It in 'The Producers'
Thursday , December 15, 2005
12:12 PM PT
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - Although Uma Thurman received an Oscar nomination for her role in "Pulp Fiction," doing the Batusi with John Travolta didn't prepare her for her first all-singing, all-dancing turn in Mel Brooks' "The Producers" movie musical.
Tony-winning director Susan Stroman, however, was thrilled when Universal Pictures suggested the 6-foot actress for the part of leggy Swedish secretary Ulla to scheming Broadway producers Max Bialystock (Nathan Lane) and Leo Bloom (Matthew Broderick).
"When I first met her at a restaurant downtown, she came in and she was dressed all in white. She had high heels on, so she was about 6-foot-4," recalls Stroman. "Then she sat down and said to me, 'Do you think it's okay that I'm so much taller than Matthew and Nathan?' And I said 'Yes, it is.' And of course, it adds to the comedy, but also, she's really Swedish. She has a very famous Swedish grandmother named Brigitte. There's a statue of her in Sweden. So I thought, 'I've hit the jackpot here.'"
Source: zap2it.com
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