“I’m kind of pedestrian in my movie taste. I like to be entertained,” a refreshingly honest Maria Bello confesses while on the set of her latest film.
“If I read a script and if I find it moving, if I find it has great people and a wonderful director and it’s well-written and it’s a wonderful part, it doesn’t matter if it’s a comedy or action or drama.”
While she’s taken on roles in films as diverse as “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor,” “Coyote Ugly” and “A History of Violence,” perhaps Bello’s talent will shine brightest in one of her smaller projects, “Downloading Nancy,” which is set to open this weekend.
Guttural, unnerving and raw, Bello’s character in the film, Nancy, battles an addiction to self-harm within the confines of her loveless marriage in the suburbs.
Unable to handle the trauma of her past, Nancy takes to the Internet to find help for an assisted suicide. There she finds Louis, who promises to carry out the murder during a sexual encounter.
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