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Dec.5 - Dec.12, 2004 |
From sitcom to romantic lead status
That '70s Show Topher Grace graduates to Dylan Kidd's bittersweet drama p.s.
By Angela Baldassarre
Originally Published: 2004-11-21
The American sitcom That '70s show has spawned two very opposite movie stars. First there's former model Ashton Kutcher whose silly comedies Dude, Where's My Car and Just Married are slightly less inane than his engagement to Demi Moore.
Then there's Topher Grace, the long-limbed goofy Eric Forman, who's been taking his time before entering the big-screen arena. Looking for quality, he landed supporting roles in Steven Soderbergh's Traffic and the Julia Roberts starrer Mona Lisa Smile, and a romantic lead in the surprisingly smart Win a Date with Tad Hamilton. His performance made many skeptics look up and notice, wondering what the young man's next move was going to be. The excellent choice was p.s., by Roger Dodger director Dylan Kidd.
Based on a book by Helen Schulman, p.s. centres on college admissions officer Louise (Laura Linney) who is lonely and unhappy, even though she carries on a relationship with her ex-husband Peter (Gabriel Byrne). Suddenly her life gets a jolt when she reads the name F. Scott Feinstadt on a student's application. That's the name of her first love who died when they were teenagers. After meeting with F. Scott (Grace), she finds the young man not only resembles her dead boyfriend, but also paints like him. Despite F. Scott's impudence, Louise seduces the young man and a passionate, and highly credible, romance blossoms. But Louise is carrying around too much emotional baggage, which isn't lightened by Peter (who confesses to be a sex addict), her former drug-addict brother (Paul Rudd), and her best friend Missy (Marcia Gay Harden).
Tandem talked to Topher Grace, 26, when he was in Toronto recently.
What was it about the script that made you want to make this film?
"I love movies that are dramatic and comedic and they're really hard to find. I think life is kind of both; it's never just funny or just serious, so it's a good combo. When I read the script I thought this would be a really big challenge. Believing that these two have a real relationship, not just that they came into a physical relationship, but that they could potentially be in a great relationship where they get things from one another."
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