Mena Suvari Fan

From CBS.com: Actress Mena Suvari doesn’t shy away from a scandalous role when it comes to the small or big screen.

Suvari exudes vulnerability and yet a strong sense of sexuality, which has stood out in her films, such as Academy-Award-winning “American Beauty,” in which she plays the object of Kevin Spacey’s desire. Her portrayal was so convincing that she received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress by the British Academy Awards.

“I have been told that before – I guess that’s just me,” Suvari told CBSNews.com with a chuckle. “But, I’ve always been really interested in the work and the craft of what I do – the artistic, creative side. Just really try to follow my own interests and if it’s a story that comes away with a character that really speaks to me and I feel connected to, that’s kind of my process.” Read more »

I’ve found some new Mena videos while browsing YouTube (I hope to get them onto out video server soon!) first one is a promo commercial for ‘Sex and Lies in Sin City’ – which you see Mena in a bit of a strip scene – racy!

Next is a video from Nylon TV (from Nylon magazine) where Mena chats with Peaches and Corey about fashion mishaps, fashion week and learning to strip for ‘Sex & Lies’. Enjoy!

Mena Suvari has played fictional characters who have turned heads — both young and old — in feature films from “American Beauty” to “American Pie.” None of those characters caused her as much concern as her role in the Lifetime movie “Sex and Lies in Sin City: The Ted Binion Scandal.” The actress and the filmmakers were cautious because the film is based on a true story.

“I was concerned at one point that … someone was going to come after me if they didn’t like my version of the story,” Suvari says. She accents the comment with a nervous laugh.

The role that gave Suvari so much concern was that of Sandy Murphy, a woman who becomes a stripper after losing all her money in Las Vegas. She catches the eye of Ted Binion (Matthew Modine), a Las Vegas mover and shaker with a checkered past. Their relationship and Binion’s drug addiction grow at the same rapid rate. Read more »

I found this little tidbit of Mena talking about the upcoming “Sex and Lies in Sin City”;

If a Las Vegas casino tycoon was killed by his stripper girlfriend and her alleged lover, some charges against them didn’t stick – which is why a new Lifetime movie about the case had to tread carefully, as did its stars.

Ted Binion’s flamboyant lifestyle, involving heroin and marijuana use, made his 1998 death from an apparent overdose not that far a stretch. Or, at least, not initially: Circumstances led authorities to decide it wasn’t a suicide and to arrest Sandy Murphy and Rick Tabish, but the convictions were overturned by the Nevada Supreme Court. In a 2004 retrial, they were acquitted of murder but sentenced for conspiracy.

Based on the Jeff German book “Murder in Sin City” and directed by veteran filmmaker Peter Medak (“The Ruling Class”), the film also stars Matthew Modine (“Full Metal Jacket”) as Binion and Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden (“Pollock”) as his sister Becky, shown in the film expressing many misgivings about Sandy.

“As a woman, it’s challenging to find interesting, meaty roles,” Suvari says, “and this is really an amazing story. I’ve always been fascinated by human behavior. Many times, people try to come up with a story that can be unusual, but you have enough twisted things that happen in real life.”

Sex and Lies in Sin City will be airring on  LifeTime TV on October 25th

LifeTime has released some photos from the upcoming, Sex and Lies in Sin City. Check out Mena as Sandy Murphy, the film stills look very intriguing!