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Cnn.com January 24, 2000 To be young and starring at Sundance |
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ARK CITY, Utah (CNN) -- This is the first time Dominique Swain has been to the Sundance Film Festival. Her movie, "Intern," is screening in the American Spectrum section of the event.
But the actress says she's not going to get worked up over what people think of the film, an independent romantic comedy set in the shark-infested waters of Manhattan's fashion scene. She's just here to have fun.
"I'm on vacation here. I'm not here to learn anything. Anything I pick up is just lint," Swain says, laughing.
Sundance has become a sort of rite of passage for young actors and actresses like Swain. It's the perfect setting for them -- spending days promoting their films and telling their life stories to the hordes of journalists that converge here each year while finding time to hit the slopes.
"I went snowboarding yesterday morning," she says during an interview Monday morning at the Yarrow Resort in Park City. "I'm not a good snowboarder. I'm just getting the hang of it, and I went with my friend -- it was his first day. By the end of the day, he was beating me down the mountain. I guess everyone learns at their own pace, but I just hate to think my pace is slower than anybody else's." 'She is unbelievable' Swain's career pace is considerably faster than most others. She's the one who, at age 15, won the title role of "Lolita" in Adrian Lyne's 1997 remake of the controversial Vladimir Nabokov novel. And she avoided the fate of Sue Lyon , the actress who starred in the 1962 version directed by Stanley Kubrick. Lyon followed the high-profile role with a string of forgettable films. Swain, now 19, has several movies coming out this year, including "Mary Jane's Last Dance" and "Happy Campers." "Intern," also starring Kathy Griffin, Billy Porter and Ben Pullen, is still in need of a distributor. Swain plays the title role, a 23-year-old fashion magazine intern who deals with the witches running the show while remaining true to herself and falling in love. "She is unbelievable," says the film's director, Michael Lange. "First of all, working with her is great. She was always on time, she knew her lines, really prepared. "The element that she added wasn't really on the page," Lange says. "It was the theme that to me is the most powerful, which is her positiveness, her honesty that comes through. She's the one who did that, brought that to the film." By Jamie Allen CNN Interactive Senior Writer
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