Gemma Ward Takes On Film
Model Making Movie Waves
By Holly Byrnes
She's conquered the catwalk, now Aussie supermodel Gemma Ward is set to take on Tinseltown.The Perth-born model will reportedly make her Hollywood debut opposite Liv Tyler in a new suspense thriller, Strangers.
Web reports claim Ward, 19, has signed to the feature film project, currently in pre-production.
Film site, IMDB.com, states the plot centres around a couple on holiday who are terrorised by three unknown assailants.
While her modelling career continues at pace, Ward's acting aspirations are also revving up.
She is slated to return to Sydney later this year, in preparation for another role in The Black Balloon, written and directed by Paddington filmmaker, Elissa Down.
Down first cast Ward, then a budding actor, in her 2001 short film, Pink Pyjamas.
"She was a fantastic young actor and in the meantime has become this huge sensation around the world."
Ward will play Jackie, a high school girl who befriends a classmate struggling with adolescence and his autistic brother. Toni Collette is in negotiations to play the boy's mother.
"We were writing it with Gemma in mind and she's been very committed to it, doing a lot of research overseas," Down said.
Down says Ward's talents in front of the fashion lens, which has seen her star for designer labels like Prada, Louis Vuitton and YSL, will translate to the big screen.
"She obviously has an amazing presence in film and photography with that face. But it's what's behind her eyes that makes her so engaging. She has an amazing sense of humour and real warmth."
Source: The Daily Telegraph
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