Hold Up. Julia Stiles Is Playing a Prostitute? (It's True!) Plus, She Tells Us Why She Loves 10 Things I Hate About You!

It's not every day that Julia Stiles calls your phone twice just to listen to your voicemail. Yet that's what happened before we began our interview since she was in NY (I'm in LA) promoting her new web series, Blue, where she plays a mother with a scandalous secret (how about a prostitute?).

As I mentioned when I ran into Nia Vardalos last week (you can read that here), her husband, Ian Gomez of Cougar Town (he plays Andy), is probably best known for playing Javier on Felicity. When Ian and I sat down for an interview about his Felicity days (coming next week!), he also recorded my voicemail as his character, Javier. Apparently Julia got such a big kick out of that that she called my VM twice to listen! "I think it's hilarious! I appreciate funny, outgoing voicemails!"

But back to playing a prostitute, shall we?

Julia stars in the new series, Blue, which is premiering now on the YouTube Channel, WIGS (check it out HERE). What is WIGS you ask? Well, it's a new digital channel that launched on YouTube this past May and features original series, short films, documentaries, and other content exploring female characters. And most importantly, it's highly entertaining scripted television.

The webisodes are about seven minutes in length, and a new one premieres every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. In the series, Julia stars as the title character, Blue, a single mom trying to protect her son, Josh, from the consequences of her secret career. By day she is an accountant, and by night, she's an escort—trying to save enough money to send her bright son to a better school. The series also stars Sarah Paulson, Kathleen Quinlan, and Jeanne Tripplehorn.

After chatting about Felicity and Javier, Julia spilled all about playing a prostitute, being in Ten Things I Hate About You, plus, the one thing she doesn't own that will surprise you all!

Glamour: How did you get involved with WIGS, and what was the deciding factor for you to sign on to play “Blue?”

Julia Stiles: Honestly, it was the first episode, the first script that hooked me. I really wanted to work with [director] Rodrigo Garcia. I really loved In Treatment, and Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her. Although I'm kind of scared about the internet, so I was at first unsure about doing a web series because I didn't really know what it was, but I thought the script was really great. I've always been kind of fascinated at the idea of escorts or prostitutes and people paying for sex, and was sort of weary of playing one in a movie or TV show because there is so much out there already.

Glamour: So what changed your mind?

Julia: I think the way Rodrigo approached the subject matter is really interesting to me. You see the other sides to her life, and also it was just a great set-up... the idea that this woman is living a secret life, obviously that is going to blow up in her face at some point, and in the first scene, it's her juggling all her problems. She's at work, and talking to her son on the phone, and dealing with the fact that one of her clients recognizes her from high school. That was a great launching point.

Glamour: It's 12 episodes. Will there be a series finale at the end, or is there the possibility of it continuing on?

Julia: There is definitely a possibility that it will continue on. The last episode is quite a reveal or a cliffhanger.

Glamour: Do you hope Blue eventually makes its way to network television, or are you happier with it being the shorter episodes online?

Julia: I think I would like it in any incarnation, but there's something really wonderful about the way we can make it in a very pure form because the more money that is involved, the more people that are involved. For me, it was so simplified. Rodrigo was really in charge as the director and creative leader behind it all, and it was a very small crew, and I could be an active participant in it too, the way that Rodrigo works.

Glamour: Who would be you ideal guest star on Blue?

Julia: We need our own Mr. Big! Selfishly, I would definitely bring Cooper back a lot, because there is something interesting to me about that dynamic. I love that she is asking him why is he paying for sex when she gets him alone. That's a really fascinating question to ask any man who would hire a prostitute. Also, the fact that he knows her, aside from her mask as an escort, is really exciting to me.

Glamour: When I told my sister I was going to be interviewing you, she was so excited because one of her favorite movies is Ten Things I Hate About You. So which role do fans still want to talk to you about when they meet you?

Julia: It depends on what part of the world I'm in! It depends on the demographic too. It's really nice that a lot of people remember Ten Things I Hate About You, and it sticks in their minds. Aside from that, it's either Save the Last Dance or the Bourne movies, but it's really funny how Ten Things I Hate About You still sort of resonates with people 10 years later. I'm really lucky because it's rare to be a part of something like that.

Julia Stiles To Star In The New WIGS Series ‘Blue’

The former ‘Dexter’ actress Julia Stiles will star in the new WIGS series ‘Blue’ next week. The trailer below introduces Julia Stiles as Blue, a single mother trying to provide for her son by leading a double life as an escort. When a client and her son meet, she’s forced to come to terms with her choices.

The series also stars David Harbour, Sarah Paulson, Jeanne Tripplehorn, and Tony Plana. 

The first episode will be released to the public on June 11th. ‘Blue’ is the third release from WIGS, which focuses on five- to eight-minute long scripted dramas that offer glimpses into different women’s lives.

Julia Stiles in 'Blue' - Watch Exclusive Clip!

Check out this exclusive clip of Julia Stiles in Wigs’ new web series, Blue!

Synopsis: Most people know Blue (Stiles) as a single mother with an accounting job. Her son Josh (Uriah Shelton) is extremely smart, and Blue is saving money to send him to a better school. Her salary isn’t cutting it, though, so to make ends meet she works nights as an escort. But Josh’s precocious wits mean that he is growing evermore suspicious about her evening whereabouts. While working one night, her client turns out to be a friend from her youth, Cooper (David Harbour). Suddenly, Blue must fight to protect her son from the collision of her complicated past and tenuous present.

The Rodrigo Garcia-directed project, co-starring Sarah Paulson, premieres TODAY!

Julia Stiles Speaks on "Psychologically and Physically Damaged" Dexter Character

Of all the guest stars coming aboard Dexter for season five, none has piqued the public's interest as much as Julia Stiles.

In late May, it was confirmed that the actress would recur on the Showtime hit, though little was revealed about her role. But in an interview with The New York Times, Stiles shed a bit of light on her character:

• Her name will be Lumen.
• Stiles describes her as "psychologically and physically damaged."

The gig will be the actress' first small screen role and she said the following of it:

"In a weird way it reminds me of the making of the Bourne movies. The script is always changing, so you might shoot a scene and then all of a sudden you are handed pages, and you have to memorize your lines really quickly. It's like acting in a vacuum a little bit. There's a different kind of challenge, but part of me really likes it."

Stiles will show up on the Dexter season premiere, which takes place on September 26. TV Fanatic will be your source for all reviews, photos, quotes and spoilers related to this great show.

Julia Stiles on It’s a Disaster, Leaving Behind the Bourne Series, and Stuffing Her Bra for Cyndi Lauper

Next week, Julia Stiles arrives at the Los Angeles Film Festival for the premiere of It’s a Disaster, Todd Berger’s witty end-of-the-world comedy about four couples who meet for Sunday brunch only to realize that the apocalypse is near. Forced to live out their last moments together, the quartet of quirky couples—including the brilliant duo of Stiles and David Cross, who plays her recent, online-acquired beau—transition through the various stages of grief while navigating their awkward relationship dynamics, rationing their alcohol, and making the odd interpersonal discovery along the way.

On Thursday, Stiles phoned VF.com and told us about her film, putting both The Bell Jar and the Bourne series behind her, and her very first onscreen job, playing a young Cyndi Lauper.

Julie Miller: I loved the concept in It’s a Disaster that your character is on one of her first dates with David Cross’s character and is more concerned about how the date is going than the impending apocalypse.

Julia Stiles: Yeah, absolutely. And she’s the one with the most delayed reaction. The way that she deals with disaster is by focusing on her date and making sure that her friends admit that she is right.

How are you when it comes to crisis management?

Sometimes I’m really good in a crisis, when it involves taking care of another person. But when it involves big ideas about what is going on in the world, I tend to focus on minutia as well. It’s a weird coping mechanism. Without getting morbid, I’ve been in a situation where I hear about something dangerous going on in the world. If it’s not right in front of my face, I get really concerned about running errands or doing whatever I have to. One of the things that Todd said when we started shooting was that he wanted each character to represent a different stage of grief. So one character is denial, anger, acceptance, and so on.

You and David Cross make such a fantastically awkward couple. What was it like working with him?

I had been a fan of his for a while. I really liked his stand-up and Mr. Show with Bob and David. It was really easy to improvise with him because he just serves up the perfect tennis ball. He’s such a thoughtful actor, too. He carefully calibrated his performance.

It’s funny to see how each person deals with the news of the end of the world. How do you think you would react?

The thing that’s funny to me about the way these people react and their humor is that they are totally useless without technology and they lose all motivation and will to fight for their existence when technology is unavailable. So when the radio goes out or the television goes out, they are really immobilized. It’s easy to sit back and think, Well, why don’t they leave the house? But they don’t because of toxic radiation.

Speaking of dark subject matter, is there any truth to the stories that you are going to be starring in The Bell Jar?

Oh, I had gotten the rights to the book and was trying to develop it as a movie for a number of years. I kind of had to let it go, only because—aside from the fact that I don’t really have experience as a producer—it wasn’t really the right time. We had a lot of difficulty getting financing for it, so ultimately I had to let it go. But I do still really love the book and think it would make the movie, so who knows. Maybe one day it will have a good incarnation.

You have David O. Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook coming out later this year in which you play Jennifer Lawrence’s sister. Can you talk about that character a little?

Despite her best intentions, she is kind of a difficult sister, but she is the one who introduces Jennifer to Bradley Cooper’s character. She tries to be a matchmaker.

Have you had any success as a matchmaker in real life?

Well, it depends on what you consider a success. [Laughs.] I don’t think my batting average is very good. I like to just put two people in the same room and see what happens. I haven’t ended up pairing anybody off, though, so that would be a no.

I was disappointed to hear that your character and Matt Damon’s Jason Bourne would not be returning for the fourth film in the series, The Bourne Legacy. Matt Damon has publicly acknowledged that he was unhappy with the fourth script, but how did you feel about the way your characters ended their arcs in the franchise? Were you satisfied with how their storylines left off?

I certainly think they could have been explored more, but I don’t really have any control or say in that. Once Tony Gilroy ended up being the director and writer of the fourth film, it was clear to me. . . Actually, I saw him at a movie screening, and he made a point of coming up to me and explaining to me what had happened. My character doesn’t really fit into the fourth of the series because she was so closely linked to Matt Damon’s version of Jason Bourne that it would have been forcing it a little too much to include her. I’m not exactly sure what happens in this one, but when you change the identity—I think she was just too closely tied to Matt Damon’s Jason Bourne.

After Bourne, would you consider doing action again?

I really like that action work because it was always deeply rooted in something very intelligent and very political. And with Paul Greengrass behind it, I felt like I was in really good hands. So if something like that were to come up, I would be really excited about it. In terms of action without the character development, that’s not something I am really interested in. For me, I don’t really care what medium I am working in, whether it’s film, television, independent film, as long as the material is really good and the characters are compelling and the creative heads are people I respect and like working with.

I had no idea that you were in a Cyndi Lauper video.

I know! That was one of my first jobs on camera. I started working in Off Broadway theater, but the first time that I was in anything that was filmed was the Cyndi Lauper video. I really just got the job because she thought I looked like a younger version of her, which is what I was playing: Cyndi Lauper at 16. It was so exciting because any little girl my age worshipped Cyndi Lauper. Or at least I did.

What do you remember about working with her?

Aside from being in awe of her the whole time, I remember that I was supposed to be playing her at 16 but I was a little bit younger at the time and hadn’t really developed yet. I remember that she kept apologizing for the fact that they had to keep stuffing my bra to make me look older.

One last question—do you remember any of the numbers from Save the Last Dance, and what would it take for you to bust them out?

I kind of remember them! Some of the dance moves at least—not all of the choreography of major dance sequences, but I remember steps here and there that I like to bust out. I forget what it’s called, but there is a heel-toe [step] that has a samba influence that is in one of the final dance numbers. It’s been a really long time since I’ve gone to a dance club. That phase is kind of over for me. The last amazing dance party I went to was at my friend’s wedding. We’re all the same age so they played all the music we grew up on. I busted out some moves there. It was pretty much the dance party of the century.

SAG 2013

Hola a todos! Cómo ya hice con la alfombra roja de los Globos de Oro, os dejo con un repaso de algunas de las asistentes a los Premios de la Academia de Actores. ¿Cuál es vuestra favorita?

Lo último

De nuevo por aquí para dejaros con las últimas apariciones públicas de las celebrities. Entre entregas de premios, estrenos de películas y la semana de la moda de París, tenemos muchas imágenes!

Empezamos con Dita Von Teese, espectacular con un diseño en rojo con apertura lateral en la pierna y ombreras de ELIE SAAB de la colección de ALTA COSTURA de OTOÑO de 2010.

Seguimos con el rojo con este sencillo y coqueto look que lució Taylor Swift en la fiesta de 'Los 40 Principales'. La joven cantante vistió unos shorts de talle alto, una camiseta roja y unos zapatos Oxford. 

Rose Byrne con un vestido rosa hasta los tobillos de BALENCIAGA y lo combina con unos zapatos de CHARLOTTE OLYMPIA y un clutch de THALE BLANC.

De nuevo, Taylor Swift con un minivestido blanco de KAUFMAN FRANCO que combina con sandalias de LOUBOUTIN.

La actriz María León con un ajustado vestido verde con transparencias de STELLA MCCRTNEY. Lo combina con sandalias negras de JIMMY CHOO.

María Valverde con un look formado por pantalones de cuero y blazer negro combinados con una camisa en azul klein.

Ellie Kemper con un vestido palabra de honor en azul noche con pedrería de GIORGIO ARMANI que complementa con un clutch de KOTUR y unas sandalias plateadas de RUPERT SANDERSON.

Karolina Kurkova con un diseño en negro con muchas aperturas en una gala celebrada en Suiza. Lo combinó con unas sandalias a juego.

Repetimos con Dita Von Teese con un precioso vestido ladylike negro con pedrería y transparencias del diseñador libanés ELIE SAAB. Lo combina con zapatos y clutch negros

Muy sexy vimos a Jaimie Alexander en la premiere en Londres de la película 'The last stand'. Lució un vestido en tonos nude y plateados de MARC BOUWER de la colección PRE-FALL de 2012. 

Sarah Jessica Parker con un vestido estampado en colores suaves a la altura de los tobillos de MARY KATRANTZOU. Lo combina con unos salones estampados de JEAN-MICHEL CAZABAT. Una combinación imposible de las que ella luce como nadie.

La actriz Miriam Hernández ('Seis puntos sobre Emma' o 'Fenómenos') luce un precioso y sencillo vestido de manga larga en color negro que combina con un cinturón rematado con un broche dorado, unos salones en rosa chicle y un clutch verde.

Otra vez Taylor Swift. Esta vez con un mini vestido de brillantes de ELIE SAAB que combina con unas sandalias con pulsera de JIMMY CHOO.

Terminamos con Macarena Gómez ('Luna, el misterio de Calenda' o 'Blancanieves') muy sencilla pero muy elegante formada por unos pantalones negros y un top del mismo color.

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Parejas con estilo: Jessica Biel y Justin Timberlake

La actriz Jessica Biel y el actor y cantante Justin Timberlake (Friends with benefits), es una de las parejas del momento. Se casaron el pasado 19 de Octubre en una ceremonia privada en el norte de Italia tras cinco años de noviazgo. Jessica de 30 años vistió un vestido palabra de honor rosa de GIAMBATTISTA VALLI ALTA COSTURA, mientras que Justin de 31, lució un traje de TOM FORD.

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