Video of Nina in XXX
OK all I see is Nina being Nina. I thought she can do better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZjbIdLTezs
OK all I see is Nina being Nina. I thought she can do better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZjbIdLTezs
How is that Nina being Nina?
shareHer acting looks better than on Final Girl. I just hope she has enough screen time to justify me watching this.
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Same here, I was even thinking about hitting the theater for it.
shareShe doesn't have that many scenes by what I heard. she's part of a team. she's basically the science/gadget girl...something like that. she supposedly gets a limited amount of scenes. where she get introduced to Diesel's character and then from that point on she gets small screen time every now and then.
Safety word: Kumquat.
I want different roles for Nina. Not the hot girl, more serious roles. Cable TV show type roles maybe. She would have been perfect in Westworld...
shareWhile I *think* with the right director and the pressure of measuring up, along with all the rapid-change character practice she had on TVD, Nina just might have been able to pull off a supporting role on Westworld. But she wouldn't have gotten the chance. Winning at scoring selfies with nearly all of Hollywood, and clamouring for bestie status with all the big league actors she's ingratiated herself to on sets, still isn't enough to be called in for HBO, Showtime or the like.
Nina may be able to get Ellen Page to a lakehouse weekend of Flip Cup and Slip-n-Slide shenanigans (plastered, of COURSE, across all social media), but she is still a far cry from A-list, in working terms. But like drinking games, Nina's a proven winner at the Hollywood one. She know a how to play every single angle, down to and including getting in good with all crews, and of course, producers. She's also is a YES woman, never ever misses a red carpet, befriends (and pranks *eyeroll*) every late night host she can, does the same with carefully chosen reality show appearances (and again, shares it ALL via social media), and despite never actually interacting, she carries with her MILLIONS of (extremely and often obscenely) devotes fans/stans, who hungrily watch her thrilling life online, wishing in equal parts to be part of her unending squad, and to just be Her.
All that being said, and adding in her obvious solid work ethic on-set (being known as PREPARED is half the battle), I do believe it's only a matter of time for Nina. While she's lost much of that soft, pure and mind-numbing facial perfection of her early career, she's presently a stunning woman. She definitely looks her age, and older at times of excess makeup and sinewy "yoga bod," that's only a bad thing in terms of competition. She's not a standout in the industry based on looks alone, and there's plenty of other well-liked actresses in her demographic. But, I will hand it to Nina, she is a COMPLETE package. Girlfriend may be a show-off and cocky as a rooster, but she's got plenty to claim bragging rights to. She's PERFECT for action film roles...far beyond the small "Becky" roles. She could be up for leads.
However, upon leaving TVD, to the anguish of the masses, she insisted she was ready for gritty, dark and daring films. She wanted to be challenged by actors with more accomplishment than her. She said she wanted to show off her wares in some seriously weighty storytelling. THOSE are the roles she is least likely to land, therefore, their obvious appeal. They are mainly character-driven and scaling walls in heels, being a beauty standout at [a thousand] events or prank-warring
with action stars, or even possessing your very own fandomS (*cough*STANdom*cough*), who believe you invented unicorns, Will.Not.Cut.It. Nina needs to score the invite just to audition, and then she needs to *beep* ACT. Like, Girl Interupted Lisa-level PERFORMANCE. NOT the *beep* she's gotten away with in too many roles,
or her last 2 seasons of TVD when they were cow-towing to her wishes and whims, thinking they could keep her, where you cannot tell where the character ends and Nina begins. She always complained that Elena was not always so fun, since she constantly had to be crying/upset. But her strongest work came out of those human (and newbie vamp) Elena years. Including as Katherine, whose identity also rapidly went downhill
in the end.
Nina CAN do this. But she needs to hustle ten times harder, which is saying a Lot. She's at that age where it REALLY Is down to the wire for desirable female roles. Far less Fashion Weeks and squadcationing for a spell. Less vying for #1 set prankster status, she's not 19 anymore. More time in the Actor's Studio. Keep up the "look what I can do!" social media posts, and ride the hell out of her manager and agent, or get new ones. It's all about the A U D I T I O N S in 2017.
I definitely don't think she would have been in like a Thandie Newton role, but she is a much better actress than Tessa Thompson and she could have easily been a minor character like Clementine.
I agree with the rest of this though, totally.
Couldn't agree more. I thought she wanted dark, challenging indie roles. Tho I suppose that doesn't automatically mean they want HER.
shareWatched the movie just a while ago. Nina is basically comedy relief. She's goofy, clumsy, nerdy, smart, but she's the innocent new character joining xander's team.
Her intro scene is the kumquat scene obviously. Then that's followed by the scene that shows that she's the gadget girl. She goes one by one to the team explaining the gadgets and at the same time being nervous about how the gadgets are treated. Then like about 2-3 short scenes with her again, a couple where she's just in the background.
towards the end of the film she gets caught in the middle of all the action. Guns blazing all around her. The team is basically trying to cover her. And of course since she's the comedy relief she's treated that way during this action scene. She gets her hand on an smg, kills a guy with it. She gets all excited and dorky about it and then as two guys come at her, she runs towards them about to open fire and trips and falls. the smg slides across the floor actually firing and killing the two guys. She reacts to that like it's the coolest thing she's ever done.
Her last scene is her, along with the others, basically showing that she is now a part of the team. And the ending of the movie with Diesel and Ice Cube teaming up means there will probably be another sequel and Nina might be in it again.
That's assuming the movie doesn't bomb. It's already underperforming in domestically. It would have to do well in the international markets to at least breakeven.
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