Thanks to Lauren for letting us know about this article on the mb :)From The Star-Ledger
Ready for her close-up
"Dawson's Creek" star Katie Holmes continues her conquest of Hollywood with "Abandon."
Sunday, October 20, 2002
BY ALAN SEPINWALL
Star-Ledger Staff
In the ongoing case of Life vs. Art on the charge of imitation, we present Exhibit #7,951: the new thriller "Abandon," in which a driven, stunning, unexpectedly savvy young woman named Katie plays a driven, stunning, unexpectedly savvy young woman named Katie.
In this particular matter, the artist will stipulate to the imitation as intentional, since writer/director Stephen Gaghan wrote the character of Katie Burke in "Abandon" entirely with actress Katie Holmes in mind.
"I always write parts for the actors I'd like to get," says Gaghan, who won an Oscar for his "Traffic" screenplay. "I wanted a young woman who was right at that time of switching from girl to woman, someone who's objectified by people because she's beautiful, whom (people) feel they have a relationship with ... just because she's popular, even though they don't know her. And to me, that was Katie."
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Thanks to Ced for letting us know about these Quicktime clips that are available at the official Abandon site
Working with other actors
Working with Charlie Hunnam
Katie on her character
As far as box office goes, it's not looking too good for Abandon :(
This is from Box Office Mojo
5. Abandon / 1.9 / 1.9 / 1
Weekend Pace: $5.4 million
Paramount is the master of marketing thrillers, but even they have the
occasional clunker. The movie's poster followed the traditional Paramount
thriller design of having the stars' faces with a blade or some sort of edge
separating them. But the movie lacked a strong cast, the premise wasn't clearly
presented in the marketing, and what was conveyed didn't have much punch --
Katie Holmes' boyfriend disappears and then apparently stalks, which doesn't
really fit with the odd title. This may in part have had something to do with
trying not to reveal too much about the twist ending. But with these
female-appeal thrillers, the funny thing is revealing the whole plot actually
sells tickets (see 'Double Jeopardy' and 'Swimfan' among others).
