Jewel film shines at Toronto fest
(Jam! Music) - Jewel and her fellow cast members of the Civil War
film "Ride with the Devil" had an impressive ride through Toronto
last week. The Ang Lee-directed film, which tells the tale of a
Missouri woman (Jewel in her acting debut) and her involvement with a
group of pro-Confederate guerrilla fighters, made its North American
debut last week at the Toronto film festival. The evocative writing
portrayed in James Schamus' script is what initially peaked Jewel's
interest in the project.
"The role was something different from the southern belle," Jewel
stated at the movie's press conference Saturday. She shrugged off any
suggestions that her presence should be considered the token powerful
female entity in the otherwise male-dominated (Skeet Ulrich, Tobey
Maguire and Jeffrey Wright) war movie.
Feeling overwhelmed as shooting commenced, Jewel was afraid that in
front of the camera she would be stripped of the confidence she
exudes as a singer, and often turned to Lee for guidance. "Obviously,
I had never worked with a director before. I was horrified," Jewel
admitted about showing up on set the first day. "I didn't know what I
was doing. I didn't know where to focus, where to look, what to do. I
didn't know anything about it. ... Ang was my life preserver which I
clung to desperately."
One area which Jewel could have offered her co-stars some assistance
in was horseback riding, considering many of her co-stars kept
falling off their steeds. "The real irony is that the best rider in
the film is probably Jewel and we had to put her on a mule," Schamus
said. Jewel laughed and confided: "I can't show my face to my
father."
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