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Mischa Barton loves playing gay

You remember that t.A.T.u movie Dorothy Snarker told us about last May, right? The film — You and I — stars Mischa Barton and Shantel Van Santen (of ANTM: SI) as Russian and American teenagers who fall in love to the rousing faux-lesbian sounds of t.A.T.u., and then get swept up into some kind of murder/drug ring.

Well, Barton wasn't at the premiere in Cannes, but in an interview this week she finally mentioned the movie. "I did a film about t.A.T.u, the Russian girl band, and that was interesting," she said. "This whole corrupt Russian music industry formed this fake lesbian band. It's an odd story but a fascinating one."

You know what else falls into that odd-but-fascinating category? Barton said when it comes to acting, she prefers to kiss girls:

It's so much easier to kiss a girl. You're so much more relaxed filming than you are doing a guy and girl scene. You can relax and have a laugh about it, whereas if it's a man you have to kiss, the whole thing's a bit tense.

Also, she has no idea why people keep offering her lesbian roles: "I don't know why that keeps happening to me, but my scripts have a lot of girl-on-girl kissing."

Yeah, I don't know why that happens to you either. Oh, wait — yes I do.

Mischa Barton in Once and Again, circa 2002:

Mischa Barton in The O.C., circa 2005:

Mischa Barton in You and I, Circa 2008:

We still can't tell you when this t.A.T.u movie is going to be released. The film's producers told AfterEllen.com they hope it will be late 2009.

What we can do, however, is make an assumption about Mischa Barton's career, based to math. It appears that she plays a lesbian/bisexual character every three years, and that each time the characters get progressively crazier. Katie was normal and endearing, Marissa was earnest but pretty much nuts, and it looks like her Russian character in You and I might be legitimately bananas. So, if my calculations are correct, Barton will be playing a full-blown lesbian sociopath in 2011.

I don't know about you, but I can hardly wait.

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  • alex's picture

    well,

    one can only hope.
    JK_Singer's picture

    Haha

    Lol hilarious post!

    I heart Mischa Barton

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    ndgogrl21's picture

    That would be about time for

    the Basic Instinct remake. Maybe make the detective a woman this time and the good Dr. living with a man. haha. I keed!

    She is slated to to be a model in upcoming CW show The Beautiful Life and you know how many models are lesbians these days.


    Katysnail's picture

    My friends and i think that

    My friends and i think that she has it written into her contract that there has to be some girl/girl action in the script or she wont be in the film.

     either that or she has a list of celebity women she wants to get it on with and is slowly working her way down it via the medium of film.

    Brutal_Romance's picture

    she likes kissing girls

    who could blame her really?

    i cant see Mischa taking the role of a lesbian sociopath anytime soon, but hey, i like to get suprised.

    weluvannatorv's picture

    Sounds delicious

    Definitely will have to watch for that!

    honey's picture

    :)

    Can't wait for this to come out!!! 

    Kat's picture

    damn can't wait..

    I cant wait for the film You and I to be relesed read about it a while back but couldnt find it, thought it was released in 2008 *rolls eyes*

    and can't wait to see mischa play yet another lesbian character, am i the only one who thinks she is HOT?

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    s a r a h's picture

    ugh not mischa barton

    while i cant blame her for wanting to get paid to kiss girls, and i dont think any other lady here would pass up that job, i still have zero respect for her as an actress. she either shows indifference, or tears and calling her a one dimensional actress would be an unsult to the other 1D actress' out there.

    harsh... but not everyone can love her right.

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    Katysnail's picture

    .....

    hahahahaha brilliant! She is quite cardboardy in an 'im really bored of this kind' of way.

    she also always looks like her mum has done her hair for her.

    this amuses me.

    s a r a h's picture

    HA! good mom call. the 'i'm

    HA! good mom call. the 'i'm bored' face works well for her modelling, i will say she is great at that, and the thin bod does not hurt either.  basically if she stops talking and uses her one face for good... i can stand her ;)

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    Myf's picture

    Lesbian sociopath?

    They would be considered a normal lesbian in TV/movie land.
    Melissa Hsu's picture

    She have reason

    Ok, I have to say that Mischa have reason, it´s so much easierto kiss a girl. What's new?

    I wait for 2011

    fayenatic's picture

    She's better at kissing girls

    I swear. She just becomes a much better actress when she's in a relationship with the same sex. Frankly, however, I can give two shits about her acting. That girl is hott - double ts. :X

    Jordache1994's picture

    She said the same thing before!

    She has said the exact same thing 3 years ago! Talk about recycling old news. Btw who wants her on our team? or just on the subs bench?
    demoiselle cyan's picture

    :-o where have I been?

    LOL I had no idea she had played so many lesbian roles.. well that she had had girl on girl action... oops... I only remember her in Lost and Delirious.. then I decided not to watch any other series/movies with her.. I had the perception she was mega straight and gay-allergic... 

    hum guess she's not gay allergic after all..

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    Aniota's picture

    Yep. Her resume is why so

    Yep. Her resume is why so many people think that mischa is atleast bisexual; And of course that she says its so much easier to kiss girls.
    Jordache1994's picture

    What do you think she is?

    Just wondering what you think she is?
    Aniota's picture

    I think shes bisexual

    I think shes bisexual
    Wondergirrl's picture

    Ehh of course!

    Who doesn't like kissing girls? ;)

     

     

     

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    Ashley Maile's picture

    she is gorgeous. please

    she is gorgeous. please keep offering her gay roles. thanks.

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    Melissa Hsu's picture

    This post should be renamed

    This post should be renamed "Mischa Barton loves using cheap shocks while attempting to reinvigorate her stalled career".  (But perhaps that is prohibitively long).  But still: Wasn't the Marissa/Alex lesbian storyline on the OC a shameless ratings grab?  Didn't her last movie go direct to DVD?  She sucks.  I think we should all just stand back and watch her career wither away to nothing.  It would certainly be the humane thing to do.  Let's fondly remember Lawn Dogs and leave it at that.  Go away Mischa Barton.  The "I like kissing girls" bit is so old. 

    Darlyka's picture

    More movies please

    Oh my, you really crack me up with your calculation lol pretty fantastic and as you, I CAN´T WAIT TO SEE IT lol but really, I expect that "You and I" came quickly to the movies because lately we don´t have so much movies about "girl on girl kissing", you know what I mean... and is funny how she and Evan Rachel Wood ending do it a lot of roles as a lesbians, uhmmm maybe it´s their charm lol
    Melissa Hsu's picture

    Ahh Mischa

    Not only does she love playing gay, she's just so damn good at it.

    Lol I love your mathematical calculations, "full-blown lesbian sociopath 2011" ahh I can't wait!! :D   

    Jordache1994's picture

    "Full-blown lesbian sociopath" Does "Homecoming" count?

    She plays a girl who kidnaps another girl in "Misery" rip-off "Homecoming", ok, it's not a gay role as such, but it could look like that to the casual viewer.
    LarterWilde76's picture

    Her and Evan rachel Wood.

    Her and Evan rachel Wood.
    Celina's picture

    The Misch

    lol I was just going to post about that.

    I think Mischa and Evan back in 2002 made a bet to see who could kiss the most girls on screen. But the work had to be "ok" and porno wouldn't count. Then Mischa started the bet with Olivia. lol I'm weird.

    Femm's picture

    Don't forget...

    ...Lost and Delirious! She wasn't gay in it (I think), but it was still a very gay film (with a crappy ending, but that's besides the point).

    Funny article, like the screen caps! :) But I didn't know they made a film about t.a.t.u.? Why?! I defo won't be watching it.

    imthey's picture

    Keeping Count...

    Like Femm stated, she was in Lost and Delirious (though she was not a lesbian or bisexual in that film) and she was also in Julie Johnson as the daughter of Lili Taylor's character Julie Johnson, who was bisexual and in the film had a relationship with Courtney Love's character.

    Let's see... that makes 1 lesbian role (Once and Again), 2 bisexual roles (The O.C. and You and I) and 2 roles in films dealing with lesbian/bisexual subject matter (Lost and Delirious and Julie Johnson)... just for those keeping count.  

     

     

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    lauren's picture

    I love her. so she can

    I love her. so she can just keep doing what shes doing haha.