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Amanda Seyfried and Julianne Moore get dangerously close in "Chloe"

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Trish Bendix

Amanda Seyfried might be the talk of the town lately based on her same-sex smooch with Megan Fox in Jennifer's Body (which opens Friday), but the young actress has so much more going on with her career that's worth knowing about. This week she was pulling double duty at the Toronto International Film Festival, repping for both Jennifer's Body and her new film Chloe co-starring Julianne Moore.

In a nutshell, Chloe is a remake of the French film, Nathalie, in which Seyfried plays a prostitute (Chloe) that Moore hires to seduce her husband (Liam Neeson) to see if he is a cheater. Based on reviews from TIFF, it appears that the two women share more than a man.

Vanity Fair writes, "Toronto audiences gripped their elbow rests as Seyfried upped the sapphic ante in Chloe, engaging in a sultry hotel-room romp with Julianne Moore."

A sultry hotel-room romp sounds a little more exciting to me than the kiss I've seen from Jennifer's Body. Also, Seyfried getting the chance to play a much meatier part than a nerdy best friend — alongside a seasoned actress like Julianne Moore, no less — is very intriguing.

You can watch a few clips of the film interspersed with commentary from director Atom Egoyan:

Julianne Moore is a seasoned lesbian, at least on film. Not only did she play a repressed homo homemaker in The Hours, but she's also going to be playing Annette Benning's partner in the upcoming film The Kids Are Alright as well as a lesbian novelist in The Private Lives of Pippa Lee. It makes me even more a fan of hers, considering she seems to be a big fan of ours.

I can't wait for Chloe to hit theaters — can you?

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    • Submitted by
    Trish Bendix
    on September 16, 2009 - 11:00am.
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    Kim's picture

    I'm intrigued

    Submitted by
    Kim (188 posts)
    on September 16, 2009 - 11:12am.

    I love the director Atom Egoyan as well as Julianne Moore.  And I always thought Seyfried was really good, back from her days as Joni on "All My Children."  (She was on during one of Eden Riegel's runs and shared some scenes with her but not many.)  I'd like to see it, but I suppose I'll have to wait and see it on DVD sometime next year, as I'm currently living in Shanghai and there's not much chance of it playing here!

    siouxie 's picture

    So intriguing...

    Submitted by
    siouxie (9 posts)
    on September 16, 2009 - 11:23am.
    I just love Julianne Moore, with her in the movie is reason
    enough to watch it.
    saltire's picture

    nathalie is one of my fav

    Submitted by
    saltire (25 posts)
    on September 16, 2009 - 11:26am.
    nathalie is one of my fav films and if someone told me they were going to remake it i probably wouldnt have thought it was a good idea but julianne moore is enough to win me over (tho she's not quite got the allure of fanny ardant). part of what worked about nathalie was the french sensuality but this does sound good.
    Adrienne's picture

    it's so neat living in this

    Submitted by
    Adrienne (12 posts)
    on September 16, 2009 - 11:50am.
    it's so neat living in this city when all of this is going on. Chloe intrigued me originally because some scenes were shot on location in yorkville, not too far from where i live. now that there is some lesbian action my interest level has definitely risen. It's nice when that kind of thing comes as a surprise too. There was no hype about lesbian content in the film before it's intial reviews, as to not promote the film with it, but to simply be part of the story. Exactly the opposite of the ad campaign surrounding jennifer's body... http://adriennecrossman.blogspot.com
    Vaya's picture

    Natalie...

    Submitted by
    Vaya (257 posts)
    on September 16, 2009 - 11:54am.
    Natalie... was heavy with innuendo between the two female leads, and the electricity between Fanny Ardant (who was smokin' as always) and Emmanuelle Béart was sizzling. I hope they will be able to recreate that for Chloe. Julianne Moore is one of my favorite actresses, so I'm really interested in seeing what she'll do with the part. And the fact that Moore is twice Seyfried's age is also intriguing, because we rarely, if ever, see that kind of sexual/romantic relationship between two women on film or tv. I doubt there will be much more than innuendo, though. Sadly.
    imthey's picture

    Interesting

    Submitted by
    imthey (562 posts)
    on September 16, 2009 - 11:55am.

    I have watched and own a copy of the original French film Nathalie and find it to be quite enjoyable... so it will be interesting to see how this version plays out. I am certainly intrigued by the fact that the film stars Amanda Seyfried and Julianne Moore, figuring that it has at least that going for it and I have always found Atom Egoyan films to be interesting (especially Exotica with Mia Kirshner), so with him at the helm I am certainly putting this movie on my must see list.

    The French film stars the exquisite Fanny Ardant (who shared a sapphic smooch with Catherine Deneuve in 8 Women) and Emmanuelle Beart.

    I do enjoy the inclusion of Liam Neeson (an actor that I've always been quite fond of), especially as the French film starred Gerard Depardieu (whom I must admit I don't find nearly as enjoyable as Liam). 

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    My boy Atom

    Submitted by
    Penny Winterr (728 posts)
    on September 16, 2009 - 12:39pm.

    I love Atom Egoyan's work.  And Julianne Moore is always good, even if the film isn't.  I put Chloe into my Netflix queue.

    I really only remember Amanda Seyfried from Veronica Mars.

    Nathalie was pretty good.  Usually American remakes of foreign films make me blow tiger chunks, but I trust my boy Atom.

    dragonlady07's picture

    perhaps tmi

    Submitted by
    dragonlady07 (315 posts)
    on September 16, 2009 - 1:12pm.

    but here is a link with an interview with seyfried, where she discusses tounge etiquette with costars of other generations:

    http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090913/TIFF_seyfried_kiss_090913/20090913?s_name=tiff2009

     to wit: "While the tongue apparently wasn't an issue with Fox, Seyfried said she has discussed the issue with both Moore and Jeanne Tripplehorn, her co-star on the HBO show "Big Love," who are both in their 40s."

    Bikerchick's picture

    A longer clip..

    Submitted by
    Bikerchick (670 posts)
    on September 16, 2009 - 1:18pm.

    ... can be viewed here:

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjm11DMwKvE

     

     

    s a r a h's picture

    hmmm i didnt really give

    Submitted by
    s a r a h (211 posts)
    on September 16, 2009 - 1:18pm.

    hmmm i didnt really give this movie a lot of my attention before, but maybe i will catch a screening this week. who doesnt love a little sappic romance right?

    i am glad julianne is on our side!

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    Dec_'s picture

    I LOVE julianne moore!!!!

    Submitted by
    Dec_ (48 posts)
    on September 16, 2009 - 3:37pm.

    I LOVE julianne moore!!!!

    i think she's so beautiful!

    I loved her in the hours.

    i hope she does more gay characters!!!! :)))))) she is one of the actresses that i wanna see play gay. ;))))

    pancreas's picture

    Glad to see them both having

    Submitted by
    pancreas (314 posts)
    on September 16, 2009 - 7:19pm.
    Glad to see them both having more Sapphic roles.
    7Up's picture

    I heard bad things about Chloe

    Submitted by
    7Up (639 posts)
    on September 16, 2009 - 9:19pm.

    I thought Natalie was a great movie, so why the remake unless egoyan wanted to add a new angle.... and it seems like he did! From the press online that I've read, he's riffed off the movie but definitely for the worse!

    My gf saw Chloe in Toronto the other night and said it felt like another movie that screws with women's relationships with one another and with lesbian storylines, making it messed up in unrealistic ways.

    She said it was like a heterosexual male fantasy and was totally put off by it.  While her heterosexual male colleague were enthusiastic (gross). 

    Like most of us my gf thinks Julian Moore is usually great about her choices of roles, and Moore's certainly shown love to the gay community by being in various Todd Haynes movies, the hours, and her upcoming films... But usually I agree with my gf so I'm totally cynical.  I was afraid it might give me that Notes on a Scandal messed up hetero male fantacy nausea, and I still am....

     

    Zahra's picture

    Thanks for posting this

    Submitted by
    Zahra (123 posts)
    on September 17, 2009 - 12:35pm.

    It makes me want to read some real reviews before I decide whether to see it. I have to say that the script as well as the acting would have to be pretty excellent to make me buy "woman-sleeps-with-prostitute-she-hired-to-seduce-her-husband." It seems all too likely that it would wind up another one of those womansex = all about their feelings for the menz! flicks.

    I love Julianne Moore, but I find it painful to watch her in bad movies. I'm still trying to burn The Forgotten out of my brain....even Alfre Woodard couldn't save that one.

    tetetar's picture

    Looks intense...

    Submitted by
    tetetar (168 posts)
    on September 17, 2009 - 12:42am.

    I like intense :)

    Scroll Lock's picture

    Oh, trust me, these kinda of

    Submitted by
    Scroll Lock (32 posts)
    on September 17, 2009 - 7:00am.

    Oh, trust me, these kinda of fantasies aren't just for straight guys.

    I'm so for this film, and I'll plan on catching the others mentioned as well. 

    rosebud's picture

    I'll watch anything

    Submitted by
    rosebud (198 posts)
    on September 18, 2009 - 9:02am.

    by Atom Egoyan...

    Yes, I know very out of character for someone who normally is "one gender minded". But then again: interesting men are just the proof I am gay - but that's another story...


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