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April 16, 2008 2:46 pm
The last time fans saw Uma Thurman on screen, in “My Super Ex-Girlfriend,” she was playing a superhero. Her newest role, in “The Life Before Her Eyes,” where she plays a regular woman dealing with survivor’s guilt after a Columbine-like massacre, couldn’t be more different. At the Cinema Society and Nicole Miller-hosted screening of the flick at IFC Center last night (with an after-party at the Soho Grand), a vintage-outfitted Thurman lamented on one of the dramatic performances she did in the rain. “It was such a powerful scene,” she said. “But it was very wet and damp!” Guests Helena Christensen, Narciso Rodriguez, and Chris Benz came out to see the actress play a grown-up version of Evan Rachel Wood’s teenage character. “Evan is the cornerstone of this film,” said director Vadim Perelman (who also directed “House of Sand and Fog”). “When I saw the premiere of ‘Thirteen’ she was 15 years old, and I thought by the time I make this movie she’s going to be the right age—a high school senior.” But Wood doesn’t want to play in the kiddie pool too long. “I actually told myself that this would be the last time I play a high schooler,” she said. “So I’m going out with a bang.”
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