UPDATES: I have been receiving emails about Kevin Zegers. The young and talented Mr. Zegers recently took second position in "tMF Poll: Young actor tMF should do profile or interview soon" He was actually leading the pack, thanks to Veronique@ KZ man of the hour - it's clear Kevin has a big following!

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I recently watched The Jane Austen Book Club and Maria Bello rocks! It also stars Mr. Zegers in a rather mischievous and sexy role - he gets to romance the awesome Emily Blunt!

More about Kevin: He started out as a boy actor playing the lead in Air Bud and MVP. One of his fansites has this to say:

"If Kevin Zegers has heard of the well-known actors’ adage of ‘never work with animals or children’, he's paid no heed to it. First it was dogs in the “Air Bud” series, then a horse (unicorn), komodo dragons and, in 2000, a three-year-old chimpanzee named Jack in “MVP: Most Valuable Primate”. Still, the combination of children and animals usually work well together and it again found success in this lightweight fare."

But Kevin Zegers wanted to be known as more than just a pretty face. Transamerica is the movie that allowed him to showcase his acting range and caused him to be seen as a serious young actor:

"After appearing in the remake of Dawn of the Dead, he had a major role in the Academy Award-nominated independent film, Transamerica (2005), co-starring with Felicity Huffman. Zegers's performance as the bisexual street-hustling son of a male-to-female transsexual was praised by several critics, and he won the 2006 Cannes Film Festival Chopard Award, which is given to promising young actors."

This year and next, he is part of at least five new films, including The Narrows (scheduled for a 2008 release), Antique (also due for release in 2008), The Jane Austen Book Club, The Light-house, Normal, The Stone Angel and Gardens of the Night.

More from Larry Richman: At the just-concluded Toronto International Film Festival, 23-year-old actor Kevin Zegers had three World Premieres: The Jane Austen Book Club, The Stone Angel, and Normal, which we chose as one of our five Top Picks from this year's festival. We posted some pictures from the Q&A after the screening. The following morning, Zegers sat down with and POP for a rare video interview. He discusses those films, upcoming projects, and what it's like being a sex symbol trying to gain respect as an actor in Hollywood.

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I loved Transamerica, but when I think of it now, I remember Felicity Huffman rather than her/his son... glad to be reminded of who played him in that movie - and he did a fantastic job. That movie stayed with me a long time afterwards...

Elle , November 25, 2007

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I first noticed him in "Transamerica", which was a wonderful movie. Elle is right, Felicity Huffman was amazing and I personally think she was robbed at the Oscars, but that's a different story really.

So, I was glad I came to appreciate Kevin Zegers by seeing "Transamerica". Since then I've seen him in several other "teen projects" which weren't that gorgeous... But I always knew -thanks to "Transamerica"- that he was capable of handling challenging roles and being part of good movies.

I'm so looking forward to "The Jane Austen Book Club" and obviously there are many other movies to look forward to as well. It's great to have another promising actor with a pretty face out there.

Rina , November 25, 2007

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It was a nice surprise to see Kevin do so well in our poll recently, and nice to see Veronique's Kevin Zegers site show their support. Looking forward to seeing us do a featured interview/profile on Kevin!

I believe I've seen Kevin in some of his earlier TV performances, and sometimes didn't really know who he was, but I must say, he really stood out and gave a great performance in Transamerica. I really liked that movie alot, and very true that Felicity was amazing in it. I think I've only seen another one of his earlier films, more of a family type movie called Virginia's Run, where he played a spoiled rich teenager competing in a horse race.

I remember when Transamerica was being promoted, reading how they had to really work to try and downplay Kevin's good looks in the movie, by putting grease in his hair and making him look the part of a male hustler.

I recently discovered the project he's supposedly attached to that you mention called the Light-house, that not long ago Ellen Page was also attached to this same project which also happens to be filming in her own province of Nova Scotia. It seems that she no longer shows she's attached to this on her IMDb page.

For those who may be interested in reading an article interview with Kevin Zegers from a Canadian publication, you can read an excerpt below, and read the full article here: http://www.nowtoronto.com/movi...ent=161669

“I’m a huge fan of silent film acting,” he says, sprawled out on a sofa in the Intercontinental Hotel during the Film Festival. “Or look at someone like Johnny Depp, whose face says so much. I’m not the best talker in the world, but I think I project the way I’m feeling through my eyes and face.”

“Ryan [Gosling] is doing what I want to do,” he tells me afterwards. “He’s a smart dude and doesn’t give a shit about what anyone else wants him to do. I like that about him.”

He pauses and reflects on his strong pack of acting peers. “Look at Ryan or Joseph Gordon-Levitt or Emile Hirsch,” he says. “I’ve lost out on jobs to some of them and got jobs that they were after. The quality of young actors is really rising now. Who knows who’s going to be the next Jack Nicholson or Sean Penn? Let’s start applauding the young guys who are blazing their own paths now.”

It appears that Kevin hasen't made his mark sort of speak in any other film(s), as he did in Transamerica, but I think its only a matter of time that he does with his new crop of upcoming films.

Jan , March 07, 2008 | url

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