If you don't know her name yet, just wait until you see her performance in Scott Howe's sexy new indie thriller, "Widow."
"It," coined by screenwriter Elinor Glyn to describe silent film actress Clara Bow, is that quality possessed by some which draws all others with its magnetic force. In Scott Howe's film Widow, Ana Feliciano is the embodiment of the It-Girl.
Asked how she landed the part in Widow, Feliciano says that the director shared the treatment with her and she thought "it was genius." Director Scott Howe confessed that he'd been sitting on the Widow treatment for ten years. After he had met Feliciano just once, he was compelled to escalate his treatment of Widow into a full-blown script, convinced that he'd finally found the woman who could portray the story's pivotal seductress.
So is Feliciano at all apprehensive about playing a vixen? She pauses for a moment, "That's funny, I guess people perceive me that way because I'm just comfortable with who I am which I feel helps people be themselves around me. Really, I'm just an ordinary and even clumsy individual in real life."
Though her character, Alex, speaks very little thoughout the film, Feliciano makes the most of her screen time. "It'll be a challenge to find ways to communicate my character's feelings," she says, "but I'm excited." Feliciano credits some of her comfort in playing such a character with the director. "The support and faith that Scott has in all of us fuels our performances. He's definitely an actor's director."
Asked if Widow is her most challenging part to date, Feliciano says there have been challenges to every role she has ever played. "Not once have I worked on a project where I wasn't at some point physically and emotionally exhausted, almost to the point of tears. I think what is most important is the relationship with the cast and crew... They make me feel like I can move mountains with their faith in my ability but they are also quick to laugh at me which helps keep everything real."
When asked where she's getting the inspiration for the part of Alex, Feliciano jokes, "From Will Farrell's character in Wedding Crashers." For anyone who knows her, this answer is par for the course. In practice, however, Ana Feliciano is serious about her acting, which shows through in everything she's done.
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