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Dominique Swain will come of legal age, 21, this August, but that still won't remove the Lolita label from the actress. Swain's fairy-tale selection as the adolescent nymphet in Adrian Lyne's 1996 remake of the controversial Nabokov novel was a turning point for the then 14 year old, who was selected after a six-month search from over 2,500 hopefuls considered for the coveted role. Seven years later, Dominique's career has developed nicely (among other things) and 2001 is turning out to be an incredibly busy one for the burgeoning star. Dominique will see no fewer than seven feature films she plays in released this year.
So much for not having a chance...
"This guy who used to be my manager told me about [the Lolita audition]. Acting wasn't really working out--I had been for auditions a hundred times and not even got commercials. I thought that if this didn't work out, I would go to school and do something else... I memorized the scene mostly, but I had black hair and braces and I didn't think I really had a chance."
Funny, I pray like a heathen
"No, [I don't like being filmed when I'm eating]. I eat like a heathen. I eat when I'm hungry, and I don't really think about the manner in which I'm feeding myself--and I don't want people on national TV to have to watch that. I also think it's really weird for people to film me when I'm going about my everyday life. And you feel like you just have to put on a show or do something special. [So] I try to put on a show, but I usually end up making a pretty big fool of myself," Dominique told Playboy.
Let me guess, they said you'd never be as big as Julia Roberts.
"In my junior year at Malibu High, I wasn't really trying to change, to fit in.... I was always made fun of."
I bet that's your parents favorite poem, too.
"They f*** you up your Mum and Dad. / They may not mean to, but they do. / They fill you with the faults they had, / And add some extra just for you." [Philip Larkin, 1971]
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