![]() We called them the 'coulda, shoulda, wouldas' � wishing I could have changed things or done things differently. For me, watching 'Survivor 2' really brought up some ill feelings and almost nightmares. "Some people had troubles when they came back from 'Survivor 1' immediately. ![]() I found myself getting very involved in the show, and thinking about the show I was on and wanting to change things about it. "The reason I didn't watch it was because it was hard for me to. "I watched the one where Michael (Skupin) got his hands burnt by fire, and I watched the one after that," she says. Unlike the majority of America's households, Haskell avoided becoming hooked on the most recent season of "Survivor." In fact, she only saw two episodes. But I don't mind people bringing up 'Survivor,' because that's where I came from." It's certainly nice (in the media) to be able to talk about something else. "I talk about 'Survivor' a lot in the press, but I don't talk about it with my friends and family. "The Animal" has not only given Haskell a more lucrative career path beyond "reality television star," but it's provided her with something radically new: a chance to appear on talk shows and discuss something other than "Survivor." But at the same time, I do play 'the girl,' so I do a lot of smiling and nodding and just act agreeable." Tribal withdrawal "I think it challenges that idea a little bit. "Nobody has anything like that.") So will this movie dispel that pesky "America's Sweetheart" image in any way? ("I don't have a soliloquy or anything, but it is a comedy," she says. The 24-year-old found the actual acting and filming to be quite manageable. Haskell viewed the picture last month and claims to be "really happy" with the result. I knew that after that happened, the hardest part about the whole thing would probably not even be the movie, but it would be dealing with the press' idea of how that came about. Within a month after 'Survivor' ended, we were filming. "I found out I'd gotten the role about two or three weeks after 'Survivor' had finished. In other words, she might have actually scored the role on her own merits. Interestingly, Schneider had never seen an episode of "Survivor." His experience with Haskell was based entirely on running through a scene with her. It just kept getting narrowed down then I got it." There was a bunch of other girls in the selection process. "I had to read with a casting director, then with Rob. "I was brought in because I was on the show, but I was cast by the audition process," she says. Not surprisingly, it was the "Survivor" gig that landed her an audition for "The Animal." While shopping at a hip Miami mall known as CocoWalk, Haskell and a buddy happened across a casting call for "Survivor." After some friendly coaxing, the lure of a free trip to Malaysia sealed the deal. I won't name-drop anybody."Īfter traveling around France and Ghana, Haskell returned to the States to begin her schooling in Miami. "I dealt with obnoxious celebrities who were coming over for the festival, and that taught me how not to be a person in a movie. "That prepared me how NOT to act," she says of her job in the pressroom. Her tenure led to an opportunity to spend a six-month internship with the 1998 London Film Festival. She earned a bachelor's degree in theater while attending the University of Georgia. I've learned not to hold myself to anything." London callingĪ native of Bethesda, MD, Haskell has fostered a love of the entertainment world since she was a youngster. If it was in this movie, I would have said no, definitely. "Oh God, I've never even thought of that," she replies. Citing the fact that she would be "uncomfortable" without the support of her trademark purple bikini, it begs the question of what she would do if a film director asked her to shed clothes for a scene? Haskell's chance at being dubbed "America's Vixen" took a step backward recently when she turned down a $100,000 offer by Playboy to pose nude in a cover spread. It's a compliment, but at the same time it's something you say to someone while you pat them on the head." "That's definitely the phrase I'm most sick of hearing," she says. In just 52 weeks, Haskell has gone from a Miami Ad School graduate and bookstore clerk to being frequently christened "America's Sweetheart" � only don't call her that. "From the start of 'Survivor' to when the movie opens, it's been exactly a year," Haskell says from her cell phone while being shuttled to a New York taping of "Late Night With Conan O'Brien." "So it's really funny what happens in one year." Colleen Haskell stars in her first film "The Animal."
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