Emmanuelle Vaugier: Horror Star Turned Sitcom Queen

Posted on: February 06, 2006 | Filed under: Film News & Reviews, Interviews, Saw 2, TV News & Reviews, Two and a Half Men | Comments Off

Having a main role in “Saw II,” one of 2005’s most successful horror films, would be enough to convince most actresses they had arrived on the Hollywood scene. But Emmanuelle Vaugier didn’t stop there. Since then, she has portrayed a superhero in the Sci-Fi Channel’s “Painkiller Jane,” and she landed a recurring role on CBS’ top-rated sitcom, Two and a Half Men.

On Two and a Half Men Vaugier plays a ballet teacher who becomes Charlie Sheen’s love interest. “Everything’s very mellow,” she says of filming the show. “It runs so smoothly. There’s never any fighting. Nobody ever raises their voice. It’s just a lot of fun. It’s very telling that a show’s very successful when things run that smoothly.”

Vaugier will once again be in the spotlight when the “Saw II” DVD lands on store shelves February 14. She credits the filmmakers, as well as the marketing department at Lions Gate, for creating a sequel that lives up to its predecessor. “The writers and creators of it were very careful not to let their audience down,” she remarks. “They were dealing with a very sophisticated film audience in general. Plus, the horror genre fan base is so particular about what they see, and they’re so much more sophisticated than they were perhaps 20 years ago. They expect a lot more out of you. If you don’t show them what they want, you’re not going to get very far. So they took a lot of time and care in making sure that we had a great story and the casting was right. The success even goes all the way down to the marketing of it. They just really took their time and were very careful with that. I think that makes a huge difference.”
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