Rising Aussie actress reveals the very surprising advice a Hollywood icon gave her: ‘She pulled me aside during a take’
Australian actress Tasneem Roc shares what she learned from a Hollywood legend.
Tasneem, 45, started her acting career in the hit 1997 series Heartbreak High and went on to have roles in Home And Away, Spirited and the drama series Reef Doctors.
And now the Sydney-raised actress is starring opposite Brooke Shields in the Netflix romantic comedy Mother of the Bride.
Tasneem revealed that the Blue Lagoon star gave her some surprising advice.
“She took me aside during a recording of me revealing this dress to her and she said, ‘your neck.’ I said, “What?” Roc told the Daily telegram.
Australian actress Tasneem Roc (pictured) shares what she learned from a Hollywood legend
‘And she said, ‘Be careful,’ because the way I had my head, I gave myself a double chin. That was the tip she gave me.’
Brooke Shields stars in the rom-com as the nervous helicopter mother of her calm daughter, played by Miranda Cosgrove, while Roc plays the role of Camala.
“I would say this is the biggest thing I’ve done so far,” Tasneem told the publication.
Tasneem stars opposite Brooke Shields in Netflix romantic comedy ‘Mother of the Bride’ and she revealed the Blue Lagoon star gave her some surprising advice
“They (the cast) were very friendly, very sociable, they made a lot of time to talk to everyone,” she added.
Brooke’s character Lana also has to deal with seeing her college ex, played by Benjamin Bratt, who had a real-life romance with Julia Roberts, but is now married to Bond girl Talisa Soto, and is best known for her appearance on Law & Order.
‘It’s official… MOTHER OF THE BRIDE releases worldwide on @Netflix on May 9!! We’re so glad you’re seeing it, the 45 day countdown,” Shields wrote.
“She took me aside during a recording of me revealing this dress to her and she said, ‘your neck.’ What did I say?’ and she said ‘be careful’ because the way I had my head I gave myself a double chin. That was the tip she gave me,” Roc told the Daily Telegraph
The film was shot on location in Thailand for six weeks and will be released on May 9.
Brooke stars as Lana, a woman who travels to the Southeast Asian kingdom when her daughter announces she will be getting married there in a month to her boyfriend, played by Sean Teale.
The drama surrounding the hasty marriage is further complicated when Lana discovers that her future son-in-law is the offspring of the man who broke her heart decades ago (Bratt).