Saturday June 16, 2007
"Mall World" director Ventimiglia discusses a scene with series star Dianna Agron
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Milo Ventimiglia may have super powers on screen, but his real strength lies in his skills behind the camera.
The 29-year-old NBC star is currently directing and producing a 12-episode series for American Eagle called "It's a Mall World" due to hit MTV this August.
"I guess I as an actor registered with their demo," jokes Ventimiglia, who also heads up Divide Pictures, his own film and television production company. "When [American Eagle] first presented this to me to direct, I said 'Well can I bring my company in? Can I make this a bigger project? Believe it or not, I actually conceptualize."
The multi-tasking actor/director brought together a large cast and crew to explore the relationships between a group of teens working at a local mall -- being a former mallrat himself, the Heroes star admits the concept wasn't a real stretch.
"Yeah, so [I used to go] to the Mall of Orange and that got a little too rundown," he admits. "But as you got older, all the hot little girls that grew up in Newport went to South Coast Plaza and so you have to go to South Coast Plaza or Fashion Island."
Ventimiglia may have a passion for directing (and possibly his local Food Court), but his heart still belongs to Peter Petrelli and his super friends.
"I'm happy showing up to Heroes and just being an actor," he insists. I enjoy the process [of directing], but I don’t want to force it. I don’t want to start saying 'put the camera here' just yet. "
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