Alexis Bledel

Kimberly Alexis Bledel (born September 16, 1981 in Houston, Texas, USA) is an American actress. She is best known for her role in the television series Gilmore Girls and the motion picture Tuck Everlasting. She also had an uncredited role as an extra in the film Rushmore which was shot in Houston.

Sin City

Bledel was cast for the role of Becky, a prostitute in Old Town, in the movie Sin City. The character Becky was a shift from Bledel's usual characters, usually in dramas or comedies. "She's a very professional prostitute. She carries a gun and she kicks ass." said Bledel of Becky. http://www.thewb.com/Faces/Interview/0,8114,217935,00.html Despite her tough and precocious exterior, Becky gives off the impression of being the young and insecure one among the girls of Old Town, because of her young appearance, her close relationship to her mother from whom she keeps her profession a secret, and being told by Gail one time a rainy night to dry her hair when she gets home, so she wouldn't catch a cold.

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The movie is shot almost entirely in black and white, with splashes of colour here and there, such as a red dress, blood or an entirely yellow bad guy. In Becky's case, it was her eyes that kept their colour, as director Robert Rodriguez claimed that he found Bledel's eyes to be " so amazing I had to keep them blue in the picture ". http://www.visionsofalexis.com/print2005-004.html Upon looking at the graphic novels and knowing the movie would be shot almost frame by frame, Bledel anticipated she would find the visual style appealing.

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