Kevin Smith talks with Michael Agger

Kevin Smith’s independent début, “Clerks,” won the Filmmaker’s Trophy at the Sundance Film Festival and a critics’ award at Cannes. He received an Independent Spirit Award for his film “Chasing Amy.” Among his other films are “Dogma,” “Mallrats,” and “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.” He is currently directing “Jersey Girl,” which he wrote.

Michael Agger is an editor and film critic for The New Yorker’s Goings On About Town.

Date: Sat Sep 28 2002
Time: 09:00 PM
Venue: Tribeca Film Center
Price: $20.00
Address: 375 Greenwich Street
New York, NY

“Writer/director Kevin Smith and producer Scott Mosier hosted a start-up party for the Jersey Girl crew Friday night at Drinker’s Tavern (124 Market St.). Among the 130 attendees were Smith’s wife, actress Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, and their dressed-to-the-nines daughter, Harley Quinn, 3, plus Greater Philadelphia Film Office czarina Sharon Pinkenson.”

“A red T-shirted Ben Affleck and a peasant-bloused Liv Tyler (model/actress daughter of Aerosmith’s Steve Tyler) were hustled into Center City’s Sigma Sound, apparently to record something for “Jersey Girl.” Wait! They are singing and Jennifer Lopez is not? What’s up? Sigma won’t say…”

‘Jersey Girl’ Recruits Extras Online By The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Want to be in a movie with Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez? Kevin Smith wants to give you a chance.

The writer-director is recruiting extras for his upcoming movie “Jersey Girl” through his View Askew Web site. He held a similar open casting call for some of his previous movies, including “Chasing Amy,” “Dogma” and “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.”

“Now, mind you, this isn’t for speaking parts; all of those are already taken,” the Web site says. “But that doesn’t mean you still can’t be a part of the Movie Magic (actual Movie Magic not guaranteed) as an Extra!”

Aspiring extras must submit a photo, contact information and statistics (age, gender, height and weight) by Friday.

“Jersey Girl,” co-starring Liv Tyler and George Carlin, is scheduled for release next year. ———

On the Net:

Kevin Smith casting call: http://www.viewaskew.com/jgextras/

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Smith’s Jersey Girl Next for Jason Biggs

American Pie star Jason Biggs has been added to the cast of Miramax Films’ Jersey Girl for filmmaker Kevin Smith, says The Hollywood Reporter. The project begins shooting this week in Philadelphia and New Jersey.

Biggs, who since April has been starring on Broadway with Kathleen Turner and Alicia Silverstone in The Graduate, will shoot “Jersey” by day on location and travel back to New York to perform onstage at night, with an understudy taking over his role for about five performances because of scheduling conflicts. It marks the second time Biggs has negotiated time away from the play, adds the trade, the first being from June through this month to shoot the Woody Allen feature Anything Else alongside Christina Ricci, Jimmy Fallon, Glenn Close and Danny DeVito.

“Jersey,” which Smith wrote, is about publicist Ollie Trinke (Ben Affleck) and the effects a new wife (Jennifer Lopez) and 6-year-old daughter have on his seemingly full life. Liv Tyler plays Maya, a video store clerk who has a significant impact on Ollie. George Carlin stars as Affleck’s father. Biggs will play Ollie’s co-worker and protege.