In Blindness, which opens here tomorrow, Julianne Moore (left) plays the devoted wife of a doctor and the only person who can see in a city ravaged by a strange plague that has caused everyone to go blind. -- PHOTO: SHAW
ACTRESS Julianne Moore surprised her colleagues on the set of her new film, Blindness, by showing up with her hair unexpectedly dyed blonde.
The 47-year-old Academy Award nominee is, of course, almost as famous for her red hair and pale skin as for her penchant for demanding roles.
In Blindness, which opens here tomorrow, she plays the devoted wife of a doctor (played by Mark Ruffalo) and the only person who can see in a city ravaged by a strange plague that has caused everyone to go blind.
Despite her critically acclaimed resume, the actress was charmingly down to earth in person.
At the Cannes Film Festival in May, where Blindness was the opening film and contended for the prestigious Palme d'Or prize, which eventually went to the French movie Entre les murs (The Class), Moore confessed to an attack of stage fright at one of film's most glamorous events.
'I really loved my dress last night,' she said of the Lacroix couture ensemble she wore to her film's gala. 'But I was so nervous, I thought I would swallow my own tongue. I swear, it's very intense.'
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