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Elizabeth Hurley: Simian Films
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Elizabeth was cast as the female lead as Vanessa Kensington in the hit Mike Myers spy comedy Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery in 1997, which gained her further crucial exposure in the film industry. After the success of that film, she reprised the role of Vanessa in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me in 1999 and appeared in several more high-profile films, including EdTV, Bedazzled, Double Whammy and 2002's Serving Sara, which was her last American film to date. Elizabeth ... hosted the first season of the British reality series Project Catwalk, featuring novice fashion designers.
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Hurley was publically criticised in 2000 when she fell foul of U.S. acting unions. She filmed a fashion advertisement for Estée Lauder that year, breaking a five-month acting strike. She was subsequently fined £70,000 by the Screen Actors Guild. Hurley apologised for breaking the strike, but stated that she had been unaware of the strike due to her life in the UK and the union had not informed her of the industrial action. She was later confronted by a protest of angry actors at the U.S. première of her film Bedazzled in October, where protesters brandished banners stating "Elizabeth Scably".[15]
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The very Idea that Liz Hurley could even try to do anything that Peter Cook already did 23 years before is laughable. The film doesn't even manage to capture the dry, sardonic wit of the original - which is largely due to Cook's apathetic Devil.
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