Vinnie Masters His Role
That's what the title says. A very old article.
Vinnie Kartheiser reveals why the change to kick some criminals to the curb made his newest movie role one of his all-time favourites.
Imagine this. A band of criminals breaks into a school and takes all the students hostage. The only person who can save the helpless students is a 16-year old computer hacker who has to figure ot a way to crack the school's high-tech security system before he can set them free.
Sound intriguing? It did to Vinnie Kartheiser, who says when he first read this story in the script of his recently released feature film
Masterminds, he was totally psyched to play the role of Ozzie Paxton, the hacker. "I like the fact that kids in this movie have some control," the 18-year old Minnesota native explains. "I don't like films where kids are being told what to do and never trusted to work things out for themselves. Here, Ozzie has to work it out all in real life. I was really drawn to him.
As much as Vinnie enjoyed playing Ozzie, the film's direction, Roger Christian had even more fun directing him from behind the camera. "Vinnie was just wonderful," Roger gushes. "With all the action in this film, you need actors who bring intelligence to their roles. Vinnie brings a great impish charm to Ozzie."
Courtesy of BB magazine
December 1997
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