Vincent's Hoping Life Takes a Dramatic Turn
In the recently released-on-video Alaska, Vincent Kartheiser spends most of his on-screen time doing stuff like climning up and down steep, snow covered mountains and riding canoes through killer white water rapids. In his future film Smart Alec, he's a rebellious skateboard-riding student who runs from bombs, get's caught up in thrilling chase scenes and deals with a bad guy who's taken over a high school. Yet although Vinnie says that he had a blast making both movies, especaially since each one gave him an opportunity to tackle 'a different type of action' to be quite honest, he's ready for something completely knew on the movie front. "I've done [enough] action," Vinnie says. 'My next project I hope to be drama."
Vincent says that in Smart Alec, he does get to do a little emotional stuff, but it's still wasn't enough. "There's a bit od drama, " he says. "There are about one or two scenes of real, kind of like raw emotion, bit other than that, there's nothing."
What Vinnie would really like, "he says, is a role where he can try his hand at high drama -- playing the kind of character who yells, screams, grudges u some truly hearfelt angst and maybe even balls his eyes out. (FYI: During a recent interview with BOP Vinnie demonstarted that he is quite adept to crying on cue). "I want to do at least one really good dramatic scene with a really good director and actors," he continues. 'Now that I've gotten in movies, I haven't gotten my chance yet, but that' what my forte is really."
How does Vinnie know that drama is his strong point is he hasn't yet had the opportunity to prove it on the screen? Starting from the time he was 7 years old, he's starred in dramatic stage productions throughout his whole hometown of Minnesota. "That's what I was raised doing, " he explains.
Although Vinnie has developed a gift for expressing serious emotions throughout the years, he feels he could stand some improving when it comes to lighter types of roles. "I've tried it, " he says, "but comedy is not my thing." Asked how his training is when it comes to delivering jokes, he says quiet candidly, "It's awful."