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In Reply to: Ben's jitters, Jersey Girl: Raquel explains it all posted by trx72 on October 17, 2003 at 01:31:28:
: Ben's jitters, 'Jersey Girl': Raquel explains it all
: By Susan Wloszczyna, USA TODAY
: Watch out, Ms. Welch. There's another Raquel out there ready to take the world by storm.
: Raquel Castro may only be 9 and has but one feature to her credit. But as the co-star of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez's other film, Jersey Girl, the Long Island fourth-grader has seen her share of off-screen drama.
: "They were saying that because Gigli was a bad movie, they may not bring out Jersey Girl," she says of Ben 'n' Jen's notorious summer flop. "I thought, 'All that work and nothing?'"
: Not to worry. The domestic comedy about a workaholic PR exec (Affleck) who must raise his 6-year-old daughter alone after his wife (Lopez) suddenly dies will open March 19 after being moved from this fall.
: During her audition, Raquel — who is of Puerto Rican descent, just like her movie mom — figured out quickly that she nailed it. "This lady kept staring at me. Kevin Smith (the director/writer) kept staring at me. They thought I looked like J. Lo. I told my parents, 'I think I got the part.'"
: Raquel, who performs songs from Sweeney Todd in the movie and may do a musical version of Interview With the Vampire on Broadway, found the real-life couple to be "very nice. They understand kids. This was Ben's first movie with a kid, and he might not be scared of being a dad now."
: She also stands up for the tabloid-taunted pair. "I don't think they are telling the truth about Jen and Ben. I think they are still going to get married. Ben just got nervous. Sometimes, when it's your first wedding, that happens." Yes, she is only 9.