Here at Movieline, we try to be cool and impartial, but when it comes to Ari Graynor, I’m just a full-blown advocate. Give this woman more roles! She can do scene-stealing supporting turns (like her perpetually wasted Caroline in Peter Sollett’s Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist ), tempting sexpots ( Whip It, Youth in Revolt ), and network TV arcs ( Fringe ) in equal measure, and she adds her own unique spin to the noir moll in Kevin Asch’s Holy Rollers , where she plays Rachel, a drug dealer’s girlfriend who entices Hasidic Sam (Jesse Eisenberg) further into a life of crime. Graynor called up Movieline last week to discuss what made the part an unlikely fit for her, what she was supposed to be doing in one recent Fringe appearance, and the comic book role she’s begging to play.
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Ari Graynor on Holy Rollers, Love Interest Roles, and Her ‘Quirky Jewishness’
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