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In the new two-part NBC TV movie “Meteor,” airing from 8 to 10 p.m. Sunday and July 19, Marla Sokoloff (“The Practice”) tries to save the world from a giant meteor strike that means a fiery doom for every living thing.
As scientist Imogene O’Neil, she must continue the work of her boss, Dr. Lehman (Christopher Lloyd), and get information to a government scientist, Dr. Chetwyn (Jason Alexander), that may prevent the planet from being blasted to smithereens.
And Sokoloff wasn’t about to do all this in a pair of flats or running shoes, despite the fact that she was covering a lot of rough ground in the desert just outside of Los Angeles last summer.
“I had high-heeled boots on,” Sokoloff says. “It was a huge fight with the producer, because I did have to do a lot of running. I’m 5-2, and I have never, ever been on film in my entire career without having height. That’s just not fair. No, I need my high heels.”
While Sokoloff may not be the equal of “Alias” star Jennifer Garner for saving the world in stilettos, she does get to do a lot of action-hero stuff in “Meteor,” along with being a scientist.
“I actually thought it was quite hilarious when I got offered this job, and I was playing a scientist” she says. “Not only a scientist, but one who saves the world. I’m like, ‘Really? Me? OK.’ ”
“Meteor” also stars Stacy Keach (“Prison Break”) as small-town California Sheriff Crowe, and Billy Campbell as his son, Jack, an LAPD officer who’s hot on the trail of his corrupt partner, Calvin Stark (Michael Rooker).
As a native of Northern California, Sokoloff is quite used to earthquakes, but that doesn’t mean she likes them.
“I would say I do worry about the earthquakes, but not meteors. Not to sound naive, but really, a meteor? I don’t know if that even crossed my mind in the 28 years I’ve been on this planet.”
From News OK
Marla Sokoloff immediately knew she and Sarah Chalke were going to get along when they met for drinks before the start of filming their Lifetime miniseries “Maneater.”
“We were both about to get married. I asked Sarah if she wanted to see a picture of my dress. We pulled out our iPhones and saw we’d both picked out the same wedding dress,” Sokoloff said in a telephone interview.
The actress joked she wants it on the record she picked out her dress first. First or not, it was also a little anticlimactic. Sokoloff has played a bride in her last five acting jobs, including “Maneater,” so she has had plenty of practice trying on wedding gowns.
“Maneater” is based on Gigi Levangie Grazer’s best-selling book about shallow socialite Clarissa Alpert (Chalke). The years she’s spent hanging out with Hollywood’s power players have started to add up. Alpert decides she’s getting married. All she needs is the right groom.
She shares her ups and downs with three very different friends played by Noureen DeWulf, Judy Greer and Sokoloff. The four women are the West Coast answer to “Sex and the City.”
Sokoloff wanted the role of Jennifer, a reserved society woman who hides a passionate side. Although the 28-year-old Danville, Calif., native has been acting since she was 12, she had never played a character like this.
“She’s that country club, pearl-wearing kind of person. They did ask me to cut my hair for the part. I originally didn’t want to because I was getting married in November and I wanted long hair. I finally decided to do it and it really helped me get into the character,” Sokoloff said.
There’s a chance Sokoloff could return to the role of Jennifer. The last miniseries based on a Grazer novel, “The Starter Wife,” was turned into a cable series. It depends on how well the mini-series does in the ratings.
Sokoloff’s credits include the TV shows “Home Improvement,” “Friends” and “7th Heaven” and the films “Dude, Where’s My Car?” and “Crazylove.” She spent five seasons on the law drama “The Practice” but it is her eight episodes on “Full House” as Gia Mahan that most people recall.
“I don’t know why that role is they one they remember. It seems to me a different lifetime ago,” Sokoloff says.
Sokoloff didn’t need a wedding gown for her next acting job. She plays a scientist out to save the world in the NBC miniseries “Meteor,” to air July 12 and 19.
From the Brandenton Herald
