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Freddie Prinze Jr. Hooks Up With Jessica Biel in "Summer Catch"
Aired August 30, 2001 - 10:45 ET
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LAURIN SYDNEY, CNN ANCHOR: As we have been reporting this morning, the investigation continues this morning into the live that claimed the life of Aaliyah and eight others. Meanwhile, Aaliyah will be laid to rest tomorrow in a private funeral service. There will also be a public memorial for fans according to her record label, Blackground Entertainment. And of course we will have those details for when you they become available.
As we've been reporting, legendary entertainer Bob Hope is recovering from a case of mild pneumonia, and is listed in stable condition. His doctor says that the 98-year-old comedian is being given oxygen and being fed intravenously. He adds that Hope seems to be improving and could go home from the hospital in several days.
While Bob Hope has entertained generations of U.S. military troops, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg are hoping to tell some of their stories in the new miniseries "Band of Brothers." Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, walked the red carpet in Los Angeles last night, at the premiere of HBO's 10-part series. Spielberg and Hanks, who teamed up on "Saving Private Ryan," served as executive producers on the project.
"Band of Brothers" chronicles a group of men who saw some of the heaviest fighting during World War II.
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TOM HANKS, PRODUCER: If there's anything that I was disappointed by in "Saving Private Ryan" is that we really only got to cover about three day of June of 1944, and to be able to start in July of '42 and go all the way into August, and even beyond in some ways, that to me was the thing that was going to be completely different about what we were doing.
STEVEN SPIELBERG, PRODUCER: To be real. I mean, I strive to make "Ryan" seem as real as possible, and I didn't want to suddenly change styles and have this show look like a conventional World War II, you know, Hollywood production.
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SYDNEY: Talk about changing styles, if you would like your entertainment on the lighter side, one of Hollywood's reigning young heartthrobs, Freddie Prinze Jr., hooks up with a favorite poster girl in "Summer Catch."
CNN's Paul Vercammen put on his glove and has more.
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PAUL VERCAMMEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Freddie Prinze Jr. plays a homegrown pitcher trying to make it in baseball's legendary Cape Cod League, New England's springboard to the pros, and he collides with the most pleasant summer distraction. Enter Jessica Biel from television's "Seventh Heaven." Prinze recalls working with Biel with mock sarcasm, the kind of good-natured needling often found on the bench.
PRINZE: It's pretty hard, because she's really untalented as an actor and extremely unattractive, and has a terrible voice and a horrible body, and so I didn't really enjoy myself at all.
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JESSICA BIEL, ACTRESS: I saw you at the game. These outfits are cute. Nice, nice, and they are cool.
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VERCAMMEN: So was Biel worried about showing such baseball ignorance?
BIEL: Not at all, because my character knows less than I do. She doesn't even know what a no-hitter is. I know what a no-hitter is. And I may have learned a whole lot watching the baseball, watching the guys play, seeing, you know, just the conflicts between the teams, between the players.
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PRINZE: I pitched the biggest game of my life.
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VERCAMMEN: Prinze attacked his role as a left-handed pitcher, with an at times hard head and a golden arm, by training for five months total.
PRINZE: I worked with some of the best pitching, and best coaches and actual major league pitchers to make sure I had a perfect pitch come time to throw, and that I had good movement, good speed, and it was just -- it was awesome!
VERCAMMEN: While Prinze did his own pitching, he doesn't do nude scenes. It's in his contract. So no tight shots below the belt. Prinze wound up with two derriere doubles when number one quit.
PRINZE: So they had to get this other guy, and this guy had a big ole butt, and the other guy had this little skinny butt, so if you watch again, you'll see the difference. It's pretty funny. VERCAMMEN: Biel showed some skin in "Gear" magazine, which stirred up some controversy, and she doesn't think it helped her land the "Summer Catch" role.
BIEL: No, I don't. I think that it was a pretty bad decision, and I would take it back if I could. It didn't help me get anything. I think, to an extent, I think it was almost not helpful.
VERCAMMEN: It all worked out in the end. Biel and Prinze took the plunge together, romantically linked in "Summer Catch."
Paul Vercammen, CNN Entertainment News, Hollywood.
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SYDNEY: And our catch is over for now. But in one hour, we will find out about The Gloved One and why he had an absolutely thrilling morning at the Nasdaq.
Until then, I am Laurin Sydney in New York.
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