Emily VanCamp - NYP TV Week - Secret 'Sister' - March 2007

[berrysorbet]

Hey guys! I had a lot of time in my hands so I decided to browse eBay for Everwood stuff, just out of curiosity, and I found this:



You can't really read the whole thing, so here it is:

SECRET 'SISTER'
'EVERWOOD' HOTTIE DECAMPS TO ABC FAMILY DRAMA

By ROBERT RORKE

March 18, 2007 -- Emily VanCamp is finding that it's a long way to Los Angeles from the fictional mountain hamlet of Everwood, Colo.

On ABC's family drama, "Brothers & Sisters," VanCamp, 20, has joined the cast as Rebecca Harper, the illegitimate and, until now, secret daughter of the recently deceased family patriarch, William Walker (Tom Skerritt).

Unlike Amy Abbott, the character VanCamp played on the WB's "Everwood," Rebecca is an angry young woman who speaks her mind, usually through sarcastic barbs hurled at her mother, Holly (Patricia Wettig). Holly had a two-decades-long affair with William Walker about which the tight-knit Walker clan has only just learned.

"I'm having such a hard time relating to this character," says VanCamp. "Playing her has really pushed me. I don't have a chip on my shoulder like she does. I think she's a really sad girl inside, but she coats it with confidence and sexuality."

As Amy, VanCamp played a sweet and popular high-school school student, encountering love for the first time and navigating her way out of her small hometown and into the world. "Amy was a part of my heart," says the native of Port Perry, Ontario, Canada. "I loved her and I really brought a lot of myself to that character."

VanCamp was called to duty on "Brothers & Sisters" by Greg Berlanti, the creator and executive producer of "Everwood," and also co-executive producer of "Dawson's Creek." "Everwood" was cancelled when The WB merged with UPN to become The CW. Berlanti found himself briefly unemployed; he was brought on to "Brothers & Sisters" to give the politically-minded show a more dynamic direction. As a result, "Brothers & Sisters," created and executive producer by New York playwright Jon Robin Baitz, is more of a compelling family drama than when it started.

In the show, Rebecca has just learned that she's the half-sister of the close but constantly quibbling Walker clan, and she's not taking well to the information.

"I know why she's doing what she's doing, but I completely disagree with a lot of it. She's really forward and she's really insensitive in a lot of ways, but with good reason. In upcoming episodes, she makes a lot of bad choices and she does things that I, as Emily, would never do, but I completely see where she's coming from. She's a lost soul," says VanCamp.

The tall and willowy VanCamp started acting when she as 13, after spending years as a ballet dancer. She visited her sister, Katie, on the set of a movie and immediately fell in love with the world of film. It didn't take long for the pretty blonde to win herself local roles in Québec, Montreal, where she moved at 12 to attend L'Ecole Supérieure de Danse de Québec.

At just 16, she won a role in The WB's short-lived "Glory Days" in 2002, which was seen by Berlanti and "Everwood'"s co-creator Mickey Liddell. That spring, she was cast in "Everwood," which was shot on location in Salt Lake City, Utah. She got close to the show's cast and dated Chris Pratt, who played her brother, Bright, in the show. Today, she's back in L.A., single and holding her own among one of TV's most talented casts.

"I have no idea how I learned how to do this, but I fell in love with acting right away," she says. "I guess it's just fake it 'til you make it."

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If you guys are interested on buying the clip, it's on ebay.com item number 180100494260.

Apparently there's more to it than this, since it says that inside there are pics and an exclusive interview, but I'm not sure.

If anyone bought the New York Post dated March 18, 2007 and owns this article, please let us know! =D

[EverwoodGirl22]

Wow thats pretty heavy duty! :o

[~dreams81504~]

eeeek eeek sooo cute!! New eppys of Brothers & sisters start this Sunday I cant waitttttttt the one thats supposed to be on Sunday looks so good!! !!!!

[EverwoodGirl22]

I know, I'm so excited!