Press - 2005
Kismet on the Rink for 'Ice Princess'
Little did anyone know that when the two mother/daughter teams were cast for
the ice skating film "Ice Princess," both mothers and daughters shared the same
birth dates. Kim Cattrall and her on-screen daughter Hayden Panettiere were born
on Aug. 21, and Joan Cusack and Michelle Trachtenberg were born on Oct. 11.
"Isn't that funny," says Cusack in an interview with Zap2it.com. "I
think that's part of your job as an actor, having some sense of intimacy, and
then we had the same birthdays. That's a great conversation starter, you know?"
And Panettiere says her "Sex and the City" mom totally made her forget about
her sexy Samantha character on TV and they connected quickly. "She's such a
sweet person and she's really good in this film, it's crazy that we have the
same birthday," says Panettiere. Of course, they didn't talk about the decades
of difference.
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