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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
"PARADISE HOTEL'S" SEXY AND STRAIGHT-TALKING
TONI FERRARI CAST IN "NO PAIN, NO GAIN"
Film Marks First Major Bodybuilding Feature Since
Schwarzenegger's "Pumping Iron"
LOS ANGELES, September 29, 2003 - Toni Ferrari, former guest of FOX's
popular summer reality series Paradise Hotel has signed on to appear
in the feature No Pain, No Gain. The film, which is being produced
and directed by Samuel Turcotte and is currently shooting in the San
Jose area, marks the first major film focused on the art of
bodybuilding since "Pumping Iron," the 1977 classic documentary that
launched the career of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Ferrari, who shocked and amazed American audiences week after week
with her no-nonsense approach to the Paradise Hotel game and her
"in-your-face" attitude, will play a loud reality TV show contestant
in the film. The role in No Pain, No Gain was specifically written
with her in mind after the filmmakers saw her on the FOX reality
series.
A Chicago-based personal trainer and fitness model, Ferrari also
appeared as one of the contestants on FOX's 2001 reality series Love
Cruise: The Maiden Voyage. Ferrari has also been cast in the
upcoming independent feature The Final Minute. Her other film
credits include extra roles in Touchstone Pictures' 2000 comedy High
Fidelity, starring John Cusack and Jack Black and Warner Bros.' 1998
action-adventure flick The Negotiator, starring Samuel L. Jackson and
Kevin Spacey.
Produced by Zukor Pictures, No Pain, No Gain stars renowned
bodybuilder Gus Malliarodakis as Mike Zorillo, a highly intelligent
former state champion bodybuilder who has become obsessed with
scientific research on the human body and, consequently, has let his
world-class physique go. Determined to introduce his new ideas to
the world, Zorillo journeys to the mecca of bodybuilding, Los
Angeles, to prove himself. For more information on No Pain, No Gain,
please visit the website at
no-pain-no-gain.com.
About Zukor Pictures
A division of the film and music production company Zukor Entertainment,
Zukor Pictures is headed by entertainment and technology executive Samuel
Turcotte. An award-winning filmmaker, Turcotte is also senior partner
manager of digital media and wireless at Sun Microsystems. Turcotte and
his work have been profiled in "Business Week," "The Wall Street Journal,"
"Videography" and "Electronic Media." For more information, visit
zukor.com.
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