The Jambar

Issue date: 11/5/09 Section: Features

Media Credit: Gary S. Angelo / The Jambar

The film "The Last Vampire On Earth," directed by Vitaliy Versace of Parma Heights, Ohio, has been a creative goal of the director for a long time.

Actors were cast by Linda Weaver, president of LeModeln, Inc., A Full Service Model and Talent Agency. The leading actors are Michael Bole, who plays Aurelius the Vampire, and McKenzie Grimmett, who plays Chloe.

LeModeln Agency and Versace Entertainment have been working diligently to film a scene outside the Butler Institute of American Art during the week. The film was based on the book "The Last Vampire on Earth" by local author Mandie Abraham.

Abraham and Versace brought their creative efforts into fruition through writing diary entries of script ideas.

Abraham said the character of Chloe is essentially a college student studying anthropology. Her love interest is Aurelius the Vampire. Additionally, Chloe's father is played by Kevin Nicholas Glaser, who does not look kindly upon his daughter's love interest, due to his religious views.

"Chloe meets Aurelius, a hematology student, and they develop a friendship during the class production of Dracula," Abraham said.

In the film, Aurelius wins the leading role of Dracula, but everyone around him is unaware he is a genuine vampire.

"In the movie Chloe contracts AIDS, and her parents discover that Aurelius is a vampire and try to destroy him," Abraham said.

Weaver has been behind the film and modeling promotional industry for 22 years. She said Versace came to her with several film ideas, and appointed her as casting director for the film.

"I worked on 150 feature films including 'Men in Black II,' 'The Shawshank Redemption,' 'The Mothman Prophecies' and 'Houseguest,'" Weaver said.

Weaver has also has done 4,500 commercials including ones for Bob Evans restaurants, Texaco, Giant Eagle and Mountaineer Casino Racetrack and Resort. Weaver's office is located on Market Street in Boardman.

"My mission is to give people the option of having a job in the entertainment industry, and we are always looking for new faces," Weaver said.

She is pivotal in helping local models and talent earn their camera debuts in print ads, TV commercials, films, TV and radio voiceovers and fashion shows. Weaver said models and talent can sign to her agency and she will distribute copies of their portfolios to designers or directors.

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