Ayelet Zurer from Angels & Demons

Ayelet Zurer is not your ordinary actress. Because when she’s given a role, she gives her full heart into it. Her Angels and Demons role is no exception. Before she went acting with Oscar winner Tom Hanks, she researched deep into her role.

Her research started with reading the book itself, Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. Then she looked into what physicists do so she can be more familiar about them. Lastly, she interviewed her mother who, during her childhood, was a child who hid from the Nazis in a convent. She wants to know how it is to be cared for by priests, which is Vittoria Vetra’s background in Angels and Demons.

With Ayelet’s dedication, it won’t be long that she’ll get an acting recognition herself. If she stays longer in Hollywood, an Oscar award won’t be too far, given the fact that she has already worked with prized directors such as Ron Howard and Steven Spielberg.

Ayelet Zurer, along with main actor Tom Hanks and Director Ron Howard, visits the set of ABC’s The View to further promote their movie, Angels and Demons. It was a rerun, as the episode was originally taped in May.

Even so, the presence of Ayelet Zurer in the said show is worth writing about. She has been so busy lately, thanks to the block buster film Angels and Demons.

In the film, Ayelet plays Vittoria Vetra, a physicist who knows about the anti-matter that is subject to reduce the Vatican City into a pile of smoke. For those who haven’t seen the film, it is still showing at a theater near you.

The domination of Angels in Demons in the movie scene is yet to wane. Just recently, the film was chosen to be Shanghai Film Fest’s closing movie. And to present their film, both Ayelet Zurer and Ewan McGregor graced the event.

The movie further set a record as the first ever foreign language film to close the event. However, there’s still deliberations as to whether or not the movie should be shown for commercial release.

Compared to the Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons is not as controversial. Movies with such themes are usually banned by the Chinese authorities. However, even the Vatican has stated that the sequel is relatively harmless, unlike Da Vinci Code which had challenged the Christian faith. However, the Vatican is quick to add that Angels and Demons is historically inaccurate and is filled with stereotypes.

Israeli actress Ayelet Zurer has been around. She has done several Hollywood films to date, Vantage Point and Munich are among the memorable ones.

But Angels and Demons became her launch pad to superstardom. Now, people would remember her as Vittoria Vetra, Tom Hank’s woman sidekick in the well-loved, well-watched film, Angels and Demons.

Ayelet Zurer plays a physicist in this movie, an anti-matter expert who needs to find where the deadly weapon is hidden before it can vaporize Vatican City into a puff of smoke.

She did her role awfully well, gaining the respect of movie critics. Acting alongside Oscar winnner Tom Hanks is not an easy feat – nor was it to be directed by a respected director Ron Howard.

Ayelet delivered. And now, she’s a true-blue Hollywood actress of Israeli heritage. We can almost expect more movies piling up before her.

Minus all the hullabaloos, Angels and Demons is more worth watching than Da Vinci Code. Da Vinci Code is the sequel of Angels and Demons but they have entirely different storylines.

The Da Vinci Code is about the Holy Grail. Angels and Demons, on the other hand, has its story focused on the dead pope and the works of a terrorist group. Between the two movies, Angels and Demons defines more action and has more compelling scenes. Da Vinci Code, on the other hand, focused too much on the history of the Holy Grail, which left some of the viewers quite bored and disappointed.

Angels and Demons is written by Dan Brown and stars returning actor Tom Hanks for his role as Robert Langdon and Israeli actress Ayelet Zurer as Vittoria Vetra. Catch the movie while it’s still showing at a cinema near you.

Ayelet Zurer is an Israeli actress who was previously seen in films such as Munich and Vantage Point. Born in Tel Aviv, her acting prowess and screen presence is often compared to Julia Roberts back in her home country.

She has appeared in several local films before making it big in Hollywood. Angels and Demons is her biggest film to date. Aside from being an actress, Ayelet Zurer is also a model and a stage actress.

Prior to Angel and Demons, Ayelet was last seen in the film Adam Resurrected where she played Gina Grey. She’ll also star in an upcoming film, Lightbulb.

As a piece of trivia, Ayelet Zurer has a military background. When she finished her service, she transferred to New York. That’s where she chose to further develop her stage performancing skills and acting talent. She went to the New Actors Workshop School for training.

Angels and Demons has finally hit the theaters May 15. It was shown minus the controversies and a big protest from the religious. Angels and Demons is like a prequel to the Da Vinci Code, which starred Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon. The story was based on Dan Brown’s novel of the same title.

Directed by Ron Howard, Angels and Demons opened in the US raking some $46 million in the box office in its first few days of showing. The film also stars Ayelet Zurer as Vittoria Vetra. Ewan MacGregor plays Camerlengo Patrick McKenna, Stellan Skarsgard as Commander Richter, and Pierfrancesco Favino as Inspector Olivetti. Angels and Demons is still showing at a theater near you.

Tom Hanks and Ayelet Zurer play as Robert Langdon and Vittoria Vetra in Angels & Demons.