Just when we thought Donna Feldman went all Hollywood on us with the success of her role in Fashion House, here we have another round of fun with The Bastardly Interview. Aside from Fashion House, you can see Donna as the lead in the Enrique Iglesias’ music video for “Tired of Being Sorry”. Yup, she’s the hot vixen that takes a bite out of Enrique. Long gone are the days of being “the hot chick from the Academy Awards” or “one of those hot chicks who holds a suitcase”. Donna Feldman’s career is taking-off and we’re sure to see more of her on the small and big screen. Get to know Donna as only The Bastardly knows how to conduct an interview. See more of Donna Feldman at her official website!
The bio for your character from Fashion House, Gloria, describes her as “a seductress who uses her sex appeal to get what she wants.” This is probably the first question you’re asked all time but tell me if real-life Donna has ever used the Gloria-character sex appeal to get what she wanted.
You are absolutely right! This is the question I get asked all the time! I am honestly nothing like Gloria which is why she was such a fun character to play. I am not a manipulative, dishonest, or sneaky person so I can tell you that I certainly don’t share those traits with Gloria. However, I might have gotten out of a ticket once or twice while flirting with a policeman.
How was it working on a television series compared to holding a numbered suitcase? What is the most important thing you learned about the business and about yourself now that’s it all finished?
Wow! Let me start off by telling you that most tv shows shoot 65 episodes in 3 years. Fashion House was 65 episodes, but it was shot in only 13 weeks! I basically went through acting bootcamp. It was out of control! I had my first anxiety attack. It was an amazing learning experience and cannot even come close to comparing to the good ‘ole days of being #22 on Deal or No Deal. The thing I’ve learned most about this business is that what you learn on the set of an actual tv show, nobody can teach you in any acting class. Like most things in life, you learn from your own experiences, rather than someone telling you how things work or how things should be.
What’s been your oddest job proposal? I mean, you’re in Hollywood; you’re a very beautiful girl, so there must be some dirt you can reveal to warn unsuspecting girls pursuing a similar career.
I have so many stories that I can write a book at this point. I have been asked or proposed so many ridiculous things I don’t even know where to begin! I have heard everything from a producer asking me to move into his house to a man wanting video footage of me riding a horse bareback for his “private collection” to a woman who works for a prince in Saudi Arabia asking me to spend a week with him while he pays for me to “hang out” with him. I’m laughing hysterically while remembering all this nonsense that I’ve encountered. Luckily, I come from a very close family and have a good head on my shoulders so I can laugh all of this off, rather than actually taking up any of these people on their offers. My advice to a girl pursuing this career is to get a good agent and network with those people, rather than random guys who give you business cards and claim to somehow help your career. The best advice also is that most real networking is done during business hours. A lot of girls move to LA with big dreams and end up going to parties where there are directors and producers, etc.. . However, they fail to realize that many of these supposed “bigshots” are drinking or doing drugs and even if they’re not; they’re not in the mindset to do business. Most of the networking going on will be in your pants.
What does the typical day for you comprise of? Take our hand and walk us through because obviously you’re keeping real busy these days!
I never know my schedule which always makes my life exciting. There is no typical day in Donna’s world because you never know what can come tomorrow. Lets think about the past couple weeks. I went with my publicist to an event in Atlanta, flew to Vancouver to meet with a producer regarding hosting a tv show, went to Miami twice to shoot different ad campaigns, modeled for a cool German catalog in Los Angeles, did a couple fashion shoots for magazines, did a guest star role on the tv show “Las Vegas”, did a magazine cover in San Diego, and went on 3 movie auditions. Tomororw I have a callback for one of the movie auditions and also will stop by the newsstand to see if this hot layout has come out yet in Se7en magazine that I’m in . What else? I dunno.. everyday is different but I always make time for what’s most important in life .. my family and close friends.
So I read on the Wikipedia that you come in at number 17 on the “100 Sexiest Women in the World” list for FHM South Africa. South Africa?!?! Err… umm… hmm…were you aware that you had such a following with the editors in South Africa??? Have you even ever been to South Africa?
I have been published in so many magazines around the world and get crazy fanmail from India to Australia so I’m not completely surprised by the FHM list I made in south Africa. They published a really gorgeous layout a few months ago, so I guess their readers liked it so much that they put me on their “Sexiest Women in the World List” which is totally flattering! I have never been to South Africa, buy I would love to go to Cape Town one day! I love the South African accent as well.. Super Sexy!
