Rachael Leigh Cook

Rachael Leigh Cook was one of celebrities that attended the much-awaited Victoria's Secret lingerie fashion show at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre on November 15. The show featured supermodels Selita Ebanks, Karolina Kurkova, Marisa Miller, Adriana Lima, Izabel Goulart, Heidi Klum and Alessandra Ambrosio and a gig by the newly reunited British band Spice Girls. The show will be airing on Dec.4 on CBS.

Rachael Leigh Cook credits Jessica Simpson’s acting skills, saying she is one of the most professional she has ever seen on a movie set. Rachel, who met the singer-and-now actress on the set of “Blonde Ambition,” was afraid of Simpson’s possible diva demands but she found instead a very sweet person. "She was really sweet and cool. I was really taken by surprise how reserved she is. "She's really open about saying, 'This is my first time having more than 10 lines in a movie. I'm kind of new here.'"She took the job really seriously. She wasn't out partying all the time... She would go home and be at work the next day." Rachael also asked about Jessica’s fashion venture, and got surprised once more. "I said, 'So, you have this clothing line, come on, is that really you?' And she said, 'Yeah, absolutely. When they first manufactured this coat, the belt was too high, so I put it down because it makes the line look better.' She's really involved, which I was truthfully surprised by”.

Rachael Leigh Cook will star in the romantic comedy Bob Funk. The ensemble cast includes Steven Root, Grace Zabriskie, Amy Ryan, Eddie Jemison, Lucy Davis and Michael Leydon Campbell, reports Variety magazine. The plot of the movie revolves around an arrogant sales executive who works for his mother's futon business. After being dismissed, he falls in love with the woman expected to replace him. The movie will be director Craig Carlisle’s debut. Filming starts next month in Los Angeles.

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