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Mendes 'visits call girls for research'
Published Saturday, Nov 28 2009, 14:47 GMT | By Marcell Minaya
Rex Features
The actress, who plays a prostitute in the new movie Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call, has said that speaking to the women made her understand the part better.
The 35-year-old told TV Movie: "I met with call girls, the type who met clients in grand apartments. I learned quite a bit."
Mendes also insisted that she had been looking forward to working with director Werner Herzog.
She said: "I was bitterly disappointed. There were no tantrums, no shouting, no crazy demands. It was almost boring."
The star also compared the movie to the work of artist Pablo Picasso.
"It's like a piece of art to me. It really is. When you go to the museum and you see a Picasso, and you can't quite pinpoint what it is, but you know you're attracted to it, and you accept it as art."
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