Ella is SUCH a movie buff. She drags me to all the famous filming sites throughout Manhattan. It’s clear she has stars in her eyes.
You have no idea how much she wishes she could have played the role of the dog in Kate & Leopold…and not just because she’d have gotten to work alongside the talented and charming Hugh Jackman. She’s got more depth than that – or at least she thinks she’s got the acting chops to convince you she does 
And who wasn’t affected by that scene in Woody Allen’s Manhattan (forward to 5:50) when Isaac (Woody Allen) and Mary (Diane Keaton) sit chatting on a bench along the East River, staring in the distance at the dimly lit 59th Street Bridge in the wee hours before dawn. See, here again…a dachshund? Granted Diane Keaton’s character could not easily have carried Ella into the diner while waiting for her food, but I’m sure Woody could have written some sort of alternate scene to accommodate her.
In any case, Ella was feeling nostalgic and convinced me to grab my camera and head down the East River Walk where we both got our 59th Street Bridge fix and Ella got a couple more shots for her portfolio.
"I'm in black and white. Aren't I artsy?"
"The only risk you run in casting me...and I say this humbly...is that I may upstage my surroundings."
