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Article: `Greek Wedding' star Vardalos does drag with `Connie and Carla'
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- April 16, 2004
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DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer
AP Worldstream
04-16-2004
Dateline: LOS ANGELES
Nia Vardalos still has bridal jitters, even though her big-screen wedding went off without a hitch.
Everyone came, they showered her with gifts, and Vardalos' low-budgeted "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" turned into an underdog sensation that took in $241 million.
Vardalos scored an Academy Award nomination for her "Greek Wedding" screenplay and found herself on the fast track with her second script, the drag-queen comedy "Connie and Carla" (for which the music budget alone equaled the entire $5 million cost of "Greek Wedding").
Still, she runs a little scared.
"I am afraid sometimes that I actually have been hit by a bus ...
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