Slavitza Jovan is an actress that appeared in Ghostbusters.
Ghostbusters[]
At a fairly young age, Slavitza Jovan did modeling and acting in her home country, Yugoslavia and after she moved to Los Angeles. Jovan got the role of Gozer simply by going to an interview with her modeling agent. During auditions, Slavitza Jovan played Gozer as a timeless figure and an "almost arrogant Roman empress" who felt regular humans were beneath her.[1] She took part in about 3 weeks worth of shooting. Playing a god, she used her imagination and listened to stage directions to portray Gozer.[2]
Jovan had to wake up usually by 4 am, and have report to hair and makeup. The hair and make-up took a long time to do and it was very uncomfortable and sticky. She then would have wear a tight and uncomfortable bodysuit on a very hot Temple of Gozer set at Entertainment Effects Group in Los Angeles. Jovan could only wear the red contact lenses for 20 minutes at a time. There was a doctor on set to tend to Jovan. She was required to take 45 minute breaks. When Jovan suited up, the costume people had to sew the outfit up on the back.[3] In terms of stunts, Jovan did some of them but the elaborate double flip was completed later in post production by a stunt double. During filming, Jovan was shy and reserved. Sometimes, other cast would tease her as they passed by and said things like, "What a dangerous woman."[4][5][6]
Ghostbusters Related Credits[]
- Ghostbusters - Portrayed Gozer
Other Works[]
The information in this section is gathered from IMDb and is meant to only be a brief list of highlights of their career.
- Knight of Cups - Actress (2015)
- House on Haunted Hill - Actress (1999)
- Tapeheads - Actress (1988)
- Body Double - Actress (1984)
- Skag (TV Series) - Actress for an episode (1980)
Trivia[]
- On page 18 of Ghostbusters Volume 2 Issue #1, one of the signatures on Peter Venkman's Psychology Doctorate is Slavitza Jovan's.
References[]
- ↑ Entertainment Weekly "Ghostbusters: An Oral History" 11/7/14 Slavitza Jovan says: "I was doing lots of modeling, like runway shows and things like that. For my audition, I was just following my own ideas about how she needs to be, between the classical and the futuristic, a type of timelessness. I was doing this goddess type of thing, like she's strong and powerful, like she's an almost arrogant Roman empress. Regular humans are kind of beneath her."
- ↑ Proton Charging Interview with Slavitza Jovan 8/27/1998 Slavitza Johan says: "There was approximately 3 weeks worth of shooting...I used a lot of my own imagination. The rest was just listening to stage directions...I took it as pure fantasy. On a human level, we all have weaknesses and strengths. But the power comes from our Creator. If I can comprehend it, with my human limitations."
- ↑ Entertainment Weekly "Ghostbusters: An Oral History" 11/7/14 Slavitza Jovan says: "We worked on it for three weeks, and that outfit was like a body stocking—to give that effect of something like the skin of Gozer. They had to sew it up on the back, so I was stuck in this outfit. It wasn't that comfortable, but I guess that's how it goes."
- ↑ Proton Charging Interview with Slavitza Jovan 8/27/1998 Slavitza Johan says: "I was very shy, as I've always been. Perhaps less so now. So, I wasn't too open to anyone in particular. But occasionally, when I was around, they would tease me as they passed by. They would say [things like] "What a dangerous woman"."
- ↑ Shay, Don (November 1985). Making Ghostbusters, p. 177 annotation. New York Zoetrope, New York NY USA, ISBN 0918432685. Paragraph reads: "Attached to a wire rig, Slavitza Jovan prepares to launch herself into Gozer's double-flip - a maneuver completed later in post-production by a stunt double."
- ↑ Shay, Don (November 1985). Making Ghostbusters, p. 179 annotation. New York Zoetrope, New York NY USA, ISBN 0918432685. Paragraph reads: "Evading the particle streams, Gozer does an impressive double-flip - executed by a stuntwoman and shot during postproduction at Entertainment Effects Group."
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