Nia Peeples

  • 18 February 2005

Occupation

Actor

Nia Peeples - "Pretty Little Liars" Celebrates 100 Episodes - Hollywood, California, United States - Saturday 31st May 2014

Nia Peeples - Nia Peeples and Chris Brochu Los Angeles, California - 2011 GBK Kids' Choice Awards Gifting Lounge held at THE SLS Hotel - Day 2 Friday 1st April 2011

Nia Peeples Friday 6th June 2008 The 2008 HERO Awards held at Universal City Hilton & Towers Los Angeles, California

Nia Peeples Sunday 26th August 2007 The Young and the Restless fan luncheon held at the Universal Sheraton Hotel Los Angeles, California

Half Past Dead Review

By Sean O'Connell

Weak

Martin Boris Velanov is the hardest working man in show business. According to the end credits for the prison thriller Half Past Dead, Mr. Velanov works full-time (some would say "overtime") as the stand-in for Steven Seagal, a past-his-prime action hero mistakenly labeled as marketable after his last endeavor, Exit Wounds, found an audience.

By my calculations - and this is far from scientific - Seagal appears in approximately 15% of his own scenes. The rest of the time, director Don Michael Paul uses quick-cuts, (very) large shadows and wide-angle shots taken from a distance to hide the liberal use of a body double. So why use Seagal at all? Is he really a draw? An effective marketing tool?

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