Rosario Dawson Hearts the Drafthouse, Fancy Jewels, Austin

"Grindhouse," the Tarantino-Rodriguez project filmed in Austin, opened nationwide this past weekend. And while the critically-lauded double-bill may well herald the resurgence of campy exploitation flicks, it might also bring us yet another Hollywood celeb.

In an interview with News8Austin, Rosario Dawson (Sin City, Kids, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints), who stars in the Tarantino-directed "Death Proof," professes her love for Central Texas and hints at the possibility of opening up a production office here:

It was amazing. You know, the first time I was actually out in Austin was when I used to live in Texas. I used to live up in Dallas and we did a road trip down there, and then the next time was in “25th Hour”, we shot the end of “25th Hour” there. And so, now this is like my fourth film, third film, but it is like my fourth time being down there on this movie, and it was amazing. Quentin has been going down there for 10 years, so every week at the end of shooting, he’d throw a big party and we’d watch movies, we’d go over and go to the, you know, Alamo Drafthouse and watch double features, and it was just a really incredible time. I’m actually wearing Anthony [Nak] earrings, which I know is also out of Austin. I wanted to give them a little shout out and just, I don’t know, I love it over there. I’ve been actually thinking about maybe getting a production office there because I’m starting to produce my own films and I really like it there.

You can read the full interview here.