Mendes, Biel and Weisz launch directorial debuts

LONDON - Hollywood actresses Eva Mendes, Jessica Biel and Rachel Weisz have unveiled their directorial debuts at the annual “Glamour Reel Moments” event in Los Angeles.

The three actresses stepped behind the camera for the first time as part of the magazine’s yearly project, which sees women tackle short films based on readers’ real-life stories, reports dailystar.co.uk.

Mendes put forward a movie called California Romanza, which stars Christina Ricci, while Rachel Weisz directed The Thief” and Biel helmed “Sodalis”, about the friendship of two young girls. The films were unveiled at a star-studded ceremony Monday.

The trio follow in the footsteps of past contributors, including Jennifer Aniston, Gwyneth Paltrow, Courteney Cox, Kate Hudson and Kirsten Dunst.

Demi Moore, who has also taken part in the project in the past, attended the event and later wrote a message to the three actresses on her Twitter.com page. “Celebrating this year’s Glamour Reel Moments directorial debuts of 3 amazing women Jessica Biel, Eva Mendes & Rachel Weisz! Great work ladies!”