Park City, Utah — IT'S hard to tell whether Sienna Miller is on the level.
The lithe and lovely blue-eyed actress is known for being unprogrammed in interviews (occasionally to her lasting regret), and you thought you were tossing a pretty soft question: Did she see any of herself in the role she plays in Steve Buscemi's new film, "Interview," an intellectual boxing match between a frustrated war reporter who resents his fluffy assignment and the starlet he is sent to profile? In the film's opening, the disgusted reporter muses to his brother that he is about to interview an actress who is most famous for her changing breast size and bed mates.
"I am really not that character," said a rather indignant Miller, a complete unknown who became a tabloid staple after falling into a doomed love affair with her "Alfie" costar Jude Law in 2004. "And you are not going to get me to say I am."
OK, then, changing subjects, how about the famous Sundance swag-athon? Had a chance to indulge yet?
"It's a little overwhelming," she said, sitting in a cafe on Main Street that's been turned into a makeshift interview space. "And it makes you feel guilty. I did get given some stuff that I didn't ask for necessarily ... then I found out that you can actually give it to this company that auctions it on EBay and gives the money for charity."
So here, according to staffers at the various swag suites, are the things that may be popping up on the online auction site, courtesy of Ms. Miller: From the Fred Segal boutique, $300 in Le Mystere Lingerie panties, which they said Miller took after telling them she'd forgotten to pack her "knickers"; $200 boots by Earth shoes; a $400 Portolano brown cashmere shawl; and a $450 Linea Pelle handbag. From the Kari Feinstein Style Lounge, a $1,200 Melrose Mac laptop, which staffers said Miller was "very excited" to take. From the Jessica Meisels Marquee Lounge, $8,000 of Lia Sophia jewelry, an $800 Botkier bag and $900 in Dermalogica skin care products, which she was delighted to receive, according to those present, because she's been traveling for a month and has run out of "everything."
But you know what? This year's Sundance theme is "Focus on Film" -- you see people sporting little buttons with that slogan all over town -- and though she could be distracted by all the freebies being hurled at her (and her publicist insists they \o7were \f7hurled), Miller, who turned 25 in December, is quite serious about her work.
