Dan Epstein has a quickie interview actress Anna Paquin.
Dan Epstein: Spike Lee mentioned that you two have a rapport because you directed Anna in a play. How did that help you two out?
Anna Paquin: There was a part of me that enjoyed that because I had all the power over him.
DE: Anna how was it playing this character?
AP: It was a hell of a lot of fun to play someone that upfront about how they are with their personality right out there. Very chatty, says whatever they are thinking and wears whatever she wants to wear without every filtering that for anyone's benefit. That's not how I interact with people. I don't have the guts to go argue with someone about a grade and then use the fact that I'm only wearing half an outfit to manipulate them.
I'm not conservative but it's not how I deal with people.
DE: Anna, how was your experience on X-Men 2?
AP: It was good. Those kinds of movies are so different than any other film you'll work on because so little of the time you spend on set has anything to do with the job an actor does. You're waiting a long time for things to be set up. There's always going to be glitches along the way and all these things I don't know anything about. It's very long hours but there is also a lot of fun stuff to do. I have some pretty cool stunts that I trained for three months but I cant tell you anything about them because they would give stuff away. I do all this wire work.
DE: How difficult was it replacing Brittany Murphy at the last minute?
AP: I came into the film like three days before any of the rehearsal. I found on Friday I was supposed to read on Saturday then start shooting Monday. It was actually kind of blissfully short between auditioning and getting the part. It's actually kind of an actor's dream not to be left dangling for three months.
Dan Epstein: Spike Lee mentioned that you two have a rapport because you directed Anna in a play. How did that help you two out?
Anna Paquin: There was a part of me that enjoyed that because I had all the power over him.
DE: Anna how was it playing this character?
AP: It was a hell of a lot of fun to play someone that upfront about how they are with their personality right out there. Very chatty, says whatever they are thinking and wears whatever she wants to wear without every filtering that for anyone's benefit. That's not how I interact with people. I don't have the guts to go argue with someone about a grade and then use the fact that I'm only wearing half an outfit to manipulate them.
I'm not conservative but it's not how I deal with people.
DE: Anna, how was your experience on X-Men 2?
AP: It was good. Those kinds of movies are so different than any other film you'll work on because so little of the time you spend on set has anything to do with the job an actor does. You're waiting a long time for things to be set up. There's always going to be glitches along the way and all these things I don't know anything about. It's very long hours but there is also a lot of fun stuff to do. I have some pretty cool stunts that I trained for three months but I cant tell you anything about them because they would give stuff away. I do all this wire work.
DE: How difficult was it replacing Brittany Murphy at the last minute?
AP: I came into the film like three days before any of the rehearsal. I found on Friday I was supposed to read on Saturday then start shooting Monday. It was actually kind of blissfully short between auditioning and getting the part. It's actually kind of an actor's dream not to be left dangling for three months.
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gunsnroses:
I love her ,she always does a great job!
eroticgeek:
Loved this interview! Anna Paquin is hot!