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Shes already proved herself a sharp and distinctive performer, andCastle Rockconfirms that shes a versatile one too.
Annie Wilkess voice has a distinct cadence to it, almost like a weird melody.
That was the jumping-off point.
Performing mental illness can be a delicate task.
The list he comes up with is quite long; shes basically got a little bit of everything.
In that way, were not making this a study or meditation on a specific condition.
In the book and the film, shes a symbolic force more than anything else.
Nope, shes fine.
She just likes being a drama queen!
This role goes to wilder, more violent places than any youve played before.
Definitely one of my more, if not my most ambitious swing.
I guess its a testament to Kings writing that his books make for such vivid movies.
He makes unpredictable people who then make for riveting books, whichthenmake for riveting films.
I always foundThe Shiningto be the scariest movie ever; I love that one.
But I never took the books as seriously as I shouldve, and I dont know why.
I realized what a dummy I was.
There was no two ways about it!
Yeah, that must be an eerie feeling.
But yeah, you see how the sausage is made!
How did you and Elsie get along?
She is so scarily next-level talented, and shes a really good human being.
I love hanging out with her.
I would probably take a bullet for her.
Right after it happened, I felt the way a lot of young actors and actresses feel.
I wanted it to be a total pendulum-swing in the opposite direction.
But then the job I took afterthatwas calledThe Class, and that role had echoes of Janis Ian.
I felt uncomfortable returning to that, and my agent was like, Hey, guess what!
Which was ultimately good to hear.
At the time, I remember loving theMean Girlsscript more than anything Id ever read up to that point.
I just wanted to be a part of it so badly.
So a positive response is what youre aiming for!
But theres the long period of time before it gets a new second life on the internet.
There were enough years between shooting and that resurgence that it still feels novel to me.
I never had the chance to feel pressured about it.
But Im mostly just grateful.
The success of those two movies are just evidence of how brilliant Tina Fey and Leslye Headland are.
Just yesterday, a friend told me their 8-year-old daughter is obsessed withMean Girls.
They let an 8-year-old watch that?Shes a mature 8.
Im surprised by how many people tell me their kids love that movie.
But again, just proves how strong Tinas writing is!
At that point, kids were still calling each other on landlines.
Even more impressive that kids today can still access and relate to it.
It was always an option, to go do a movie like that, as recently as 2012.
But I dont really love getting caught up in the aftermath of any project.
The only part of this job that I actually like is shooting.
I love it, but everything else is just unbelievably anxiety-provoking.
I give a shot to stay unaware of it.
Things taking a little while to catch on actually matches up better with my personal timeline!
It ended up working out fine for me.
But I do feel weirdly comfortable in the cult space.
How is it unlikeBridesmaids?
Do we need two movies about women getting ready for weddings?
Im pretty sure we werent onBridesmaids radar at the time.
None of us thought it would really happen.
I saw this on the front page of British papers!
It was a little scary, and deeply surreal.
It shined a light on how vulnerable we are to cyberattacks, that sort of thing.
Cyberwarfare, I find very terrifying, especially since that whole episode.
That feels so long ago.
It made everyone, especially the Sony people, a little jumpy.
Now Im fully fascinated by how that idea gets filtered through the mid-30s.
The complications, things youre faced with, theyre very different.
Mentally, I will always be 22.
Each job was my entire universe.
Now, it just feels like a job.
The business is far too fickle to stake your happiness or serenity on.
Far safer bet to put that on a family.
