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NEW YORK, NY, USA - Laura Linney seems to be in so many movies lately that I am surprised when she's not there. None of those films have been as memorable as "Kinsey" -- a film that deserved more nominations for the Oscar.
Thankfully though, the 40 year old actress got a rightly received Best Supporting Actress nomination for her portrayal of the famed, and controversial sex researcher's longtime wife, Clara. Because the film offered provocative opinions, bisexual sex and various affairs, the Academy members seemed to shy away from it but this film was clearly one of the best of 2004.
G21: What did you think when you saw "Kinsey" onscreen?
LL: There were some great, wonderful surprises. The humor throughout ... I knew there were sections that were going to be funny, but I didn't. Of course when you're in it and you're working you don't think about those things. Same thing happened when I saw "You Can Count On Me." I had no idea there were so many laughs in that movie.
G21: How did the aging process work in the film?
LL: I gained 22 pounds for the first part of the movie. They wanted a non-contemporary body. I walked away from my Pilates machine. You stop exercising and eat a lot. I ate lots of donuts. You let yourself turn into a college student and eat whatever the hell you want and eat it all the time and you feel sick and it's fantastic. There were the pounds, then there were three wigs, brown contact lenses, fake eyebrows, fat suits that then went on -- because she got much larger as her life went on. Four hours of prosthetics that they would put on and hand paint. It was a lot of fun and to lose the weight, I had two days off between "Kinsey" and "P.S." which I made after.
So I had the two companies, one company want ing me to gain more weight, one company saying you've got to be in shape for "P.S."
So, once the fat suits went on for Clara, I went on a food delivery service thing called "Five Squares" and they delivered the food to the set which a lot of people in the hair and makeup trailer went on with me to help give me a little support. I lost about half of it, but I wasn't able to lose all of it. But I still occasionally eat donuts.
G21: What was it like, the third time [working with Liam Neeson]?
LL: Second time, really. We were both in "Love Actually" but we didn't actually [work together]. We did "The Crucible" together. The production of "The Crucible" is one of the best experiences I've ever had.
And Liam was unbelievable doing some of the best acting I've ever seen in my life. I really didn?t think that my respect for him could go any deeper than it already was. And when we did "Kinsey." I was like "This man is a great actor. He's also a movie star, but he's a great actor."
And Liam and I don't even have to talk a whole lot. We don't discuss things. We don't discuss the work a whole lot. We just work very well together and we just sort of fall into it, and there's a safety and communication. Just the care and the work he puts into everything. _He's a great human being and we're great friends and have been so even before we did "The Crucible," socially, and then of course as we worked together more and more. I'm very close to his family.
G21: After the first problem between Kinsey and his wife, everything rolls rather smoothly; they get away with the transgressions, including sleeping with Clyde Martin. There doesn't seem to be much stress on their relationship with Clara being the supportive wife.
Was that actually what happened or was there stress between the love and sex?
LL: The real details, the much deeper details of their marriage, are only for us to think about. But they were lifelong partners and devoted to each other until the day he died. It's obvious that they loved each other deeply and completely, and despite the challenges that they had within their marriage due to their own sexual exploration. That was a really successful marriage in spite of all that. They were a very, very unusual couple.
G21: Clara and Clyde's relationship changes as the story goes along. Did your working relationship with Peter [Saarsgard] develop also as the shooting went along?
LL: I had a ball with Peter. I didn't know him at all so we didn't really know each other, but Peter's great. For me to compare the two is difficult, because I've known Liam for so long. Peter has just such a fascinating quality to act with. And those eyes are so interesting.
G21: What is your next film?
LL: I have "The Squid and the Whale" next year [which debuted at Sundance 2005] which will come out before "The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel" [now "The Exorcism of Emily Rose"].
G21: Director Scott Derrickson's project?
LL: It's based on a trial that happened in Bavaria in the late '70s. It will not take place in Bavaria, nor will it take place in the late '70s, but is about a woman who went through a series of exorcisms and then died a young girl of 22.
The priest was arrested and put on trial for negligent homicide. Tom Wilkinson is playing the priest. Campbell Scott is the prosecuting attorney; I'm the defense attorney. So it deals with all of that stuff. There probably will be flashbacks to the exorcism and what happened there, because it's a court case and you're dealing with different viewpoints of the event. I leave for rehearsals tomorrow.
G21: Is it a drama/horror/thriller into the supernatural aspects of exorcisms or is that a background to tell us a more dramatic story?
LL: When you make movies, you don't know what they're going to be. They name the things to get them made. When you're really making a movie, movies take on a life of their own and you don't really know which way they're going to go. I just have learned from experience not to limit my thoughts about what something should or should not be. A lot of times I have no idea what it will be, and that's the fun of it. You know, you're actually creating something and you go "Oh, that's what it is" and you don't know that's what it's going to be.
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