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Kimme: Uh, how... How do you choose your roles?
Elizabeth: Hmm. Well, when I'm lucky enough to choose my roles, I... I wanna find... a character that's... That's difficult to... to, on the surface, understand. I want... I want to take the person, and figure out why are they like this. Were they born, or were they made? And then that can run the gamut from the more notorious to the... Just anyone.
Mary Atherton-Yoo: Why would you want to play someone who you think is a bad person?
Elizabeth: Are you kidding? I mean, pick any great role. Medea or Hedda Gabbler, or...
Cameron: Tony Soprano.
[scattered chuckling]
Elizabeth: Precisely... Cameron. It's the complexity. It's the moral grey areas that are interesting, right?
Elizabeth: Hmm. Well, when I'm lucky enough to choose my roles, I... I wanna find... a character that's... That's difficult to... to, on the surface, understand. I want... I want to take the person, and figure out why are they like this. Were they born, or were they made? And then that can run the gamut from the more notorious to the... Just anyone.
Mary Atherton-Yoo: Why would you want to play someone who you think is a bad person?
Elizabeth: Are you kidding? I mean, pick any great role. Medea or Hedda Gabbler, or...
Cameron: Tony Soprano.
[scattered chuckling]
Elizabeth: Precisely... Cameron. It's the complexity. It's the moral grey areas that are interesting, right?
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Uh how How do you choose your roles Elizabeth Hmm
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Well when I'm lucky enough to choose my roles I
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I wanna find
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a character that's
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That's difficult to to on the surface understand
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I want I want to take the person I want to figure out why are they like this
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Were they born or were they made
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And that can run the gamut from the more notorious to the
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Just anyone
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Why would you want to play someone who you think is a bad person
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Are you kidding I mean pick any great role
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Medea or Hedda Gabler or
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Cameron Tony Soprano
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scattered chuckling
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Precisely Cameron
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It's the complexity It's the moral grey areas that are interesting right
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Movie Summary
Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their past.