Still can't figure out how she got snookered by
that Italian guy. Really, truth IS stranger than fiction!
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Hathaway has a distinct style that is always notable and fresh and engaging on the screen. Though I didn't see "Ocean's 8" I've been impressed with her acting at most every turn. She's got a sense of humor, comes across as genuine, and doesn't appear to be all that hung up on her 'stardom.' I look forward to seeing "Serenity" for yet another creative twist in her career -- she's great!
I thought I was the only one who thought she knocked it out of the ballpark in Ocean's 8. Loved it. She seems like she's grounded and working hard - which is all one can do in an insane industry.
I wish her nothing but success. :)
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I think Anne is great.
Anne ... embrace the Peppa time and then give us a singing, noir-inspired, Catwoman with a heart of gold.
Gosh, not one word here about her breakthrough role as Loreen in Brokeback Mountain. Which led into the Devil Wears Prada. Brokeback took Jake Gyllenhaal to the top and sure propelled Hathaway in that direction.
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@Oregondoggie Do many Brokeback fans even consider Zodiac and Prince of Persia "the top", if not the apex of public backlash where his ordeal predates hers?
@Edwina I don't really know as I'm not much of a movie person. For a lot of us it was the story of Brokeback Mountain that really clobbered us. We had lived through those times ourselves.
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I never understood and felt sad about the Hathaway haters years ago. What a lovely young woman who is open-hearted enough to feel nervous around extraordinary actresses in the same way that any of us might. Her humility around the awareness of gender bias and disparity and her growth into Time's Up....well, keep doing what you are doing, Ms. Hathaway. You are on your path as we all are. Kudos.
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I look forward to the day when an interview with a woman in the entertainment industry isn't all about being a woman in the entertainment industry. I'm sure these women have other interesting things to talk about. How about we give them an opportunity to do that?
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When it is all said and done Ms. Hathaway is a woman who chose a professional which encourages all those not in it to criticize those who are not only based on their performances but also based on perceptions of who they are off the screen or stage. In both scenarios those providing the critique may not have enough information on which to base their criticism. From a distance, it appears to me that Ms. Hathaway puts her full energy into being an actress as well as a wife and mother and like all of us , sometimes succeeds and sometimes fails in those endeavors.
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No one has mentioned the fine work done by Anne Hathaway in "Rachel's Getting Married" where she played a recovering addict from a rather disfunctional family.
I would like to mention that I was not convinced by her British accent in "Becoming Jane", a movie about the writer Jane Austen, but being an American, I do not think I can accurately judge. I will judge, however, certain British actors who play Americans in certain movies and cannot do an American accent to save their lives: Kate Winslet, Liam Neelson, Michael Caine, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson and others. Of course many British actors can do an American accent perfectly.
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There's never any mention of "One Day," a lovely film in which she and Jim Sturgess partner to break any viewer's beating heart. And her British accent sounds fine to me.
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I do quite like Anne and some of her performances are fantastic but I can assure you her accent in that film was all over the shop. From overwrought ‘Yorkshire Northern’ (employed by all the Stark men in Game of Thrones) through Received Pronunciation of the 1950’s BBC (which no-one in Britain sounds like) and including, at times, her own voice with a lazy English twang it was an absolute mess.
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Since you're a Brit, I'll take your word for it. But then I'm not a stickler when it comes to actors and their accents. I prefer watching Vanessa Redgrave (no virtuoso at accents) to Meryl Streep (a genius at accents) any day of the week.
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@Mossbird
I'm from Boston and the local accent is slaughtered all the time in film. Perfect, regional-specific accents are brutally hard and any effort deserves an A. Not to be mean or anything but get over yourself ...
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I enjoy watching Ms. Hathaway. She's a wonderful actress. I always look forward to her movies. Her turn in "Ocean's 8" is mesmerizing, and she truly did steal the show. In fact, her characterization brought vim and vigor to a film I thought was only mildly effective overall.
Her performance in "The Devil Wears Prada" will age like fine wine. She and Meryl Streep are fantastic together. The entire cast is great. We watched it again during the holidays and loved it as always.
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Ms Hathaway is fine, but she most certainly did not “steal the show” in Ocean’s 8.
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@Margaret
Most critics beg to differ if you read lots of the reviews.
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Nothing could get me to look away.
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Wouldn't a more standard title be: "AH Dares You to *Try* to Look Away"?
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Sorry, but she is an immensely overrated--and pretentious-- starlet. So she doesn't get roles "defined by the male gaze"? So if she looked like Sarah Sanders do you suppose she would have been cast in "The Devil Wears Pravda," etc.? Nearly all young film actresses trade on their looks (um, see photo), which is exactly why most of them don't survive past 40 or 50. If you dare, go watch her overwrought, Oscar-baiting emoting in "Les Miserables" again, not to mention her amateurish singing. Her son is a better critic than the fawning Ms. Shattuck.
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@Lewis Ford You appears to not be a fan, which is your prerogative, but calling Ms. Hathaway pretentious is off base. She comes across in the interview as very normal and grounded. Grading on the Hollywood curve, this makes her practically self-effacing. I don’t think you can judge pretentiousness from on-screen performances.
Personally, I’m a fan of hers and I’m interested in seeing her in some roles which are out of the norm for her. I agree that many actresses wash out by middle age, especially those who trade solely on their looks, but I suspect she will have a long and diverse career for many more years.
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@Lewis Ford
Hmm. What happens to actors who trade on their looks? Seems most of them survive past 40 or 50.
Talk about pretentious!
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@Ed M But that is the worst case scenario of all: the pretentious actress who pretends to be the down-to-earth, girl-next-door in interviews. For sure we can't really know what any of these stars is really like unless we know them personally, but she comes across as pretentious and phony to me.
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A great actress. And obviously a well-grounded and down-to-earth person. Great interview too.
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She's classy. She is part of a group of actors that comes in, does their work, and does it very well. I like watching her perform. Her singing was phenomenal.
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Nice interview with one of the classiest film stars of our day. Anne Hathaway has a body of work that is very impressive, and I've made a lot of room for her work in my DVD library. I wish I had liked OCEANS 8 more, since the film was stuffed wit some of my favorite stars. But there is no question that Anne Hathaway's over-the-top socialite really shone in a group of truly impressive ladies. I only wish she had more time to weave her comic magic. It's also nice to see that all the nasty social media hate that came her way around the time of LES MIZ has evaporated. Finally any movie that combines Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and the divine Meryl Streep better make sure it's a classic. Thus THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA. Respect.
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