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Posted Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 - 13 Comments »

Lunch With… Amy Ryan

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The Oscar nominee sits down to talk about the work in Gone Baby Gone, her next film (for Paul Greengrass and with Matt Damon), and life as a working actor turned media phenom almost overnight.

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13 Responses to “Lunch With… Amy Ryan”

  1. Mr. Gittes says:
    January 29, 2008 at 4:38 pm

    Really looking forward to Imperial Life in the Emerald City ( or is it called Green Zone?). We all know films about Iraq are failing financially and critically but if there’s anyone that can do it “right”, it’s Mr. Greengrass and Mr. Damon. Come this time next year, Amy Ryan might be making the Oscar rounds again.

  2. Hopscotch says:
    January 29, 2008 at 5:19 pm

    It doesn’t have a tilte at the moment, “Green Zone Thriller”.
    Loved the book. great book.
    Can’t wait to see GBG.

  3. KamikazeCamelV2.0 says:
    January 29, 2008 at 7:41 pm

    I’m still a bit miffed that, as of right now, Gone Baby Gone won’t even be released here by the time the Oscars come around.

  4. JB Moore says:
    January 29, 2008 at 8:21 pm

    God I love her. Had a crush on her since season 2 of The Wire. Talk about doing a 180 from Beadie Russell to Helene McCready. I really don’t give a damn about the Oscars, but I’ll be pulling for her. She deserves it.

  5. Wrecktum says:
    January 29, 2008 at 9:10 pm

    She cleans up nicely.

  6. 555 says:
    January 30, 2008 at 8:06 am

    Is that The Dude over her left shoulder?

  7. frankbooth says:
    January 30, 2008 at 9:50 am

    It’s either The Dude or Joe Eszterhas.
    I watched the entirety of GBG without realizing I was looking at Beadie from Season 2 of The Wire. Just kept thinking she looked familiar. After looking her up on imdb, I had a completely different impression of her talent.

  8. lazarus says:
    January 30, 2008 at 11:22 am

    Her character certainly has the most depth of the five nominees. While Blanchett’s work can’t be slighted, I think Ryan had a very difficult job that couldn’t be measured by how close she was getting to a well-known icon. She had to play totally despicable, and then somehow still make us care by the end of the film.
    I really think she deserves this, and it will help her career more than any of the others as well.

  9. RP says:
    January 30, 2008 at 11:22 am

    If only everyone had the grace and good nature of this amazing actress (another fan of “The Wire” here). Thank goodness she’s finally getting the recognition and film roles that will bring her work to a wider audience.

  10. MarkVH says:
    January 30, 2008 at 11:26 am

    I still can’t quite fathom the love for this performance. Beadie Russell is freakin’ awesome, but Ryan played GBG like a cartoon character. If she wins then fine, but you’ll never be able to convince me that this was a great performance.

  11. David Poland says:
    January 30, 2008 at 12:11 pm

    Yes, 555… it’s a limited edition The Dude circus punk by Reuben Rude… one of my favorite things.

  12. 555 says:
    January 31, 2008 at 5:36 am

    Sweet.

  13. Hopscotch says:
    January 31, 2008 at 9:07 am

    If that item is owned by Ms. Ryan…she just became one of the hottest women of all time!!!

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