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Posted Wednesday, December 8th, 2010 - 11 Comments »

Blue Valentine, actor Michelle Williams

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11 Responses to “Blue Valentine, actor Michelle Williams”

  1. Samuel Deter says:
    December 8, 2010 at 5:18 pm

    I have GOT to work with this woman. Such a good actress. So interesting. So genuine. So smart. So humble.

    Good interview Polonia! (that’s Poland in spanish)

  2. sanj says:
    December 8, 2010 at 5:33 pm

    this was a bit different – Michelle slowed her speech for
    first 15 minutes then went back to normal the rest of the way..

    there was only 7 minutes that was the movie itself

    since her movies aren’t repeated too often on regular cable – most of us know her from Dawson’s Creek repeats

    overall – i liked the Wendy and Lucy DP/30

  3. LexG says:
    December 8, 2010 at 5:57 pm

    LOOK AT HER!

  4. anghus says:
    December 8, 2010 at 8:24 pm

    talented gal. she’s done a great job of picking good material (mostly) and has avoided the dreaded hell of a katherine heigl career.

  5. Michael. says:
    December 9, 2010 at 12:37 am

    15:07 – 15:18 was a really heartfelt moment, I think she was close to losing it but kept her composure. She’s so great, good interview DP.

  6. Foamy Squirrel says:
    December 9, 2010 at 1:31 am

    Anghus: it depends on what you consider “dreaded”. I’m fairly sure there’s a sizable contingent of budding actresses who would pick a career modeled after Katherine Heigl over a career modeled after Michelle Williams.

  7. movieman says:
    December 9, 2010 at 3:50 am

    Personally I’m getting a little sick and tired of Williams’ affected Method-isms. And with her new blonde dye job she’s beginning to remind me a tad of the post-”Aphrodite” Mira Sorvino.
    That said, I loved the Cassavetes rawness and bruising emotional intensity of “Blue Valentine,” although it’s really Gosling’s picture.

  8. Grace says:
    December 11, 2010 at 5:40 pm

    8:58 – “are you hard on yourself?”

    Wow. That sweetness just can’t be contained. Great interview. Would love to see one with Gosling.

  9. leahnz says:
    December 11, 2010 at 5:48 pm

    i didn’t realise ‘blue valentine’ was shot in single takes. i’m keen to see it.

  10. erin says:
    March 24, 2011 at 2:12 am

    Movieman…i am curious what you mean by affected methodisms?

  11. Rahmbo says:
    June 20, 2011 at 6:22 am

    MW comes across as a little precious especially when talking about the filming of Blue Valentine… perhaps that’s what movieman was referring to.

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