I have added a few new outtakes of Mary’s latest photo shoots to the site. They are from this month’s 1883 Magazine and Citizen K’s 100th issue as well as her recent Who What Wear shoot. You can view all the updated albums in the gallery.
Warner Bros. also released a new poster of the cast celebrating ‘Galentine’s Day’, the day before Valentine’s Day where you spend the day with your female friends and leave your husbands/boyfriends at home. 😛
Birds of Prey landed in first place at the box office this weekend, nabbing a total of $33.3 million domestically in its first weekend. Internationally, it has garnered a total of $48 million. Below is a summary of the top 5 films for the weekend of February 7-9. Hopefully the film will continue to make more money and more people see it! It’s a really great film so if you haven’t already, go get your ticket!
| Birds of Prey | $33.3M |
| Bad Boys for Life | $12.0M |
| 1917 | $9.0M |
| Dolittle | $6.7M |
| Jumanji: The Next Level | $5.5M |
There are two brand new photo shoots I have added into the gallery that Mary did to promote her new film Birds of Prey. The first one is from Entertainment Weekly’s Around the Table, where a film cast get together and discuss their movie over a meal. You can see that photo by clicking the thumbnail below and viewing the entire video interview below:
Secondly, Mary has a new photo shoot with WhoWhatWear. Some of the photos are below and some highlights from the interview. Be sure to click the link above to read it in full:
Do you remember when you got the call to come in for this project? What was your initial reaction?
It piqued my interest because it was so female-led. Margot Robbie, the fact that she was starring in it, because I really respect her as an actress, but also the fact that she was producing, I thought was really interesting. I went and watched Cathy Yan’s first film, which I loved, so I really wanted to meet her and talk to her about it. I was really curious about Birds of Prey from the get-go, more so than I think other films in this genre, because I think I thought, Oh, you sort of know what to expect, whereas this was something new to me. I was excited to meet all these women who are strong and interesting and unique.
What was your fitness regimen preparing for this role?
You know, thankfully they didn’t put us on any particular fitness regimen other than training for the roles, which was what do you need to know in order to play this character? What do you need to be able to do? Sometimes I was on my own, sometimes I was with the other girls, but we just had a big warehouse and trained with the stunt team for several months, did a lot of jujitsu, various kinds of martial arts, a lot of drills that would sort of slowly build into choreography over time, so it was really fun. I really loved it. I love working with stunt people because I find them to be just incredible people and so supportive and sweet, and their work ethic is incredible, and obviously their talent is unimaginable. I always find it really inspiring just to be around stunt people. I feel really lucky to get the opportunity to do that.
Continue reading New ‘Birds of Prey’ Photo Shoots and Interviews
Below are some newer Birds of Prey interviews Mary and the rest of the cast did as part of their press junket to promote the film. Enjoy!
THR caught up with Mary to discuss Birds of Prey and her upcoming action film Kate (hitting Netflix later this year), and I’ve highlighted some of the Q&A’s below. Be sure to click the link above to read it in full:
In Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins, he made the point that Bruce Wayne is Batman’s mask, figuratively speaking. With that in mind, how would you differentiate Huntress from Helena? Is Huntress her true face, a la Batman?
I think she creates Huntress from Helena. She creates Huntress from the pain that Helena has experienced in her youth. Huntress is the face she can put on to put that pain into action and turn that pain into something good in her eyes. She gets to be an avenger, she gets to have purpose and she gets to be more than just this scared little girl that she was when her family was killed in front of her. I think that’s what the character or persona of Huntress represents to her.
Physically speaking, is this the hardest job you’ve ever had?
It was up until that point. Since then, I’ve moved on and done a much more action-heavy movie [Kate] after Birds of Prey, which was great. But Birds of Prey was definitely a big, huge leap in that direction for me to really train hard with a stunt team and go beyond what I’ve done before in terms of fight training and physicality. I really loved it.
Given the women-led creative team, did you and your castmates have greater camaraderie?
Absolutely. We talked about it a lot. I remember speaking with Jurnee about how she and I have both been in the business since we were kids — well over 20 years now — and how this is the first time this has happened for either of us, which is shocking, strange and not right. But, at the same time, it’s made this experience so special, and it was such a bonding experience for all of us to go through this film together, to be in the trenches together, to be working hard together, to be putting out work that we’re proud of and to have it be our own. It feels great to not be standing behind a bunch of men, but to actually be standing in front of it as women with something that we made, something that we’re proud of and something that we put our blood, sweat and tears into.
Lots more video interviews with Mary promoting Birds of Prey with the cast have also been uploaded and you can view them after the cut.
Continue reading THR Interviews Mary; More Birds of Prey Interviews
Mary made her debut last night (Feb. 3rd) on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon and while there, they talked about their time together working on the 2006 film ‘Factory Girl’. They also talked about Birds of Prey and showed a brand new clip! Screen caps will come soon but in the meantime, I also added HQ stills of Mary’s appearance into the gallery. You can also see Mary’s full interview below:
Earlier today I posted a bunch of brand new interviews Mary did with her Birds of Prey co-stars while they were in Mexico and London, and I am adding a few more on here that I missed.
Sunrise UK Showbiz Correspondent @SteveHargrave caught up with Oscar-nominated Aussie actress Margot Robbie and her #BirdsofPrey co-stars to chat about the "Suicide Squad" spin-off ?? pic.twitter.com/1M95o6smL4
— Sunrise (@sunriseon7) February 3, 2020
Below are several new interviews Mary and the ladies from the Birds of Prey participated in when they were promoting the film in London and Mexico City. You can view them all below and remember that the film opens this Thursday! You can get tickets here! Additionally, Mary and Margot did a BBC radio interview which you can listen to HERE. I also added a cute promo the cast did to celebrate Carnival in Brazil. You can view that under the ‘more’ tag.
Mary will have a busy schedule next week with Birds of Prey hitting theaters on Friday. She will be doing some promotional work with the cast and by herself in New York and Los Angeles. Below are the list of upcoming appearances she has scheduled:
Mon, February 3, 2020 from 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST, she will be at the AOL Build Series.
Update: Unfortunately, this event has now been CANCELLED.
On the same day (Feb. 3), Mary will also be on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
On Tuesday, February 4th, Mary along with Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez, Ella Jay Basco & Jurnee Smollett-Bell will be on THE VIEW. (CANCELLED. Mary did not appear, however the rest of the cast did.)
On February 4th, she will also be a guest on Good Morning America along with her co-stars Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez, and Jurnee Smollett-Bell. (CANCELLED. Mary did not appear, however the rest of the cast did.)
Finally, the day before the movie hits on Thursday, February 6, Mary will be on Conan. (CANCELLED)
After Birds of Prey had their London premiere on Wednesday, Twitter users flocked to the social media app to praise the film. While critics’ reviews won’t be out until next week, fans agreed that the film is amazing, worth the watch, and overall a great film filled with humor and tons of action! You can find some of their reactions below:
I want to give a special shout out to Mary Elizabeth Winstead's Helena here for having some of the most surprising laugh-out-loud moments of the movie. This is a Helena I want a comic about.
— Meg Downey (@rustypolished) January 29, 2020
#BirdsOfPrey has terrific action, humor & some of the more memorable characters we’ve seen in a DC movie, but the biggest highlight is Margot Robbie. She is fantabulous as Harley, while also proving that sometimes our most valued relationships are the ones we have w/ good food pic.twitter.com/EDQ3sr5JtL
— Erik Davis (@ErikDavis) January 29, 2020
#BirdsofPrey is delightfully unassuming and unconcerned with its place in a larger context. It's a bonkers bananas crime comedy and a genuine party movie. Everyone is having a blast but Mary Elizabeth Winstead plays Huntress like a supporting character from THE TICK. It rocks. pic.twitter.com/7MRMKkZ0oi
— Scott Mendelson (@ScottMendelson) January 29, 2020