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New Mercy Street Interview with The Huffington Post

on January 12, 2016January 12, 2016 by Jessica Comments Off

Mercy Street premieres THIS Sunday on PBS following Downton Abbey, and The Huffington Post caught up with Mary and two of her co-stars, Josh Radnor and Norbert Leo Butz to talk about the upcoming historical drama. All of the actors agreed though, they all signed up for the show because of how great the story was.
Here’s what Mary had to share:

“You have Union and Confederate characters together,” says Winstead, who plays Mary Phinney, a high-minded abolitionist nurse from Boston. “Mary wants to help people. But she immediately falls into a great sense of confusion by what she finds in this hospital. She’s thrown off her game.”

You can read the full interview by clicking the link above.

I’ve also added two new stills which you can view in the gallery.

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New Mercy Street Interview

on January 11, 2016 by Jessica Comments Off

With Mercy Street premiering Sunday on PBS, a lot of new interviews with the cast will be making its way online in anticipation for the series premiere. The Fresno Bee caught up with some of the cast and execs of Mercy Street, and Mary shared some thoughts on her character:

Many of the characters are based on real people. They’re not the famous names that dominate most tales about the conflagration, but ordinary people like Mary Phinney, who kept a memoir of her experiences as a nurse in the hospital. Mary Elizabeth Winstead (“The Returned”) plays Phinney. “I was sort of cast somewhat last minute, and flew in and got started right away, and kind of dived into her memoir,” she says.

“So I was shooting this at the same time as I was discovering things about her. And I sort of gave everything over to these guys who were creating such an authentic environment, that I really felt like I was experiencing what she was experiencing when she first came to this hospital, and met all these people.

“And all of it is in her text as I’m acting it from day to day. And it was kind of a wonderful, special thing to be a part of and to bring to life. And I also felt I related to her so much and felt that her ideals and her views and what she was trying to accomplish and the way that she behaved was so contemporary – and so much like myself and people that I surround myself in my life now with.”

You can read the full interview by clicking on the link above.

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Mary Attends “It Girl” Luncheon

on January 10, 2016 by Jessica Comments Off

The Golden Globes are tonight but parties for the big awards show continued on throughout the weekend and yesterday, Mary attended W Magazine’s It Girl Luncheon in Los Angeles. At the event, Mary hung out with actress Kiernan Shipka, Jaime King and model Chanel Iman.

I’ve added over 40 photos, so be sure to head to the gallery to view all the pics! A little more than the first half are HQ.

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Mary Attends W Magazine’s Golden Globes Party

on January 8, 2016 by Jessica Comments Off

Mary looked fun in a floral dress while attending the first awards party of the year: W Magazine’s Best Performances event in Los Angeles. Speaking to WWD, all sorts of A-list celebs arrived early to one of the hottest parties.

“Wow, we thought we’d beat the crowds by coming early but it seems as if everyone’s caught on,” she said of the punctual throngs crowding the penthouse.

Mary bought some edge to her outfit by wearing a leather jacket and went with her husband, Faults director Riley Stearns.

Head to the gallery to check out the pics!

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Behind the Scenes Interview on Mercy Street

on January 4, 2016 by Jessica Comments Off

The Daily Beast caught up with several of the Mercy Street cast earlier this year and went behind the scenes with them to share their experiences on filming, what they’ve learned and more. Below are some highlights on Mary’s thoughts where she shares most of her scenes with How I Met Your Mother actor Josh Radnor:

“Mary and Dr. Foster have a bit of an antagonistic relationship,” Winstead says. “Even though Dr. Foster is on the Union’s side, he doesn’t necessarily share her views on slavery. She’s a very staunch abolitionist, so she’s shocked by his cavalier attitude towards slavery, and his lack of commitment to the cause of ridding it.” The two also have “completely different views on medicine and how to go about doing things,” Radnor says.

On filming the show: “It’s been quite a challenge, but it’s been really exciting. I feel so inspired every minute by all the actors, and the direction, and the camera team, the art department. Everybody is working at such a high level that it really makes us all feel like we want to rise to the occasion.”

The actors also prepared for their roles by watching Ken Burns’ PBS documentary The Civil War.

“I love how human this series really is,” Winstead says, “and how you’re able to see characters on both sides of the war, and how they justify their actions in a way that we can relate to.”

Mercy Street premieres on PBS Sunday, January 17 at 10pm.

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Mercy Street Blu Ray to be Released in February

on December 30, 2015December 30, 2015 by Jessica Comments Off

Once Mercy Street makes its debut on PBS January 17, the six part mini series will be hitting shelves on blu-ray February 2.

Set in Virginia in the spring of 1862, the program follows the lives of two volunteer nurses on opposite sides of the conflict; Mary Phinney, (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), a staunch New England abolitionist, and Emma Green, (Hannah James), a naive young Confederate belle. The two collide at Mansion House, the Green family’s luxury hotel that has been taken over and transformed into a Union Army Hospital in Alexandria, a border town between North and South and the longest-occupied Confederate city of the war. Ruled under martial law, Alexandria is now the melting pot of the region, filled with soldiers, civilians, female volunteers, doctors, wounded fighting men from both sides, runaway slaves, prostitutes, speculators and spies.

No other details were provided, but you can pre-order the series over on Amazon!

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New Mercy Street Photo and Interview

on December 22, 2015 by Jessica Comments Off

With Mercy Street debuting in less than a month, PBS has uploaded new character posters and some info on the new characters we’ll be introduced to. Here’s what Mary had to say about her character Nurse Mary Phinney:

Mary walks into a world that is much more chaotic and messy and wild than what she was anticipating, so it is kind of a whirlwind for her when she first gets there and sees how things really work. She’s a little bit set in her ways, a little bit uptight.

I think she believes that her way of thinking is the only possible and right way, and she is forced to open her eyes to a lot of different points of view and a lot of different types of people, and also to let go a little bit of her past and her own experiences and accept this new world she is in.

Head to the site to read the full character bio and be sure to head to the gallery to view the new character poster!

Mercy Street debuts on PBS January 17 at 10pm/9c.

The Hollars

The Hollars to Premiere at Sundance

on December 10, 2015 by Jessica Comments Off

Looks like Mary will be keeping busy at Sundance early next month! After news broke last week that Mary’s upcoming film with Daniel Radcliffe Swiss Army Man would be premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, another new film of hers will also be making its debut: John Krasinski’s The Hollars.

According to the official Sundance site, the movie will debut in the “premieres” section. The film follows aspiring New York City artist John Hollar (Krasinski) returns to his Middle America hometown on the eve of his mother’s brain surgery. Joined by his girlfriend (Anna Kendrick), eight months pregnant with their first child, John is forced to navigate the crazy world he left behind.

Congrats to Mary and the rest of the cast!

The Festival takes place January 21-31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Sundance and Ogden, Utah.

Swiss Army Man

Swiss Army Man Heads to Sundance 2016

on December 2, 2015 by Jessica 1 Comment

Here’s some great (but not surprising) news! Mary’s new indie film, Swiss Army Man, will be heading to the Sundance Film Festival in January 2016. The film will be entered in the U.S. Dramatic Competition. Here’s a full synopsis via Deadline:

Swiss Army Man / U.S.A. (Directors and screenwriters: Daniel Scheinert, Daniel Kwan) — Hank, a hopeless man stranded in the wild, discovers a mysterious dead body. Together the two embark on an epic journey to get home. As Hank realizes the body is the key to his survival, this once-suicidal man is forced to convince a dead body that life is worth living. Cast: Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe, Mary Elizabeth Winstead. World Premiere

Congrats to Mary and the rest of the cast for getting into Sundance! It’s always been such a great experience for her.

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Latest Mercy Street Trailer and Photos

on November 24, 2015 by Jessica Comments Off

I have screen-capped the newest teaser trailer for Mary’s upcoming television series, Mercy Street, which will debut on PBS on January 17. You can watch it below and then head to the gallery to see the newest pic as well as a brand new still. Enjoy!

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