The NY Daily News recently caught up with Mary and talked to her about the research she did for Smashed, how she hung out with Aaron Paul and her career. Click the link to read the full interview.
It’s a major career leap for Winstead, who’s been acting since she was 13. Now 27, she had a breakthrough playing the love interest in 2010’s “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.” But despite major roles since then in big-budget studio flicks (“Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” and the remake of “The Thing”), she was unsatisfied with the films being offered her.
“When I was younger, I was just excited to have any work at all,” Winstead says. “To be part of making a movie was mind-blowingly exciting. And I don’t want to lose that feeling.”
She insists she’s not jaded. “But I wanted to demand more of myself and the people around me so I can keep growing. Rather than just going from job to job, I wanted to force myself to be better,” she says. “It’s great to work, but I’d like to do something more challenging.”
For research, Winstead attended A.A. meetings with the film’s co-writer, Susan Burke. Winstead found that while she didn’t have a substance-abuse problem herself, the lessons of the 12-step program were nonetheless invaluable.
“It definitely terrifies me,” she says. “So I’d love to try my hand at it.”
A new Smashed review has been released via Village Voice:
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