Paige has scanned the full interview of Mary in the new fall/winter issue of VVV Magazine! Head to the gallery to check it all out. In the Q&A, Mary discusses 10 Cloverfield Lane, how important it is to her to play strong, female characters, what horror/sci-fi films inspired her when she was younger and who her biggest influences are.
I have added over 1100+ screen caps of Mary’s amazing performance in 10 Cloverfield Lane. Head to the gallery to check out all the photos and please do enjoy them! Also, they’re spoiler-y (obviously) so just be aware!
Several new interviews with Mary are out today ahead of the premiere of BrainDead, premiering this Monday, June 13 at 10pm on CBS. As always, below I will post highlights from each interview, but click on each individual link to read them in full. The first one comes from IGN where Mary talks about the show and 10 Cloverfield Lane.
IGN: What was your first reaction hearing the concept? I think what is really interesting is the Kings making it, because I don’t think anyone predicted this would be their next show after The Good Wife.
Winstead: Absolutely not. I think when it was first brought up to me, the concept wasn’t really brought up. What was said was “the Kings are doing this new show. You should read the script.” The producer who mentioned it to me does both BrainDead and Mercy Street. Eventually it came through as an offer from my agent and the same thing was kind of said. “Take a look at the script. It’s from the Kings. It’s their new show after The Good Wife.” I didn’t know what it was when I opened it. I was just blown away by the script and what a risky, fun, ballsy move it was on their part to do this as their first thing after the Good Wife. it’s such a 180 and a shift in tone and style and story and a real experiment because it’s just a mash up of so many genres. I just felt like it was done so well in the pilot that I read and they’re so talented. When really talented people are going on a limb and doing things no one else is doing, you want along for that ride. That was my thought process on it.
IGN: The night that trailer dropped, I was like “holy s**t, I talked to her about this movie a year ago but I didn’t know it was this movie.” Was it funny for you to have the whole discovery yourself of what it was actually going to be, after thinking, “Oh, I made this little movie with me and John Goodman.”
Winstead: It’s been one of the most pleasant surprises of my career because it’s not that the movie became something else. That’s the movie that we shot. But I didn’t expect anyone to know about it because in my mind, it was this little movie called Valencia with me and John Goodman. It wasn’t until the Cloverfield name got attached to it that people turned their heads and said, “Oh, this sounds interesting.” It is an interesting comment on current moviegoers and a title does need something now. That’s a whole other conversation, but in this case, I’m happy that it made people want to talk about it and curious about it and that it made people want to check it out, and that there’s such a great response.
Paramount Home Media Distribution has announced the Blu-ray release of producer J.J. Abrams and up-and-coming director Dan Trachtenberg’s 10 Cloverfield Lane, which stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman and John Gallagher, Jr. The spiritual sequel/spin-off to Cloverfield (2008) arrives on Blu-ray combo pack on June 14th. The film arrives two weeks early on Digital HD May 31.
10 CLOVERFIELD LANE Blu-ray Combo Pack
The 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE Blu-ray is presented in 1080p high definition with English Dolby Atmos, French 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital, Portuguese 5.1 Dolby Digital and English Audio Description and English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles. The DVD in the combo pack is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 TVs with English 5.1 Dolby Digital, French 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital and English Audio Description and English, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles. The combo pack includes access to a Digital HD copy of the film as well as the following:
Blu-ray
DVD
The Blu-ray Combo Pack available for purchase includes a Digital HD version of the film that can be accessed through UltraViolet™, a way to collect, access and enjoy movies. With UltraViolet, consumers can add movies to their digital collection in the cloud, and then stream or download them—reliably and securely—to a variety of devices.
10 CLOVERFIELD LANE Single-Disc DVD
The single-disc DVD is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 TVs with English 5.1 Dolby Digital, French 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital and English Audio Description and English, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles. The disc includes the feature film in standard definition.
A new international trailer for 10 Cloverfield Lane has been released and it is HEAVY with SPOILERS! If you haven’t seen the film, it is best not to watch it until you’ve seen the movie. You can view it below as well as caps from it, a new international poster and concept art. The concept art comes via The Film Stage.
International Trailer Screen Caps
Concept Art
International Poster
I have added a few more photos of Mary at the New York City premiere of her latest film, 10 Cloverfield Lane into the gallery that took place earlier this month. Enjoy the new photos! 🙂
Paramount Pictures has released two new clips of Mary’s newest film, 10 Cloverfield Lane which you can watch below. The film is already out in the U.S. and will hit the U.K. on March 18. If you haven’t bought your tickets yet, you can do so by clicking here.
I’ve added what seems to be the final batch of 10 Cloverfield Lane interviews Mary did promoting the film. You can find the previous interviews here and here.
Speaking with Thrillist, Mary gave tips on how to act scared when filming and doing stuntwork:
“I definitely have more confidence with [stunts] now. Sometimes too much. I think I can do things that I can’t really do. I have photos of my body some days after shooting where I’m literally covered in bruises. Like, I look like a spotted animal or something. Covered in welts. I’d be like, ‘I don’t even know how this happened. I don’t even know what I was doing that made it this bad.’ I think part of it is the character and just her desperation. Take jumping over a table: when you’re jumping over a table and you’re scared for your life, it’s not going to be the smoothest jump in the world, you know? I would end up knocking myself around a bit.”
Continue reading Final Batch of 10 Cloverfield Lane Interviews
Paige has posted a bunch of new interviews Mary recently did for 10 Cloverfield Lane, and I’ve added a few more which you can check out below. After the cut, you can hear a podcast Mary did with Joshua Horowitz and some other video interviews, including her interview with AOL Build:
Time.com Interview:
What kind of physical training did you do to prepare to play a total badass?
What I started to do in my off-hours was to put in a little time at the gym, because I’m not particularly a gym rat. Nothing crazy—a bit of weightlifting and cardio just to make sure I didn’t collapse halfway through shooting. I knew that once I was there, it needed to feel like this real girl who doesn’t have any special skills. She’s not a martial artist, she doesn’t come from any background where she would be more capable physically than anyone else, other than the fact that she’s just a tough girl.
How often do you read parts where you think, “That woman is a total badass?”
Very, very rarely. It’s rare to read parts with female leads in general when it comes to more mainstream fare, so that in and of itself was a rarity. When you get a script and it’s a female lead, you’re just hoping for the best—“Please let this be good, please don’t let this be stereotypical”—but you’re expecting those things because you’re so used to reading that kind of stuff. With this, every page was like, “She’s so cool, she’s still really cool, she’s smart, she’s interesting, she’s mysterious!”
What was your audition process like?
The casting came through my agents but it was a bit different. They called me, and they were like, “we don’t know anything about it, we are not allowed to read the script, nobody is allowed to read it.” It was this super-mysterious thing, they were just like, “someone is going to send you the script from Paramount and you are going to get this link and you are going to read it and as soon as you read it, it’s going to delete itself, so after reading it once you have to decide if you want to do this thing.” I read it and immediately loved it, but obviously wanted to meet with J.J. and Dan and talk about it. Once I met with them, I was completely on board. I loved that my agents were like, “we don’t get to have an opinion in this!”
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Mary Elizabeth Winstead: From Mercy Street to Cloverfield Lane – Interview Magazine
BROWN: When get a script, would you normally have your agent read it? Or would you talk to your family or friends?
WINSTEAD: Normally it’s just the agent and we have the conversation. Sometimes I open it up if I want a bit more of an opinion—sometimes my husband will read it, my mom will read it, my sister will read it. But usually it’s after the fact. Once I’ve accepted a role, I’ll let my parents and my sisters read it because they find it entertaining. If you let too many cooks in the kitchen it could cloud your vision of what you want to do.
Why 10 Cloverfield Lane Star Mary Elizabeth Winstead Is No Damsel In Distress – Bustle
Playing a well-rounded character like Michelle was a unique and welcome experience for Winstead, who describes the female characters she typically sees as being unrealistically strong or “a total mess.” But taking on the part of Michelle wasn’t all roses; the role required quite a bit of stunt work, as Michelle fights for her freedom, and, while the character is, without a doubt, a badass female heroine, she’s no superhero. “I ended up with a lot of bumps and bruises that I wouldn’t have on other films because I was just trying to play it very real,” Winstead explains.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead: Horror is a great place for strong female leads – Metro
When I do those films I’ve always try not to be exploited in any way, or play characters that go against anything I have within me in terms of my feminist nature. This was a script when I read it I knew immediately it was something I could take on. There were a couple of things in the script that in the wrong hands could go in a way I wouldn’t be comfortable with. But after talking to Dan [Trachtenberg, director], I realized he was someone looking at the story from her perspective. He’s not looking at it like she’s this girl in peril. He’s seeing himself in her as a person. She’s an everyperson. She’s not a damsel in distress. She’s an anybody in distress. She’s behaving in a way any of us would, as opposed to a certain type of woman.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead in Spring’s Coolest Shades – Harpers Bazaar
How did you handle being interrogated on your press day?
I had a couple of people who were really playing hardball. I can admittedly get really sucked into a conversation before I realize that people are just trying to get things out of me. A lot of people were casually asking, “So what are you looking at in the end of the trailer?” And you answer and then think, “Wait! Did they just catch me? Did I just let that slip?” We were all interviewed separately—J.J., the director Dan Trachtenberg, John Gallagher Jr., and me. Afterwards, we all huddled together to recap. “What did they ask you?” “What did you say?
Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Melanie Lynskey for The Talkhouse Film Podcast
On the latest episode of the Talkhouse Film podcast, filmmaker, actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead marks the release of her new movie, 10 Cloverfield Lane, by sitting down with Togetherness star Melanie Lynskey. Over the course of a frank and entertaining conversation, the two discuss everything from the inevitable insecurities that come from watching yourself on screen, to improvisation, their beginnings in the film business, the perils of making audition tapes, and their differing approaches to timekeeping.
’10 Cloverfield Lane’s’ Winstead Cracks Open the Bad Robot Mystery Box – Spinoff
The scenes we’ve seen with you and John Goodman are so intense — was it an intense sort of filming experience?
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