Category: A Good Day to Die Hard

Collider.com interviewed Mary about her role in Smashed, A Good Day to Die Hard and The Spectacular Now. I’ve posted some excerpts below, but click on the link above to read the full interview where she goes more in-depth about Smashed and her other roles.

Collider: How did you come to this film? Were you sent the script and then pursued it, or were you offered the role?

MARY ELIZABETH WINSTEAD: It was a unique situation. I knew, at that point, that I really needed to do something small. And I had been saying, for a long time, that I wanted to do something small, but it’s one of those things where it’s not really heard unless you say it really loudly. You don’t make any money, so people aren’t actively trying to find you those projects, unless you come out and say, “This is what I want you to do. This is what you have to do.” So, that’s what I said to my team. I was like, “I’ve been having a lot of fun. This has been great. But, this is what I have to do now. I want to do something small and intimate. Just send me those scripts for awhile because my next project has to be something like that.” And this was one of the first scripts that I got.

Are you also in the new Die Hard film, A Good Day to Die Hard?

WINSTEAD: I am, yes. It’s another brief supporting role, but it was also fun. I got to go to Budapest and hang out with Bruce [Willis] for a couple of days. It was nice.

Is it fun to get to be a part of such a big franchise, like that?

WINSTEAD: Definitely! It’s always been a lot of fun for me, just to be in films that people see and they connect to, bit or small. The big ones tend to reach a wider audience, so it’s exciting to feel like you’ve got fans in countries, all over the world, who are watching what you’re doing. That’s really great! The older I get, the more I’m drawn to the smaller films, but I still hope to keep those bigger films in my repertoire. It’s just maybe going to be a shift in focus, but I’ll definitely still hopefully be kicking around in those.

Like the headline reads, IAmRogue interviewed Mary about her role in Smashed and A Good Day to Die Hard (AKA Die Hard 5). In the interview, Mary discusses her new movie, how she related to her character, her research, her character’s co-dependent relationship with her husband, working with actor Aaron Paul, acting drunk, and the mood on set, as well as returning to the Die Hard series, shooting her brief role in the film, sharing a scene with Bruce Willis, meeting her brother (Jai Courtney) for the first time, not seeing much action this time around, and the possibility of a spin-off featuring just the McClane children.

Such a good interview and Mary looks great!

Mary Elizabeth Winstead has insisted she did not expect another Die Hard film.

The Smashed star is reprising her role as John McClane’s daughter Lucy in Bruce Willis’ fifth movie about the disaster-saving cop.

She said: “It’s a very brief appearance but it was really fun to reprise the father-daughter rapport.” She continued by saying:

“I keep thinking it’s got to be the last one, I thought the last one was gonna be the last one. So who knows… as long as Bruce is still up for it, I’m sure they’ll keep making them.”

Also, THR has posted a new online interview with Mary and her Smashed director James Ponsoldt.