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Two New Interviews With Mary Regarding Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

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Two new interviews featuring Mary have come online where she talks about Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Here’s part of the first one with Vulture.com:

Her relationship with Abe is so chaste. They never sexualize your character. Was there talk of ever trying to make it steamier to appeal to a certain kind of audience?

Definitely not. I think their relationship wouldn’t have made sense. I think they were very much in love, but he was also very distant in a lot of ways because of this other life that he was leading, and that was true of their relationship in real life. He’s very distant because of his political ambitions and she wanted to be very involved, and she was, but there was always a kind of wall between them because they both had their emotional issues. They had a lot of ups and downs.

I feel like with movies or TV shows where the wife is married to someone with a secret life, some viewers tend to turn on the wife because they feel like she’s clueless.
Totally.

Which is so unfair, but I can see how it happens. Did you feel that might happen with your character?
From my perspective and Timur’s perspective, she knew a lot more than she was really letting on. She just wanted him to be the person to come tell her what was really happening instead of going up and accusing him of this and that. And when he finally does, she’s like, I’ve known about this forever, I’ve just been waiting for you to have the balls to come and say it to me. So I didn’t really feel like I was the clueless, oblivious wife. I think it was more complex than that.

Also, here’s some of her interview with Hollywood.com

“The more I learned about her [while researching], the more I wanted to bring as much truth to her as possible, and I feel like she’s represented in the film in a realistic way to how she really was. I expected to read about her and for her to be wildly different from the way she was in the script, but I was surprised to find that it actually all matched up really well,” Winstead explained.

Mary also said that Smashed will be out sometime in September or October. A release date has yet to be announced.

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New BTS Photos From Smashed and a New TV Spot of AL:VH!

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A new Russian TV spot has come online featuring a whole scene between Mary as Mary Todd Lincoln and her co-star Benjamin Walker as Abe Lincoln having a picnic in the park. I’ve taken screen-shots of the scene, which you can view in the gallery. Feel free to watch the TV spot below. Also, I’ve added two new behind-the-scenes photos of Mary on the set of Smashed which you can view by clicking on the thumbs below. Thanks to outsidetheclouds for the heads up on the vid.

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Nick Offerman Wants Mary Elizabeth to Win an Award for Smashed

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Collider caught up with Parks and Recreation and Mary’s co-star in Smashed Nick Offerman, where he briefly talked about Smashed and believes that Mary should win some awards for her portrayal in the film:

 I’ve seen both your next films, 21 Jump Street and Smashed. You’re great in both of them, talk a little bit about getting these fun roles in these kinds of movies.

I saw the premiere of Smashed at Sundance and my wife and I were just absolutely verklempt when the lights came up. We were so moved to be in such a good film. I think James Ponsoldt did such an amazing job and Mary Elizabeth Winstead, if she doesn’t win a trophy of some sort for her performance I will eat my hat. I’ll s*** in my hat and then I’ll eat it. You can hold me to that.

Guess Nick is one of the many people who’ve seen the film and thinks Mary should win an award. I see an Oscar in Mary’s future.

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New Interview of Mary in the Sydney Morning Herald

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The Sydney Morning Herald has released a new interview with Mary where they talk about her career including questions about The Thing, Scott Pilgrim, AL:VH, Smashed and doing theatre. You can read the full interview at the link above, but below are some of the questions asked about ALVH and future projects:

You’ve just finished shooting another film, Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter. What can you tell us about it?

It’s the story of Abraham Lincoln, the historically accurate story of his life from childhood up through the Civil War and the assassination. But it weaves in this completely fictional account of the vampires and this underworld that existed during this time and basically tells the untold story of Abraham Lincoln, that he was not only a presidential candidate and great president, but also a bad-ass vampire hunter and killer.

And you’re also appearing in Smashed, which is getting early awards talk.

I’ve been hearing those kind of things. I of course would never expect those kind of things, because if you expect those kind of things you’re building it up for disappointment. Just the fact that anyone’s even mentioned that it could possibly be part of awards season is incredible in and of itself. And just the wonderful things the critics at Sundance said, even if it ended there I would be so happy. I’m really happy that people responded well to it.

So are you sticking to smaller stuff?

Just for a little while. It feels like the right thing. I want to keep doing that for the time being. There’s a couple of films that I’m about to sign on to, or things are close, that are both very small independent type movies. I think at a certain point I’ll be ready to step back into a big studio film, but right now I’m just having fun sticking to the smaller fare.

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Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Worldwide Rights to Smashed!

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Ah! This is such great news! It’s been confirmed that Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the worldwide rights to Mary’s Sundance film Smashed. Here’s the full announcement:

Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired all worldwide rights to SMASHED. The film, directed by James Ponsoldt (OFF THE BLACK), is produced by Jonathan Schwartz (Like Crazy) and Andrea Sperling (Like Crazy) of Super Crispy Entertainment, who were honored at Sundance this year with a Special Jury Prize for Excellence in Independent Film Producing, as well as Jennifer Cochis. The film is executive produced by Audrey and Zygi Wilf. SPC previously worked with Sperling on the 2005 feature, THE QUIET.

SMASHED premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival to positive reviews and stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead (SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD), Emmy Award® winner Aaron Paul (BREAKING BAD), Academy Award® winner Octavia Spencer (THE HELP), Nick Offerman (PARKS & RECREATION), Emmy Award® winner Megan Mullally (WILL & GRACE) and Emmy Award® winner Mary Kay Place (BIG LOVE; MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN).

In SMASHED, Kate and Charlie like to have a good time. Their marriage thrives on a shared fondness for music, laughter . . . and getting smashed. When Kate’s partying spirals into hard-core asocial behavior, compromising her job as an elementary schoolteacher, something’s got to give. But change isn’t exactly a cakewalk. Sobriety means she will have to confront the lies she’s been spinning at work, her troubling relationship with her mother, and the nature of her bond with Charlie.

“This is quite a remarkable and rare human drama, achieved through superb filmmaking by director James Ponsoldt and his entire cast, especially Mary Elizabeth Winstead, who gives one of the finest performances of the year. We are so pleased to be able to bring this film to audiences all over the world and to be working with producers Jonathan Schwartz and Andrea Sperling as well as our friends at UTA.” states Sony Pictures Classics.

Adds Producer Jonathan Schwartz, “We are all are thrilled to be working with Sony Pictures Classics on the release of SMASHED. We are in love this movie, and could think of no better home for the film than with Michael and Tom. Their track record speaks for itself. “

When release dates get announced, I’ll be sure to post them on the site. Stay tuned! 🙂

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New Smashed Interview of Mary and Aaron During Sundance

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Even though all the Sundance hype is over, seems one interview was just released over on Movie City News featuring Mary and her co-star, Breaking Bad‘s Aaron Paul. The interview is pretty lengthy. A little over 20 minutes, but lots of questions were asked so it’s worth watching if you have some time to kill and want to know more about the film and the bond Mary and Aaron had during the course of filming.

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Caps From Smashed Clips Added

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I have added over 40 screen caps from the Sirk TV interview Mary and the director did for Smashed during Sundance to the gallery. You can check out all the photos by clicking on the thumbnails below. If you missed the interview, you can see it here.

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Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Rights to Smashed!!

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Yes! Exciting news! A studio has finally picked up the rights to Mary’s new film, SMASHED. Here’s the report via The Wrap:

Sony Pictures Classics is about to buy the Sundance movie “Smashed,” starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead as an alcoholic schoolteacher who decides to get sober. James Ponsoldt directed the film, which he wrote with Susan Burke.

Jonathan Schwartz, Andrea Sperling and Jennifer Cochis produced.

“Smashed” is about Kate and Charlie, a married couple whose alcoholism sends their lives spinning out of control. Winstead plays Kate and Aaron Paul (“Breaking Bad”) plays Charlie. When Kate decides to get sober, she has to confront the lies she has been teling at work and the true nature of her relationship with her husband.

Schwartz and Sperling also produced “Nobody Walks,” which Magnolia picked up at this year’s Sundance. Myriad Pictures has acquired international rights to that movie, and will shop it at the European Film Market in Berlin.

Schwartz and Sperling, of Super Crispy Entertainment, were honored at Sundance with a special jury prize for excellence in independent film producing for “Smashed” and “Nobody Walks.” They also produced last year’s Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning movie, “Like Crazy.”

In January, Winstead told TheWrap that “I was trying to find something that would challenge me. … I was getting jealous of other actors who were doing what they believe in, who were not working within a box. I was getting scared of not being a better actor, of not growing and changing.”

Hopefully a release date isn’t too far off as well as a trailer! 🙂

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