The New York Times published a gushing article about Canadian sweetheart Rachel McAdams over the weekend, which I thought I'd share with you.
McAdams next stars as a hotshot TV producer in Morning Glory, alongside Harrison Ford and Diane Keaton, which is out next Wednesday.
While the 31-year-old star from St. Thomas, Ont. has quite the diverse resume, she tells the Times about one American customs officer she encountered a couple years ago who was none too pleased with her work.
“She kicked me to the curb,” she says. “She was tough. I had pink hair at the time, and she said, ‘Don’t dye your hair that color, and don’t make any more stupid movies.’”
Those who work with her, on the other hand, have nothing but great things to say. . .
HARRISON FORD:
“It was really a pleasure to work with Rachel. She’s a very rare combination of having a straightforward approach to the work, and yet there’s always an emotional underpinning to her acting, which is often surprising, both in its correctness for the scene and its availability to her and those working with her.”
ROGER MICHELL, director of MORNING GLORY:
“With film stars you look for the life they bring to the lens. She just radiates life. She has two sets of muscles. One is a kind of railway map of the script, which must be adhered to, and the other is emotional, meaning she can see what floats through the window on the day of shooting and go with that.”
JEFF GOLDBLUM, costar in MORNING GLORY:
“She sort of embodies what Stanislavski said about ‘love the art in yourself, not yourself in the art. She’s not egotistical. While still being passionate and committed, she doesn’t seem to be overly identified with her roles or as an actress.”
WOODY ALLEN, director of upcoming MIDNIGHT IN PARIS:
“I knew she was going to be good — I went out of my way to hire her — but I didn’t realize how good she’d be. God, she’s going to make a fortune in this business, because there aren’t a lot of girls out there with that much sex appeal and beauty who can also be comic.”
The full article is definitely worth a read, over here.