One of the best actresses that can be found in Hollywood today, spoke from London with Patricia Tubella, from the newspaper El País, about the legal drama that stars, Damages and warned about the overvaluation of young people in the cinema.
At 61, the actress from Fatal Attraction and Dangerous Friendships, reap praise wherever you go, and not stop receiving compliments for your work on the series Damages, with which he has already won a Golden Globe and an Emmy for his role of the Machiavellian lawyer Patty Hews.
Patricia Tubella asks him about his decision to dedicate himself to television, his current relationship with the Hollywood industry, his interference in the development of the series that she stars in and the intensity and evolution of her character, Patty Hews.
Then the interview:
- After a solid career in film and five Oscar nominations, what attracted you to television?
-I always go where the best scriptwriters are, and Damages was much better than the roles they offered me in the cinema.
- Hollywood seems to have closed the doors to actresses of her age ...
- Hollywood is not interested in us. Youth culture is highly commercialized in America and studios are overwhelmed with new digital formats. The only thing they want in the short term is to make money by resorting to the old formulas, such as the movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which I did not like at all, despite its 13 Oscar nominations.
- The list of candidates also includes Meryl Streep for her role in The Doubt. His colleague is 59 years old, but he does not stop working in the cinema ...
- Yes, it seems that Hollywood only has roles for an actress ...
- Many critics argue that the true talent is today on television, in series like the one you star in. To what do you attribute this phenomenon?
- The revolution started on cable television, with HBO, which could do what it wanted because it didn't have to rely on advertisers. And that attracted many writers who wanted to work in freedom. Television monopolizes talent because there the scriptwriter is king.
- It is attributed the power to change the Damages scripts, even if it refused to act as a producer.
- Because the character takes a lot of time from me, although I also don't like hanging around the set doing nothing, so I function as a kind of informal producer. And, of course, I can correct a script when I have a good reason.
- You convey the image of a strong woman with character, like your character Patty, but on one occasion you assured that the only thing the two have in common is the love of dogs.
- At first I was intimidated by her. She is much smarter than me and is always a few steps ahead of the others. The audience is constantly wondering whether or not he is telling the truth, because they sense that he is hiding something, and I think that is the key to his success.
- How does the character evolve in the second installment?
- Patty tries to unmask the head of an energy company and undertakes a correct fight, but runs into a network of corruption. I like the character because he never abandons, and in that he seems exceptional to me.
- The end of the shoot coincided with the presidential inauguration of Obama. How did you experience that moment?
- Very happy, because I had lost hope in our political system. The election of Obama represents for me the rebirth of our democracy.
Source: La Nación