HATHAWAY REVEALS ALL!
YOUR SHORT HAIR REALLY SUITS YOU. IS THIS SOMETHING YOU’RE GOING TO KEEP FOR A WHILE?
I think I will. It’s something I’d wanted to do for a long time, so when the opportunity came up to be able to do it for ‘Les Mis’ I leapt at it. It was really scary when I did it but then once it was done I found it just really suits my lifestyle much more. I’m excited for my fringe to grow in though. I think once I have that then the world will be my oyster. YOU CAN DO ANYTHING THEN?
Then there is no stopping me. I’m really excited, I feel like I’m gonna get through all of the ‘Les Mis’ press and then I think I’m gonna just blow it out platinum and just start doing all the tangerines, pinks and I’m gonna have some fun. I’m basically gonna do everything that I should have done when I was 13 when I’m 30. SO CATWOMAN, WOW. I HEARD IT WAS A DREAM OF YOURS TO PLAY HER?
I mean, it was a very vague sort of pipe dream that I had when I was a kid, but I think a lot of people had it. It wasn’t like a specific dream that I ever pursued it just kind of happened. But it was one of those cases where reality ended up being far better than my dreams. WE SAW THE COSTUME ON DISPLAY AND IT WAS LIKE,‘WOW, THAT IS HOT’. WHEN YOU PUT IT ON DID YOU FEEL ALL FELINE?
You know, I didn’t even focus on that. The character doesn’t think of herself as feline, so I was just kind of in her headspace. She’s a con artist and a jewel thief, so she puts it on to do a very specific part of her job. I don’t know, it didn’t actually cross my mind.
SHE’S PRETTY COOL THOUGH.
She’s very cool. She’s very independent-minded. IT’S TINY AS WELL – DO YOU THINK YOU WERE IN THE BEST SHAPE OF YOUR LIFE FOR THIS FILM?
So far. Maybe there’s another place to go with it but, yeah, I’ve never been a gym person or, like, a vegetable person quite frankly, but I became both on this and actually I enjoyed it. I know that’s really, really annoying to say but I liked getting healthy. WERE THERE SOME MORNINGS WHERE YOU THOUGHT ‘OH REALLY?’, KNOWING THE WORKOUT YOU HAD TO DO THAT DAY?
There were some mornings after some nights where I was like, ‘Oh god why? Why did I do that?’ I remember – and this is a little personal – but the first time I did a full workout with a hangover I realised I’d entered a different phase of my life. IT’S NOT FUN…
It wasn’t fun but I did it and there was something very, very inspiring about it. I’m not even gonna let a hangover stop me! I’m that person now! AND IT MADE YOU FEEL BETTER AFTERWARDS?
It did, it did. And it made me want to have fewer hangovers. I SHOULDN’T IMAGINE YOU HAD MANY HANGOVERS WHILE YOU WERE TRAINING FOR THIS FILM?
No I didn’t. I was very well behaved on this one but I had the occasional night out. Gotta have a bit of fun. SO HOW DID YOU ACTUALLY GET INTO THAT SUIT EVERY MORNING?
A lot of determination – and elastic.
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WAS IT COMFORTABLE ONCE IT WAS ON?
I mean it’s not sweat pants or anything like that! It’s not something you want to sit at home in on the couch but it wasn’t terrible. I had a huge range of mobility so that was alright. WHAT DID YOU WEAR UNDERNEATH IT?
I can’t tell you! WHAT WAS IT LIKE WORKING ON A FILM WHERE YOU HAD TO KEEP SO MANY SECRETS?
I actually enjoyed it. Present company excluded, sometimes when you do press it can get a bit routine – ‘tell us about the film, tell us about your character’ – and with this one it was so great to not be able to talk about things. I think it forces the questions to be a little more creative. DID THE BOYS ON SET LOOK AFTER YOU?
Yeah, I think everyone took me under their wing a little bit because not only was I a newbie to the cast, I was the only person who hadn’t worked with Tom [Hardy] before – so everybody was really nice to me. AND WORKING WITH CHRISTOPHER NOLAN? AMAZING?
Oh yeah. Oh my god, amazing. Like best-director-in-the-world-amazing. He’s just really in a class by himself. I can’t think of another filmmaker who is so great in so many ways. The thing is – and it’s fun to be able to tell people – in addition to the films that he makes which are obviously completely brilliant, the way he runs a set is so beautiful and respectful and refined and fun. And who he is as a person is just delightful and so he’s just across the board wonderful and an inspiring person.
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