New York Magazine’s Interview with Mia

March 7th, 2011 • By Tran :: E-Articles

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New York Magazine recently interviewed Mia, and you can read it below. Thanks to Jane for linking me!

Through a Glass Darkly

After her dragon-slaying Alice, Mia Wasikowska goes goth as Jane Eyre.

“‘Black Swan’ gave me chills,” says Mia Wasikowska, who, bundled up in gray cashmere and clutching a hot cup of tea in the café of the Waldorf-Astoria, is, in fact, shivering. She’s obsessed with Darren Aronofsky’s film for a couple of reasons. First and foremost, there’s her own history with ballet: The 21-year-old actress used to train for 35 hours a week in her hometown of Canberra in Australia. She quit at 15, in part because of the “fluffy and pink” eternally adolescent bubble young dancers are kept in. “And the mothers. And the purity,” she adds. “It was a lot about achieving perfection in your body in ways you can’t really change or control. It’s a cruel kind of thing to be a part of, to expose yourself to such criticism, on such a finite level, down to your big toe or your ankle. It really can erode your self-esteem.”

Being an actress is a cinch by comparison, she says. “Everyone thinks I’m nuts when I say this, but it’s easier to be a young actor than it is to be a dancer. ­People say actors feel the pressure to be thin, too—to be pretty or blah blah blah.” Wasikowska shakes her head and laughs. “And it’s like, ‘You know what? Not really.’ Not to the same extent. Dancers are hard-core. They’re insane.”

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The Wall Street Journal’s Interview with Mia

March 4th, 2011 • By Tran :: E-Articles, Jane Eyre

Hello visitors,

The Wall Street Journal recently interview Mia Wasikowska about her role in Jane Eyre.

For Jane Eyre, the Kid Is All Right

In the latest screen version of Charlotte Brontë’s 164-year-old novel “Jane Eyre,” 21-year-old Mia Wasikowska plays the title role. The filmmakers had sought a lead actress close in age to the young heroine, part of an effort to freshen a work that’s been fodder for countless film, TV and stage adaptations. Director Cary Joji Fukunaga (“Sin Nombre”) emphasized the story’s spooky elements, in some scenes flirting with the horror genre, and screenwriter Moira Buffini reordered the novel’s narrative structure, making use of flashbacks to ratchet up the drama.

Co-starring with Michael Fassbender as Edward Rochester, Ms. Wasikowska creates the governess who transcends a lowly station—”poor, obscure, plain and little”—and continues a rapid cinematic rise. After landing in a recurring role in HBO’s “In Treatment,” last year she appeared in the title role of Tim Burton’s box-office smash “Alice in Wonderland,” and in the Oscar-nominated “The Kids Are All Right” as a pensive teen who seeks out her sperm-donor father. In her native Australia (where she lives with her parents in Canberra when she’s not working), Ms. Wasikowska spent years studying ballet before abandoning dance for the less rigid discipline of acting. Future projects, she says, include films by Gus Van Sant and Park Chan-wook. For the Korean director’s “Stoker,” Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman are in talks to play her parents.

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And thanks to Jane for linking me the article.

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USA Today Interview Article!

March 13th, 2010 • By Tran :: E-Articles, Mia

Hello everyone,

USA Today recently published their interview online with Mia today:

‘Wonderland’ star Wasikowska is a wildflower in acting world
Much like her heroine in Tim Burton’s fantastical Alice in Wonderland, Mia Wasikowska knows her own mind.
In the mega-budget adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s classic tale, which just crushed box-office records with its $116.3 million opening, her now-older Alice refuses to be pushed around. Not by the Victorian upper-class twit who wants to wed her, nor by the oddball inhabitants of Wonderland who insist that she rescue them from the evil Red Queen.

Similarly, this 20-year-old Australian newcomer from Canberra is not about to change her mouthful of a last name — which is pronounced VAH-shee-kov-ska and comes courtesy of her Polish-born photographer mother — for the convenience of others.

“Very character-building,” she says.

Nor will the actress, who has been likened to a young Cate Blanchett, ever flinch from doing a foreign accent. Besides her British-lite intonations for Alice, the natural mimic has done Polish (2008′s Defiance opposite Daniel Craig), Southern (last year’s That Evening Sun with Hal Holbrook, which earned her a supporting Spirit Award nomination), as well as other American varieties for Amelia and the recent Sundance hit The Kids Are All Right.

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Mia is a wondering star

February 21st, 2010 • By Tran :: E-Articles, Mia

Hello everyone,

The Courier Mail has an interesting article on Mia, which includes a very lovely photo of her too.

Were someone to write a how-to guide to becoming a star, they might base it on Mia Wasikowska’s story.

At 15, the disillusioned dancer from Canberra decided to hang up her ballet shoes and pursue acting. So, after googling some agents and hounding one into taking her on (because she’d heard you needed one to work in film and TV), she landed a role in the now-defunct hospital series All Saints.

So far, so predictable. But this young star was destined to shine brighter. After a few outings in local films such as Suburban Mayhem and Rogue, the schoolgirl was whisked off to LA.

One TV drama later (In Treatment with Gabriel Byrne), she found herself acting alongside a James Bond (Daniel Craig in Defiance) and a two-time Academy Award winner (Hilary Swank in Amelia).

However, that all seems small fry when you consider her next part – the title role in Tim Burton’s upcoming Alice in Wonderland, opposite the director’s long-time actor of choice, Johnny Depp.

The 20-year-old Aussie’s name may be on a lot more people’s lips now, yet she seems neither concerned nor even that excited about the prospect of worldwide fame.

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“Teen Vogue” Behind the Scenes!

February 2nd, 2010 • By Tran :: E-Articles, Videos

G’day everyone,

Alex from Teen Vogue wanted me to share with visitors the video of Mia behind the scenes of the cover shoot! The link was up yesterday, I must’ve missed it. Anyway, enjoy the video, and the screen captures.

Also, check out: 10 Things You Should Know About Mia Wasikowska!

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