Anjelica Hustons got trouble.
EW has the exclusive debut of theTroubletrailer before it hits theaters Oct. 5.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: You worked with Theresa Rebeck previously onSmash.
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Theresa was the showrunner and was writing a lot of the episodes.
I really liked how responsive she was to me.
If I said, Theresa, I want a boyfriend in the show, she gave me a boyfriend.
If I said, I want to make some money.
Weve got to turn this around for Eileen.
Theresa would say, Great, well do it.
I like the kind of woman she is.
Theresa stands on both of her feet, and she stands for what she believes in.
Shes a feminist in the best sense.
She loves men, but shes on the side of the women.
I really enjoy that in her writing.
Thats why I like her both as a person and as an artist.
Did she give you the script directly?
It so happened that the show was nominated for a Golden Globe.
Theresa was at the table because the show had been nominated for the year before.
She said to me, Wow, this is really boring.
This is after we lost, and suddenly things get very boring (laughs).
She turned to me and said This is really boring.
Do you think we can make something positive out of this?
And I said, What do you mean?
Of course, I loved it.Then we set about making it.
Danny was working on something else so he couldnt do it, so she went to Bill Pullman.
She put together a beautiful cast.
We were all very happy to be there doing a film that was truly independent.
And truly an artistic endeavor.
It so happened that I was going through a similar struggle over land at the time.
Theres this odd thing that happens to me.
Its an almost alchemical thing that my life starts to replicate my work or vice versa.
As per Willa Cather, the land belongs to nature.
We cant just let things be.
Yet were at our happiest in public places.
Its a very odd dichotomy.
People and land its worse than love affairs.
Is there something you prefer or particularly enjoy?Ive never really been able to segregate things that way.
I dont really thinkOh Im going to make a movie with a female director now.
It depends on the director.
Ive had hard times with men and women.
And Ive had wonderful, joyous moments with men and women.
Thats the nature of the game.
Its very hard with movies because one never knows.
It can be the best experience in the world and turn out to be a really bad movie.
Ive had a few of those.
And also the opposite.
But theres no formula.
Women can be, of course, just as fine in the directors chair as any man.
It depends on whether they have a talent for it.
I love to do a Western every summer, and this is my summer Western.
The one thing she cares about is being decimated by her brother.
I understood that just coming from a big loss myself.
I lost my husband 9 years ago.
There were a lot of things I identified with when I was working on that movie.
Thats a big thing to tackle, and its fun, but also its hard work.
That was the thing that was the most daunting to me.
Its great to star in a movie, but its not always the easiest.
Theres a scene early on where Im losing my top over my brother.
Hes attacking my land, and I lose it with him.
Those were the scenes I really enjoyed, the ones that were us getting into it.
Troublehits theaters Oct. 5.
