Its just crazy amazing.
But let me just say, Ive never cried so hard as when I first read the script.
It wasnt just the emotion of reading the story, it was the perfection of the screenplay.
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[And] being a parent, I understood this unbelievably sad, broken moment.
But then you pretty quickly start to see that theyre really not the same at all.Yes!
Renatas all about being liked, and thats what I love about her.
Shes also a rager, and complicated.
So I find it interesting [that people think that].
[Laughs]
Youve gotten to play so many great meaty roles over the years.
And I was scared.
damaged, vulnerable characters.
And actresses dont have to be typecast because of one role, or because of ageism.
But now that theyre getting older I would love to consider that.
I know I could never do it unless its a story that really feels like home to me.
Do youlikeplaying a bipolar character?
I was like, Shes not bipolar, shes just angry!
And nobody else seems angry, you know?
So I just feel like yeah, her rage is our rage.
[Laughs]
Little Womenhas been filmed more than a dozen times, and its so beloved.
You think social media isnt doing that to our girls right now?
It can be the 2000s or the 1800s, its all the same thing emotionally.
A different kind of corset, I guess.Well exactly!
Shes every bit of the Marmee we read about, and hopefully not saintly.
That would be really inspiring and scary and wonderful.
Smith Goes to Washington.
Mrs. Smith?Yeah!
[Laughs] Yeah.
