Given that you’ve been working in Hollywood for so long and are known for so many different types of roles in studio films, independent films, and television, I would think your name recognition would carry you pretty far and you wouldn’t have so many of those moments any more.ĬG: Thank you. And so, I think along the way, when I’ve fought really hard to get a role and I’ve actually gotten it…there have been those times in my life where it’s absolutely ecstatic and you’re like, Oh my God, the hard work actually paid off! Because you get so used to having people say, well, there was the best person who came in, but we’re going to go with so and so… so certainly in terms of the magnitude of Alex Friedman’s discovery, I haven’t had one of those yet. But you know, you get turned down a lot, and you have to not take those things personally. But I’ve certainly had those “pinch yourself” kind of moments in the sense that, obviously as you know, this business is so tough, and I’ve been really fortunate. Have you had a similarly defining moment in your career?ĬG: I’ve had nothing in comparison to that - in the sense of that moment where really, you thought something was completely impossible, but it was actually happening to you. Alex Friedman, the day that the alien kids come to her for help is the most important day of her career, possibly of her entire life. MapID=1200842&MapTypeID=2&photo=3&legacy=1įor your character, Dr. I like to think that’s a good quality, in the long run. I don’t share that particular one, but I definitely relate to the nerd in her.ĬG: Well, first of all, I’m an incredibly gullible person - I’m so bad that when I said that to someone, my friend said, “You know, ‘gullible’ isn’t even in the dictionary.” And I said, “Really?” As I was saying “Really?” I will acknowledge that I then realized what was happening, but that’s how bad I am. And has obsessions about funny things, and is sort of phobic about being outside. That was one of the things I really loved about playing that character - the fact that she is smart, and she’s got her act together to some extent, but when she’s confronted with something that blows her mind, she becomes a kid. Is that something that comes from you?Ĭarla Gugino: Yes! I think kind of in the way that everyone wishes they were smoother than they are. Your character in Race to Witch Mountain is sort of a nerd’s dream girl - beautiful, smart, and a little bit dorky. To return to her Five Favorite Films, click here. Read our full interview with Carla Gugino! What follows is our full interview with Carla Gugino. While Race to Witch Mountain marks her third film of the year so far (following The Unborn and Watchmen) and her eighth in two years (including American Gangster, The Lookout, and Righteous Kill), Gugino also shared her enthusiasm for a trio of upcoming passion projects: Women in Trouble and Elektra Luxx, the first two films in a trilogy which she’s producing and starring in for director Sebastian Gutierrez.īelow, read on as Carla Gugino shares her Five Favorite Films (or go straight to our extended interview). Rotten Tomatoes spoke with Carla Gugino about her favorite films of the moment (every true film geek has a hard time picking just five) and discussed her drive to diversify her career. Alex Friedman, a brainy UFO specialist who teams up with a cab driver (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) to help a pair of alien teens in this week’s Race to Witch Mountain. The juxtaposition has never been more apparent than it is during this month, in which she appears in back-to-back weeks as the pin-up superheroine Silk Spectre in Zack Snyder’s Watchmen and then as Dr. A certain quest for variety has allowed Carla Gugino to cultivate a fan base within two distinctly divergent demographics, alternating between femme fatale and strong maternal figures in films like Sin City and the Spy Kids trilogy, respectively.
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