No./ 9
“I spent the shoot bouncing on
a trampoline in my dressing room”
Amy Adams has been a beauty
pageant contestant (Drop
Dead Gorgeous), a real-life
Disney princess (Enchanted)
and an alien linguist (Arrival).
Now, she’s playing an
agoraphobic doctor in an
adaptation of literary thriller
The Woman In The Window.
But Adams never has just one
thing on her mind. Here, she
talks about working with Gary
Oldman, trampolines and
superheroes, past, present
and future.What was it about your
character, Dr Anna Fox,
that interested you?
There was something I found
so compelling about the idea of
being trapped with your own
anxiety, and that feeling that
got created in conversation
with Joe [Wright, director]
and this idea of not trusting
yourself. That was something
I very much understood.
I think we all do. It’s the feeling
of being trapped inside of your
own brain and being physically
trapped, as Anna is, as well.The Woman In The Window
has shades of Rear Window.
Was Alfred Hitchcock
a conscious infl uence?
I actually watched a ton of
Hitchcock fi lms in preparation.
We shot in this beautiful
location in Brooklyn, and
I was in a dressing room
watching these thrillers.Which one was your
favourite?
I mean, I’m a Vertigo person.What was your favourite
day on set?
I remember really almost
crying when I did a scene with
Gary [Oldman, who plays
Anna’s mysterious neighbour
Alistair Russell] because I have
admired him for so many years.
And to get to be spat on by him,because we were doing a scene
where we were so close — it was
thrilling! I was beyond having
fun. I fl oated home.You’ve said that you pick up a
new hobby on every job. What
did you pick up this time?
Oh my goodness, it makes meTop: The
multifaceted
Amy Adams.
Above: As
the severely
agoraphobic
Dr Anna Fox in
The Woman In
The Window.laugh. My husband bought
me a rebounder, which is like
a small trampoline, to put in
my dressing room. We had
really long days [on set], so
I would bounce in my dressing
room. It makes me laugh
thinking about it. When you’re
having really long days and
you don’t have a normal
exercise routine, you can...
y’know, bounce.You’re next starring opposite
Glenn Close in Ron Howard’s
Hillbilly Elegy. How was
working with her?
Glenn is somebody who
I wanted to work with forever,
and have loved forever. She was
so amazing. I thought I was[THE Q&A] The eternally versatile AMY ADAMS has done it all — but with new Hitchcockian
thriller The Woman In The Window, she’s still looking to surprise us
being Punk’d. She really
is too good to be true, and
yet she’s true.Enchanted becomes
a teenager this year — it
came out 13 years ago. Your
co-star James Marsden has
spoken about a possible
sequel recently. How would
you feel about that?
I absolutely loved playing
Giselle, and I recently watched
it again. I hadn’t watched it
in years. I don’t typically watch
the fi lms that I’m in very often,
so it was nice to get to revisit it
with some perspective. I’d be
thrilled to do a sequel. If it
were the right time and the
right story, it would be a lot
of fun. I could use that levity
right now.You recently launched your
production company, Bond
Group Entertainment. What
kind of projects are you
hoping to champion?
I want to create very diverse
content. I’m currently
developing a young adult
novel, and we’re developing
tons of diff erent stuff across
the board. It’s been very
exciting. It’s really lovely to
meet emerging talent, people
who are so brilliant.Would you ever consider
playing Lois Lane again?
Are you still in touch with
your DC family?
I would totally be open to
playing Lois but I think
[the studio is] moving in
a diff erent direction, from
my understanding. But
I absolutely had a great time
working on it, and Gal Gadot
is one of my favourite women.
She is a Wonder Woman.
Sorry, I’m a bit of a dork.
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