Walking Through Pryde: The Kitty Thread

How cool is that bit in the new tv spot with Juggernut her cheeky grin is funny its like haha lol. ShadowCat is cool.
 
Avalanche said:
Lol, how can we get such different impressions. :p

I don't know, it was just how she kept refering to it as different etc. She never hammered home how it was great, and she had fun etc.

ETA: Ok, she mentioned fun.
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Lol. :D
 
Ellen looked really great at the premiere for Hard Candy. Go to gettyimages and search for hard candy. She looked very cute and sophisticated.
 
Backstage did an interview too:
http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/features/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002343337

Nothing new but structure to the quotes:
Page was in Halifax when she got wind of the role of Kitty Pryde, aka Shadowcat. She had recently graduated from high school and was having "a grand old teenage few weeks of craziness," she remembers. " got this call that was like, 'Are you interested? They've called; they've expressed interest.' I was like, 'I'm really not so sure if I want to make that step right now.'" Doing such a large-scale film, she says, seemed pretty crazy compared to everything else she'd done, and she wasn't sure she was ready for the transition.

A call from X-Men director Brett Ratner swayed her. "Brett Ratner called me to say, 'I've seen Hard Candy, and I'd like you, basically, to be this character,'" she says. "So I went out for a screen test, and that was pretty much it. It was very quick and crazy."
 
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kitty!!
 
Avalanche said:
Lol, how can we get such different impressions. :p

I don't know, it was just how she kept refering to it as different etc. She never hammered home how it was great, and she had fun etc.

ETA: Ok, she mentioned fun.
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Though I did once hear her refer to the message and depth of X3 and that she understood what it was all abut, it wasn't elaborated on more here, so I wonder what that means.

I mean, Xmen has just as much of a social commentary as Hard Candy does. X3 is just more window-dressing is all. :)
 
I love the new pic of Kitty. Is that airbrushed?
 
Sweet Success
April 12, 2006
By Sarah Kuhn

Ellen Page is only 19, but she's building a résumé to rival actors twice her age. Page made a big impression at 2005's Sundance Film Festival, thanks to her bracing, no-holds-barred performance in the edgy indie thriller Hard Candy; she'll soon be seen playing young mutant Kitty Pryde in the highly anticipated superhero flick X-Men: The Last Stand, due out in May. The actor recalls last year's Sundance experience as being intense and "fantastic," and she came out of it with an agent at the William Morris Agency--Gaby Morgerman, who also reps Sarah Polley and Mark Ruffalo, among others--and newfound industry exposure. Hard Candy, meanwhile, will be released by Lions Gate in select cities April 14.

As Hayley, a complicated teenager locked in a game of cat and mouse with a shady 30-something photographer (Angels in America's Patrick Wilson), Page gives a charismatic career-making performance, effortlessly projecting an aura of ferocity and cool intelligence. She recalls being blown away when she received the script for the film, penned by playwright Brian Nelson (Consolation, Radiant). "I couldn't believe that such an amazing character had been written for a young woman," she says. Page submitted herself on tape and eventually ventured out to L.A. for a second audition. "I had a shaved head [for a role] when I auditioned for the first time, and there were a few people that, obviously, their imagination couldn't deal with that," she says, chuckling. "So I had to go down and...just try and convince them to give me the role."


Convince them she did: Page landed the part and proceeded to throw herself into it, connecting with Hayley even as Hard Candy's script takes the character into dark, uncomfortable territory. "To be honest, I just saw Hayley as this extremely intelligent, passionate young woman, full of so much integrity," she says. "I found her really inspiring, and I just put my heart into that. There [are] a lot of things in this world that make me angry, and it was a really fantastic outlet for letting those things out. I just let my heart connect to it."

Though she was only 17 when Hard Candy was shot, Page, who hails from Halifax, Nova Scotia, already had plenty of experience in the biz. At age 10 she nabbed a leading role in the Canadian TV movie Pit Pony, which eventually became a series and landed the actor Gemini and Young Artist awards nominations. She won two Geminis: one for the TV movie Mrs. Ashboro's Cat, the other for her supporting role in the series ReGenesis. She's also been featured in the indie films Marion Bridge, Wilby Wonderful, and Mouth to Mouth, which is getting a limited U.S. release this spring.

Despite so much success at such a young age, Page says she's been able to remain grounded because of her parents, who never pushed or pressured her. "It's really freaky, those stage parents, and I'm really grateful that not even for a second do I have parents like that," she says. "I'm just this kid from Nova Scotia, you know?"

Page was in Halifax when she got wind of the role of Kitty Pryde, aka Shadowcat. She had recently graduated from high school and was having "a grand old teenage few weeks of craziness," she remembers. " got this call that was like, 'Are you interested? They've called; they've expressed interest.' I was like, 'I'm really not so sure if I want to make that step right now.'" Doing such a large-scale film, she says, seemed pretty crazy compared to everything else she'd done, and she wasn't sure she was ready for the transition.

A call from X-Men director Brett Ratner swayed her. "Brett Ratner called me to say, 'I've seen Hard Candy, and I'd like you, basically, to be this character,'" she says. "So I went out for a screen test, and that was pretty much it. It was very quick and crazy."

Page's star is definitely on the rise, and she'll have to get used to less anonymity once X-Men hits theatres. But the actor seems determined to keep her head out of the clouds and stay true to herself. For instance, she opted to take a break from acting, right after Hard Candy, to gain a little perspective. "I'd shot some very intense stuff," she recalls. "I had moved out of my home, and I was living in Toronto and going to school. I think my head was just getting removed from my body a little, in the sense of I just really needed to connect to myself and make sure I was growing as me and I was having experiences as myself. So I said, 'I'm gonna go home to Halifax and go to this amazing Buddhist high school called Shambhala,' and that's exactly what I did. And it was the best thing I could have done. I love acting, but I also want to make sure I establish a balance where I'm okay when I'm not acting and that it doesn't become some addiction that my happiness depends on."
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http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/features/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002343337
 
woww cool!!! a lot of ellen articles!!! shes getting alot of atetion!
 
i found another recent interview! she speaks of hard candy , but also she mentions X3!

Delivering the most impressive break-out performance in years, actress Ellen Page burst into the spotlight as vigilante teen Haley Stark in Lionsgate Films' controversial Hard Candy. Well-spoken and fiercely intelligent, Page won critical acclaim before landing the role of Kitty Pride in this summer’s X-Men: The Last Stand. The Horror Channel had the extreme privilege to sit down with Ellen during a round table discussion.



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Question: Can you talk a little bit about why this role appealed to you?

Ellen Page: What appealed to me was that there was a character for a teenage girl that was so passionate and intelligent and that’s extremely refreshing, because it’s clearly obvious the image the media can have for teenage girls sometimes. To receive a script that was very original and pretty unbelievable was a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Q: Was there something in the script that really spoke to you?

EP: Yeah, what I really love about the film is that you can’t categorize it. I think we’re kind of obsessed about categorizing things, pigeon-holing life. It makes us feel safe. You can’t do that with this film. Sympathies shift and it’s not black and white, because life isn’t like that, and that’s something I really liked about it.

Q: Do you think that’s where some of the controversy stems from? That there’s some measure of moral ambiguity and that your character is not painted as a victim?

EP: I think people feel really uncomfortable, and it turns into anger sometimes because they’re not being spoon-fed answers, which happens a lot. And here you have something that’s really honest. It’s dark and it doesn’t leave you feeling safe.

Q: Were you nervous or did you feel like you had a handle on this going in?

EP: I was pretty pumped about it to be honest. I just wanted to dive right in.

Q: What did your family think about you accepting this part?

EP: They were pretty supportive, actually. My dad read the script and he was as amazed as I was. He asked, "Are you sure you want to go into this person’s head?" but other than that, he was very supportive. They’re awesome.

Q: Did you put yourself into Haley or did you separate from her completely?

EP: I think you put yourself into everything. I think you have to be – and I know this sounds ridiculous - yourself even more in the sense of attaching your heart to theirs and finding what it is about them that you can emotionally connect to and then just following that and letting them come up and find different parts of yourself in dark corners and let it over take you.

Q: Why did you turn down the role in X-Men 3 initially?


EP: I dunno. I had actually taken tons of time off after Hard Candy and went home to Halifax and graduated high school, which was awesome. I was enjoying just being me in the world and I had a great year and getting my stuff together. I didn’t anticipate shooting such a large film. So I was like, “Wow. I don’t think I’m ready for this yet.” Luckily, Brett Ratner then called me directly and we had a conversation and he told me what the film was going to be about and how excited he was, and then he got me really excited about it. Ultimately I’m very grateful for it.

Q: How was it jumping into an ensemble?

EP: I had the opportunity to work with some stunning actors, which was an honor. But at the same time, I went in there and they were wicked people. I know that sounds BS and cliché, but they were totally open and kind and all sweethearts.

Q: Brian Nelson and David Slade relayed an anecdote where you were asked to compare your character to someone in history. You responded "Joan of Arc." Why did you pick her?

EP: I said "Joan of Arc" because it was a stupid question and it was the first thing I thought of.

[group laughter]

She’s a passionate person who sees something wrong with society and she’s going to do something about it. And then they replied with something like, "Oh, she talks to God on the roof...." [rolls eyes] Producers.

[group laughter]

Just joking.

Q: You’ve done this amazing indie and a big-budget movie. Where do you think your career is going to go?

EP: I think it’s cool to be versatile. You have actresses like Kate Winslet who went from shooting the biggest blockbuster ever to shooting to an indie film in Morocco. I have a lot of respect for that. I just shot a really small, really dark film in Toronto which was called Tracing Fragments. I like the small guys, but that’s not to say that there aren’t other opportunities. I love to do all sorts of things.

Q: How did you and Patrick Wilson plan out your roles?

EP: We only had a few days of rehearsals. We kind of just worked through the script and had an open, honest dialogue with David and Brian. Everyone was passionate and their hearts were in the right place and we just went for it.


Q: Did you make any significant changes during that time?

EP: Just little things. I think there was a point when Haley was still being funny on the roof at the end, and I thought, "Funny time’s over by this point." Little things that didn’t feel completely organic. And Brian was so open to any thoughts.

Q: Did you create a back-story for your character?

EP: Mmm-hmm.

[long silence]

Q: OK. [group laughter] Can you elaborate?

EP: No, I’m sorry. The whole point is that there are no answers. That’s why it’s interesting.

Q: How long have you been acting?

EP: About nine years, professionally.

Q: Are you prepared for the media attention you’ll receive from this film?

EP: I don’t think I’m gonna change on a personal level because of any of it. I’m lucky that I have really wicked parents who never pushed me into this and are very supportive. I dunno, cause I don’t know what’s going to happen. But I’m curious and I’m excited if it means I can continue working and have more control. That’s really unbelievable. I’m really grateful.

Q: How do you create a back-story for a character that you don’t know much about? What do you think about when creating something like that?

EP: Not falling victim to stereotype. It doesn’t matter what her back-story is. Really, it’s just about this girl who’s really angry about something and is angry about people ignoring it. She’s gonna do something about and she has an agenda, she’s right, she knows she’s one hundred percent right and she’s going to succeed and accomplish it.

Q: You think it's right that she does these horrible things?

EP: No, that’s not what I’m saying. I’m speaking as Haley. As Haley, yeah. Hell yeah.

Q: You think so?

EP: [jumps into full-on Haley mode] As Haley… of course! She has Plan B for Plan B for Plan B! She’s gonna beat this guy’s conscious. She not gonna hurt him. She doesn’t do anything to him. She just makes him realize that what he did was absolutely sick and that there’s no justification. None.


Q: How were you able to physically intimidate a grown man?

EP: [holds up arms] I just flashed the guns.

[group laughter]

Q: It looked like you were legitimately scaring the **** out of him.

EP: That’s good. I think as girls, we see ourselves get sexually and physically violated a lot in television and film. It’s really nothing new to see a woman stripped naked and punched or raped or found naked in a dumpster. It’s pretty nonchalant. There’s pretty much a "Law & Order" spin-off that could be called "Naked Women In Dumpsters." [laughter] So now, it’s your turn.

Q: How does Haley compare to Kitty? Any similarities?

EP: Of course. They’re both very intelligent, very brave, very strong. Kitty’s a little more PG.

Q: This is a really crass question, but this film might spawn some copycat behavior…

EP: Like vigilante justice?

Q: Yeah. Cause it’s loosely based on a real story. Is that a concern?

EP: I don’t think it’s really a concern of mine. That might sound insensitive. I mean, you could say the same thing for any movie at any point. People just need to have a good head on their shoulders.
 
That's a lot of Ellen interviews in a short time :up: :p
 
Roma said:
That's a lot of Ellen interviews in a short time :up: :p
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I think I'm in love with Ellen Page.

Seriously.

I think I want to have her baby.
 
Q: How was it jumping into an ensemble?

EP: I had the opportunity to work with some stunning actors, which was an honor. But at the same time, I went in there and they were wicked people. I know that sounds BS and cliché, but they were totally open and kind and all sweethearts.
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Wicked? Did she mean it as "bad"?
 
Ellen Page's onscreen charisma is equal to that of much older actresses like Glenn Close or Demi Moore, and she shows incredible muscle by grabbing the viewer's attention and only letting it go when she decides she's done with you. It's almost impossible to not be riveted by her every word and action, showing what an amazing discovery she is. You'll probably be seeing a lot more of her in the next few years.

:)!
 
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