5/15/2023 0 Comments Naomi watts movies![]() ![]() Yeah, I went right back there in my mind. It reminded me of my days back in acting school where we did some mask work. Every little bit that you have, everything you can use to tell the story of what’s going on with her emotions, becomes really important. In a wide shot, you get to use your physicality down to the fingertips. And obviously the eyes are the most powerful tool. You have to understand what you’ve lost and double down on what you have. But once you know what the rules are – and you have to operate within those limitations – that can be freeing. Watts: Yes, it’s both freeing and limiting. RT: Your head is completely covered for most of the movie. I think that’s a really smart move, and it’s a discipline, and hopefully people enjoy it enough that they’ll come back and watch it again. And so it was important to him to really create that negative space so that your mind can participate and you can come up with your own theories of what this is about and hopefully run wild with that. ![]() There’s nothing for us to do as audience members. ![]() I think with so much storytelling these days we’re overfed and things are over-explained. Watts: Yes, it did, and he spoke about that. Did that come across at all on paper when you read it? RT: Not to give too much away, but watching the movie you’re often unsure if Mother is the monster, the victim, or neither. Not to say that it doesn’t have its scary and jump scary moments too… And he really wanted to double down on the psychological aspect of it and move away from the gory horror side a bit. She was someone who had vulnerabilities, and it was important for him to get that across. So then that sort of set me off in a path of like, “Well, do we really need to remake the movie? Let me speak to Matt again.” He definitely gave me the bullet points as to why he wanted to do a remake the first time we spoke, but this second time we spoke about it, he told me how important it was to get to the root of my character’s emotions, that she wasn’t just a hardcore villain in a monstrous way. And then I went and watched the original, which I thought was a brilliantly executed film. And then I spoke with the director, and I was struck immediately by his intelligence and thoughtfulness – just a wonderful man. But first, I read the script and I was definitely drawn in. Quiet, and it stays with you.Įric Alt for Rotten Tomatoes: Were you familiar at all with the original Goodnight Mommy, or did you purposefully avoid it? Parasite was one of my favorite more recent films. Here are some of her all-time (and more recent) favorite movies: But consistent with a career that has encompassed comedy, drama, horror, and grand spectacle, Watts’ taste in movies runs the gamut as well. Goodnight Mommy proved something to Watts that she has long felt – that darker material just clicks with her in ways that lighter fare does not. The mask allows Watts to flex some serious acting muscles, as she has to convey so much through Mother’s body language, voice, and eyes, flitting from concerned to angry to… well, the less you know going in, the better. After her estranged husband drops off their twin sons (played by Cameron and Nicholas Crovetti, who also appeared as siblings on the HBO series Big Little Lies), things start off awkward and only build from there until it all gets almost unbearably tense and disturbing. In the film, Watts plays simply “Mother,” a woman living alone in an isolated house that has all of the warmth and charm of a mausoleum. It’s unsettling and off-putting… and that’s the point. (Photo by Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Getty Images)įor most of the run time of Goodnight Mommy – an English language remake of the 2014 Austrian film of the same name – Naomi Watts is unrecognizable, as her head is completely swathed in a bandage-like covering that resembles a stark white ski mask. ![]()
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