Evan Rachel Wood on 'Whatever Works', Larry David and 'True Blood'

June 17, 2009 by Lance Carter

Evan Rachel Wood might be my new favorite young actress.

She was great in The Wrestler. She’s going to be Mary Jane in the upcoming Spider-Man musical on Broadway and now she’s appearing in this seasons True Blood?

She’s going to be every geeks goddess.

From Moviefone:
This is your first true comedy. Was that intimidating for you? And what attracted you to this movie?
Yeah, absolutely — especially a Woody Allen comedy. Everything appealed to me about it really. The character was so different from anything I’d ever done. She was Southern, and I’m from North Carolina. When I first read it, I didn’t know who else could do the part except Woody Allen, but then when I met Larry, I was like: “Perfect!” I mean, how many chances would I get to play Larry David’s wife? Come on [laughs].

Was working with Larry and Woody at the same time like a little slice of hilarious sarcastic Jewish guy heaven?
[Laughs] It was amaaaaaaazing. It was really great. It was weird. I loved just watching them talk and go over the script and stuff. I would just stare. People are like, “What funny things did they say?” or “What did they talk about?” I said: “I don’t know. I was just in shock the whole time that I was actually there.”

A big theme of ‘Whatever Works’ is to do what’s right for you no matter what other people think. Is that an idea that guides you? And do you think the offshoot of that — that love can bloom in the craziest of places — is plausible?
Yeah, absolutely. That’s what I always say — not in those words, but don’t let anybody tell you what makes you happy. Just figure out what works for you and hold onto it. That’s the way to go. I think [love] happens when you least expect it, and that’s usually the best, you know, when love finds you because — I don’t know — I believe in fate in a weird way, I guess. I’ve always met people or had something like that happen to me at the weirdest times and just … I don’t know. Stuff I wasn’t planning on doing and at the last minute decide to do, and then something monumental and crazy happens and just changes my whole life.

Have you done anything to prepare for your role as Queen of the Vampires on ‘True Blood’ this season?
No, not yet … but I got fitted for the fangs, and that’s good enough for me. I’ve just been — there’s so much dialogue, she’s got a lot to say. So I’ve just been doing that. But no, I’ve been preparing for this role my whole life [laughs]. I’ve been waiting to play a vampire for so long. So, I’m just, I’m ready to go. [I'm in] the last two episodes. I’m a little upset that I know how the season ends already because I was a fan of the show. But she’s fierce, she’s very scary. And after the last two episodes, I think I kind of have to [return next season]. But we’ll see