“In the first part of my career, I was doing sitcoms, TV commercials, soap operas, and I started seeing this other style called naturalism. I wanted that for me, but I had to learn what that was and how to inhabit it,” Williams says.
To help her get into character in Fosse/Verdon, Michelle Williams observed as much archive material of Gwen Verdon as possible.
Michelle Williams explains that despite how confident she might appear in her roles, she confesses that she doesn’t really know where they might take her.
The film is a beautifully sad story about life, loss and family that’s easily one of the best movies of the year.
“It’s the defining quality I look for when I’m choosing work: If I don’t know how to do it, that’s the hook – that’s what gets me excited” – Michelle Williams
“I’ve been acting since I was twelve, and it’s thrilling to feel old bones stretch.” – Michelle Williams on ‘Blackbird’
Cabaret is bringing in another Hollywood heavy-hitter from the big screen who is going to test her mettle on Broadway. Emma Stone is replacing Michelle Williams in the revival of Cabaret beginning Nov. 11. Stone was fortunate enough to see the 1998 show starring Natasha Richardson. She explained to The
With Michelle Williams set to depart her role of Sally Bowles in Broadway’s Cabaret on November 9, producers are in talks with Emma Stone to make her Broadway debut replacing her in the Roundabout Theater Company production until the musical is set to close on January 4, according to The New
What a difference a month makes in the mind of a Broadway performer. Though in earlier interviews Michelle Williams sounded rather bleak and nervous about her Broadway debut in the revival of Cabaret, the Associated Press obviously met with a very different Williams after the opening night performance. At the
While it’s undeniable that Broadway producers seek out big name stars to headline their productions, there always is a concern of whether or not the star can handle the rigors of performing eight times a week (something the producers of Orphans unfortunately discovered last year after they cast — and
There are eight shows currently on Broadway that have played over 1000 performances, with the all-time champion, The Phantom of the Opera, beginning its run all the way back to 1988. In the twenty-six years since there have been well over a hundred shows that have come and gone from
Oscar-nominated star Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain, Blue Valentine, My Week with Marilyn) will make her Broadway debut starring as Sally Bowles in the Roundabout Theater Company’s revival of Cabaret, which will open in early 2014. She will replace Emma Stone in the role, who was set to make her own
It might seem odd that Michelle Williams did research for her new movie role. After all, she’s playing a fairy tale witch in the new Wizard of Oz prequel, Oz: The Great and Powerful.
After starring in more serious comedies like Funny People and 50/50, Seth Rogen continues exploring his “dramedy” muscles in Take This Waltz. He stars alongside Michelle Williams as husband and wife Lou and Margot in the film, which was written and directed by actress Sarah Polley. Rogen talks a bit about how he got the role and the surprising amount of research that went into it.
While Kirby shared that he was familiar with Polley after working with her on the movie Luck, landing the job wasn’t easy.
Williams said she initially thought the movie would be perceived as a comedy.
“As soon as I finished the script, I knew that I wanted to do it, and then I spent six months trying to talk myself out of it,” she says. “But I always knew that I never really had a choice. I’ve started to believe that you get the piece of material that you were ready for.”
How did this year’s Academy Award nominees begin their acting careers? Find out in The Daily Actor’s “Before The Oscars” special feature.
