I mean, I’d been working in America or Canada or various other places often enough for work-related things that when I finally moved, it wasn’t as much of a culture shock as it would have been if I had literally never set foot here. What was the transition like? Was there a lot to adjust to? You grew up in New Zealand before moving to Los Angeles as a teenager. I mean, I was no longer living in New Zealand and, you know, pretty busy in my own life.īut I think that especially as a mum - and two of our four are girls - I really love how empowering and strong and inspiring that story is for young girls and young women. I don’t know how I’d actually not heard of when she was actually doing it. I mean, it’s such an extraordinary story. And I have the absolute luxury of getting to sample little bits and pieces of it throughout my career. And I’m sure that there’s people that will pick apart the differences or try to pit one against the other, but there’s wonderful, talented crews and people who work on film and TV all over the world. But honestly, film and TV sets are pretty much the same everywhere you go - it’s a pretty international language, if you like. Well, Hollywood isn’t even a real entity, and very few things actually shoot in Los Angeles. How is the experience of filming in Australia - or New Zealand - different to filming in ‘Hollywood’? You were recently in Australia, filming True Spirit. Related: Model, singer and activist Karen Elson on freedom and fearlessness In the midst of filming another upcoming project - the true crime series A Friend of the Family - BAZAAR caught up with the Academy Award-winning New Zealand expat to discuss her latest projects and her love of portraying “powerful women”. “I really love how empowering and strong and inspiring that story is for young girls and young women,” she says. “It’s just wonderful writing and also just like, an amazing ensemble of other women, where the boys are the supporting actors”.Īnd even more recently, Paquin took on the role of Julie Watson, the mother of Australian Jessica Watson, who was the youngest person to ever sail non-stop around the world - as ever, celebrating feminine strength, this time with her perspective as a mother driving her desire to be a beacon of feminine strength. “She is as outwardly competent and functional and brilliant, as she is completely psychologically damaged and self-destructive,” Paquin tells me over the phone. In her latest projects too, Paquin continues to play powerful, flawed, brilliant women - like the title character of Robyn in Flack, a crisis-cleaning Hollywood PR agent who she says is “one of a kind”. IT’S QUITE CLEAR the overarching theme of Anna Paquin’s career has to be an ongoing celebration of women, in all their multifaceted brilliance and complexity.įor proof, one need only walk through her extensive resumé: There’s the precocious Flora, whom she played (and won an Academy Award for) at just 11 in The Piano then there’s the shy-but-powerful Rogue from X-Men she played from the age of 16 and of course, there’s Sookie Stackhouse, the sweet-but-fiercely-loyal protagonist of the cult favourite True Blood TV series. Bronte should be rolling in her grave at this awful rendition of her gorgeous story.Anna Paquin for The Glenlivet | JAMIE NELSON I haven't seen any other versions of this story, but I sure hope they're better than this one. All of the funny, deep, cute, make-the-character lines are missing. Jane is not true to character, and she is way too submissive. The movie has none of these qualities, and it is an insult to give it the same name as the book. Rochester is a Byronic hero (yes, I learned that in a lit class) and despite his faults and broodiness and, at times, distance, he is totally captivating. She knows her position, is aware that it is low, but recognizes that it does not lower her as a human being. The main character, Jane, is smart and witty and honest and honorable and outspoken for her position and not unhappy with that. It is a wonderful story of a girl who makes it through a very difficult life, is betrayed by people and circumstances, and still manages to be strong and trust and love people. It is a classic, and it deserves to be one.
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