:: Speed Racer
katherine: as Trixie
Year 2008
Status Filming


Contact Email
Since July 5, 2007

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Katherine Heigl Interview

IGN FILMFORCE: You usually wind up in really interesting parts. What's the secret to avoiding the trappings most successful actors and actresses fall in to?
CHRISTINA RICCI: Well, I don't know. I have to say, a lot of is, I wish I had more power. But, you know, most of the time, you don't get that many offers and I take what's the most interesting thing that is offered to me. I think that's the best career that someone can have is one that's reflective of their personal tastes. You can try to sort of manipulate or calculate some scheme of what kind of movies to take when and where, but I think people can feel that and I think that it comes off as desperate and I'm not that ambitious. I just, sort of, have decided to really just follow what interests me and what I personally want to do.

IGNFF: You must have had at least a few big-budget offers that maybe your agent has tried to sway you towards?
RICCI: No. I don't think so. I can't think of anything that I turned down that became big and successful.

IGNFF: You've become known for playing darker characters. Do you think that people perceive you that way because of those parts?
RICCI: Well, I think most people understand that there's a big difference between who you are and who, you know, you play. And I'm not that aware of people's perceptions of me. I don't know. I just don't think about it that much and I don't find that I'm confronted by it, so people must understand the difference.

IGNFF: You haven't had the crazy fan on the street confuse you with one of your characters?
RICCI: I don't think so, no. I've actually had, like, somebody once was talking about one of my tattoos and saying, 'It's really interesting because it really goes with who you are,' and I had just met the person. So it's sort of like, it's interesting. I guess that happens sometimes but it doesn't happen enough for me to think of it as a problem that I have.

IGNFF: Is it difficult for you to go out in public? Do you get harassed?
RICCI: No, I mean, I get bothered sometimes and some stuff like that but it's not that bad. It's not like I can't leave my house. I don't have that. I mean, people talk to me all the time, but it's not crazy.

IGNFF: Playing the character of Selby in Monster, were you hesitant at all to portray a real person?
RICCI: Not really, because I knew that the person that she's based on wasn't really going to be involved. ... I had seen what she looked like, so I assumed that they weren't going to try to cast very similarly to her because, I mean, I don't really look anything like her. They didn't make any effort to make me look like her so... I've never really considered that. I wanted to understand the essence of the character... The whole point of this character is that she sort of [is] like a catalyst for all of Aileen's reactions. So you need to more [so] concentrate on making the character that catalyst as opposed to concentrating on what she was really like in real life.

IGNFF: You mentioned earlier that you had not seen the Nick Broomfield documentary on Aileen Wuornos. Did you read any other articles or talk to people who knew the character you were playing?
RICCI: I did. I had seen the American Justice on Aileen. I heard what some people said about Selby's character. ... I had seen the letters they wrote back and forth and stuff like that.

IGNFF: With the film coming out, are you worried about being approached by Selby or her family, lawsuits or that sort of thing?
RICCI: I don't think so. I mean, I wouldn't be responsible for that. And I think this woman wants so little attention and she wants, she really wants to just sort of go back to being anonymous. We changed her name and everything. I don't think this person will [approach me]. I think this person wants to go away. I think she wants to have a normal life.

IGNFF: How do you prepare for a role like this?
RICCI: Just the things I said. ... We had rehearsals and stuff like that and we went on location, and that always influences you. You're sort of stuck in [this] isolated world when you're on location, especially when you're working six-day weeks and you're in a location where you don't know people. You end up... it's all about the movie, all the time. I don't really do that much. I like to do things sort of intuitively, I think.

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