The New Generation of 'The Women' Have Arrived
By Carita Rizzo, Special to Hollywood.com
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Saturday, September 13, 2008
HW: Meg, when your character finally goes over the edge and eats a stick of butter, you can see the pressure she was under to be perfect. Do you feel that kind of pressure to be perfect, and also, did you really eat butter?
Meg Ryan: I’m not going to tell you – I’m just going to say ‘yes’. I was so happy to do that scene, because up until that moment in the movie, she’s just a sleepwalking person. And Diane and I talked a lot about her transition in the movie. She’s somebody whose life is falling apart all around her, she thinks it’s going perfectly but she’s asleep to a lot of it. I liked making her vulnerable in that way. She’s not a perfect friend although she thinks she is. She’s not a perfect wife although she thinks she is. She’s somebody who really isn’t coming through for herself or for anybody else. By that point in the movie, she’s just frustrated by the whole thing and just throws it all away. I personally don’t feel any need to be perfect. I think that’s kind of dull.
HW: When you don’t have one single man in this movie to react to, especially for Meg, how do you play the entire relationship?
Meg Ryan: I kind of have someone in mind, but I’m not telling you who.
Eva Mendes: I have someone in mind too, it would be funny if it was the same person