Amanda Peet
"It's Not the End of the World or Anything..."
Amanda Peet does not strike one as a traditional leading lady. Throughout her career, she has played supporting roles in countless films ranging from The Whole Nine Yards and its sequel The Whole Ten Yards, Saving Silverman, Something's Gotta Give, The Ex, and The X-Files: I Want To Believe.
Now, even as the 37 year-old actress stars in what is inarguably the biggest movie of her career, it's once again a role as a supporting player. It's the special effects disaster film 2012, directed by who she calls the "master of disaster"Â, German filmmaker Roland Emmerich. Emmerich is best known for such special effects bonanzas as Independence Day, Godzilla, and The Day After Tomorrow.
"I really loved The Day After Tomorrow,"Â she enthuses, "I was like riveted and terrified. And Independence Day, I saw when it came out and I remember loving it and being so entertained, but I don't remember it, because it was such a long time ago. But The Day After Tomorrow, I feel like I'd scen it recently enough when I met him that I felt like he was going to deliver something awesome."Â
"You're not signing on to work with a first-time director or somebody who's only done character dramas or something like that,"Â Peet adds, "So I definitely think he's somebody who's very bold and sort of the master of this genre, so it was kind of a no-brainer."Â
As praised as Emmerich's films have been for their memorable action spectacle sequences like the destruction of the entire White House by an alien spaceship in Independence Day, they have often been criticized for severely lacking quality in casting, character development, and dialogue. Peet says that she believes both personally and professionally, Emmerich is, to borrow from the most recent example of this type of spectacle-driven style of film commonly shredded by critics, "more than meets the eye"Â.
"Well, I think Roland's a master storyteller and a master entertainer and I don't think that
Amanda Peet
"It's Not the End of the World or Anything..."
his primary focus in terms of this particular movie or some of his bigger movies is, OK, how can I really be topical and socially enriching right at this moment with this particular movie,"Â Amanda believes, "You know the movie is not Syriana. But, at the same time, I think that Roland is incredibly considerate and aware and concerned and I think that we're all really anxious."Â"We live in unstable times and I definitely think he's sort of playing with that idea that we all live in fear of some great catastrophe, whether you believe it's a manmade catastrophe or something else,"Â she adds, "I think we go to the movies to have a catharsis, sort of like, OK, there's a global catastrophe, what happens? And I think Roland's fantasy is that nations come together, that it's this great equalizing thing, and people come together the way New Yorkers did and help each other, and that's his fantasy and he dares to dream."Â
Amanda also says her faith in 2012 paid off in observing how much equal attention Roland brings to the actors' performances.
"I think this is partly why he's so gifted at these kind of massive shitkickers, because he knows there has to be a human element, there has to be like a personal relationship that is, at least, somewhat compelling."Â Amanda believes, "Otherwise, when you see these massive catastrophic scenes, I think you're kind of impervious to it. That's why I was saying he's surprisingly intimate. He wouldn't leave a scene."Â
"There's one scene where we're putting the safety vests on the kids and it took us a long time to shoot it because you're not there, you don't have that emotional, it's not there yet,"Â she continues, "Eventually, he said to me and John [Cusack], this is about you two and you should look at each other a lot. It's not about the kids. I think he really strives for that and he
Amanda Peet
"It's Not the End of the World or Anything..."
doesn't"¦so whether he's the master of disaster and he's this guy who works on this epic scale, he's also incredibly intimate and he doesn't know how to do it without making those little moments really important."ÂAmanda says she was also surprised by how calm and even-keeled Roland is as a director, dealing with both a massive production and a massive cast.
"The thing that surprised me the most about the experience was how easy it was and how sweet Roland is and he never loses his temper or raises his voice and he is really intimate and just so gentle,"Â she believes, "It's hard for me to believe how anyone can be in control of that many people and so many different aspects of a difficult production on that scale and not be a lunatic egomaniac tyrant and he's none of those things at all. It's just bizarre. I don't know how he gets anything done being so gentle."Â
Another thing Peet says she was surprised by was how Emmerich's massive vision for the film managed to feasibly come into fruition in the final cut.
"Well, Roland would show us the pre-vis (pre-visualization) on the laptop the idea of what was going to happen,"Â she recalls, "They're crude, but they still made me laugh and still think they were going to be scary. It's sort of like a video game. He doesn't draw them. He has people who do that for him. But it was certainly nothing compared to what the final product was like. It was kind of shocking and amazing."Â
"I had no idea how he was going to make the cars look like they came out of a plane," Amanda adds, "I was like, there's no way he's going to do that. There's tons of things where I was like there's no way he's going to do that and he does. He's very bold and his boldness pays off"¦unlike me. My boldness doesn't pay off. My
Amanda Peet
"It's Not the End of the World or Anything..."
boldness is embarrassing."ÂOne aspect of doing 2012 that Amanda says she loved was getting to work with co-star John Cusack, who she has worked with before twice in the films Identity and Martian Child. This time around, Cusack and Peet play divorcee couple Jackson and Kate Curtis.
"Well, at least, we got to do something, like we were lovers in this movie more than we were ever allowed to be, so that was kind of fun,"Â Peet says, "He's very special to me. This is our third one. Also, every time I work with him again, I remember how he's just so brilliant. Really, very rare, like people ask me what's so great about him and I can never explain it."Â
"He has this vulnerability, this sort of Tom Hanks everyman thing, but yet, he's kind of slightly more edgy maybe and he has a very dry sense of humor always and intelligence, I think,"Â she continues, "Not that Tom Hanks doesn't, but I think he elevates everything that he's in. He's just really special. He should have a lot of Oscars coming soon, damn it!"Â
One of the tricky aspects Amanda says of doing a film like 2012 is how much she had to interact with green screen technology.
"You watch the pre-vis and you get what the beats are, what the scary beats are and the horrendous moments of horror and then, it's really sort of ridiculous,"Â Peet notes, "You have our first AD (assistant director) Tommy [Gormley] would sometimes just narrate the visuals and you would just look at a spot on the wall and pretend that this horrible thing was happening and something my acting teacher told me never to do, never conjure up something that's never there, always respond to real things, but in this case, it was there. I got paid to do something else. It's probably not a good idea to get too used to that for the very reason she was
Amanda Peet
"It's Not the End of the World or Anything..."
afraid of."Â"My acting teacher never believed in those kinds of classes where you sit in a chair in the middle of the room and just cry about your dog or something,"Â she continues, "She always believed that emotions should just be byproducts of your action in a scene with another person or if it's not another person, then you're like Jason Bourne and you have an action, you're running to get something or save someone. You're responding to the given circumstances before you not just conjuring an emotion by yourself because that would be gratuitous and indulgent and probably fake. All things I was during this shoot, you can ask Roland, who would be like, 'Cut! This isn't a silent movie, Amanda.' He was like, you got to bring it down. It's hard to because you can't see your own face. You're obviously responding to nothing, so it's hard to calibrate these things. It's not hard for John. As soon as John was there, we were like Tom McCarthy and like, 'Wow, we suck! We really suck!' Because we want it to be really big."Â
Peet says 2012's timing is not only perfect because of its escapism in a world currently in a malaise of economic doldrums, but because of the political uncertainties that still exist in the world as well. She also explains why even in such presently chaotic times like this one, she believes the film will instantly appeal to audiences.
"It's sort of a coordination of our anxiety that we all feel these days,"Â Amanda explains, "Whether you're worried about the Middle East or North Korea or nuclear terrorism, biohazard terrorism, we all feel vulnerable and we're all, in a low-grade way, anticipating something. And we're being told that our planet is falling apart, so I think it's that."Â
"And it's a little bit like when you go and you're younger, and maybe others go now, but I can't anymore because I just get sick,
Amanda Peet
"It's Not the End of the World or Anything..."
but you go to an amusement park and you go on a rollercoaster,"Â she continues, "It's a controlled way to scare yourself. It's like a safe enactment of something really scary. And you kind of get to anticipate up, up, up and you feel the suspense and you know it's coming, but because it's in a safe, controlled environment, you can kind of weirdly enjoy it in this sort of masochistic way."ÂAmanda also believes that there's more audiences will come away with from 2012 that two and a half hours of spectacle and peril.
"I think usually in disaster movies, the idea is that you want in your final moments to make the best decisions you can possibly make and hope that your last choices are honorable and you can sort of rectify some of the mistakes you made in whatever small way,"Â she says, "I think that's a really compelling thing for audiences, whether it's a play or a TV show or a book about war, or whatever, what would you do if it were the end. That's sort of the question. I think Roland loves that, loves people in that situation. I'd really hope that they'd come together and I definitely feel like my generation just got a little bit of a kick in the ass with Obama and everything like that, so I feel like I woke up a little bit and hopefully, people will feel a little bit more involved now.
"I wasn't here for September 11th, but I was born, grew up, and raised here, so a lot of my friends were here, so I heard about different stories,"Â Peet continues, "My mom worked on the hotlines. She was a retired social worker, so she went and worked the hotlines and Starbucks stayed open until 1:00AM. The New Yorkers came together and everybody was everybody's neighbor and that was a great thing. For Roland, that's the point of the whole movie, it's
Amanda Peet
"It's Not the End of the World or Anything..."
what his dream would be if something like this would happen. It's his fantasy of how things would be."ÂThere's already early word that 2012 will be a springboard for a TV series that will continue the story. Peet says she'd be happy to do one, on one condition.
"If Roland were involved in it, I'd do it, yeah,"Â she replies.
She also says she would also be open to doing another special effects film, providing it had the same level of talent as with this film.
"Yeah, sure, if it was a good script and a good director and great co-stars,"Â Amanda says, "When I turn the pages and read a script really quickly, I know it's a good sign. It's always a bad sign when you're kind of trying to get through it throughout the day or throughout the weekend or whatever. But I'm not a writer, so I don't know how to create suspense and calibrate making the audience really uncomfortable, but also sucking them in, I don't know how they do it."Â
Amanda also stresses that the final result of Roland Emmerich's latest foray into disaster-laden spectacle pulls out all the stops and will have something to delight everybody, even the filmmaker's most hardened critics.
"If you like to go on a rollercoaster, then you're going to like this movie,"Â Peet states, "I think awesome is a really good word to describe this movie. Roland said he felt that it might be his last disaster movie and it looked like he was going for broke. Roland said he felt it might be his last disaster movie and it definitely feels like he was going for broke. So if you want to see the master of disaster in all his glory, this is probably the one to see."Â
Though Peet says the one thing she does not believe in regarding 2012 is the actual Mayan legend the film itself bases its plot off.
"No, I couldn't be more skeptical about
Amanda Peet
"It's Not the End of the World or Anything..."
it,"Â Amanda says flatly, "I don't believe in it. I think there's a lot to fucking worry about with our planet, but that's the least of my worries."ÂAmanda shared with us what is next on the horizon from her.
"I shot Nicole Holofcenter's next movie with Catherine Keener and the lovely Rebecca Hall and Oliver Platt and it's called Please Give and it's coming out in the spring,"Â Peet reveals, "It was my life's ambition to work with Nicole Holofcenter and I've been stalking her for like eight years, poor woman. So I feel like I can almost walk away now that I've worked with her, but not quite."Â
"And then, I did Gulliver's Travels with Jack Black and Emily Blunt and Jason Segel in London,"Â she adds, "So much green screen and I'm so glad I did 2012 right before that because I wasn't as flummoxed when I got there. I was talking to an 'X' on the screen and Emily Blunt over here, pretending that the 'X' was Emily Blunt. It was a lot easier because I had that little bit of experience."Â
Peet mentions that one holdover from Please Give was working alongside actor Oliver Platt.
"We saw each other twice,"Â Amanda says, "We had just done Nicole's movie, but we spent a lot of time with him there luckily. We only crossed paths mainly on Nicole's movie because he plays Catherine Keener's husband and I try to seduce him, so we mainly worked a lot on Nicole's movie.
Finally, we asked Amanda if she could pick any next film, what type of genre would she prefer.
"I think if some genie came and said, 'I'll grant you a wish. What movie would you like to do?' I'd probably would like to do a comedy, a romantic comedy or a Grosse Point Blank kind of comedy or something like that,"Â Peet replies, "But they are very hard to pull off these days. Almost everything's been done, chemistry's hard
Amanda Peet
"It's Not the End of the World or Anything..."
to come by, but mostly, I think a good romantic comedy script is really hard to come by. If I could have anything, it'd probably be something like Studio 60 where it has a lot of comedic aspects to it."Â
My brother suggested I might like this blog. He was totally right. This post truly made my day. You can not imagine simply how much time I had spent for this info! Thanks!
cheers regarding leaving this specific story. I feel definitely fed up with struggling to find relevant along with intelligent commentary for this subject. Everyone these days seem to venture to extremes for you to either push home their own viewpoint or claim that everybody else inside the globe will be wrong. cheers for the concise and also relevant understanding.
[...]one of our visitors recently recommended the following website[...]…
Wow, marvelous blog layout! How lengthy have you been running a blog for? you make running a blog look easy. The entire glance of your website is fantastic, let alone the content material!
Thanks for the helpful putting up. It is also my opinion that mesothelioma comes with an particularly prolonged latency interval, which means that symptoms in the disease might not come up till 30 to 50 years following 1st exposure to mesothelioma. Pleural mesothelioma, that is unquestionably the commonest variety and also affects the region about the actual lungs, might cause shortness regarding breath, upper body pains, and any persistent cough, which may lead to coughing way up blood.
i cant get how you’ll be able to share like this incredible posts admin considerably thanks
We’re a group of volunteers and opening a new scheme in our community. Your site offered us with valuable info to work on. You have done a formidable job and our entire community will be grateful to you.
nah, i just played dim souls a couple of times because it is shite, the artwork suck, it is often a shitty second overhead see game and is also no fun for anybody except folks who? bought it and so are just guarding their purchase in a way religious wackos guard their faith
Please let me know if you’re looking for a writer for your weblog. You have some really great articles and I feel I would be a good asset. If you ever want to take some of the load off, I’d really like to write some articles for your blog in exchange for a link back to mine. Please blast me an email if interested. Thank you!
This is really interesting, Youíre a very skilled blogger. I have joined your rss feed and look forward to seeking more of your magnificent post. Also, Iíve shared your site in my social networks!
Your current blogs normally have got a lot of really up to date info. Where do you come up with this? Just declaring you are very imaginative. Thanks again
I truly appreciated your post article.
I truly can see this Frightening Maze Sport submit. I’ve been searching across just for this! Thank goodness I discovered that on Google. You’ve manufactured our day time! Thank you.
Hi there, I found your web site via Google while searching for a related topic, your site came up, it looks great. I’ve bookmarked it in my google bookmarks.
very good post, i surely adore this fabulous website, persist with it
I was curious about your future publish admin actually required this webpage super amazing web site
I feel really thankful on the author with this post for making this wonderful and informative article reside here for us. We truly appreciate your effort. Keep up the good perform….
You’ve got noted really fascinating points ! ps good internet internet site .
Hello! Do you use Twitter? I’d like to follow you if that would be ok. I’m absolutely enjoying your blog and look forward to new posts.
Hi, Neat post. There is an issue along with your website in internet explorer, would check thisˇK IE still is the market chief and a big part of other folks will pass over your magnificent writing due to this problem.
Definitely believe that which you said. Your favorite reason seemed to be on the net the easiest thing to be aware of. I say to you, I certainly get annoyed while people consider worries that they plainly do not know about. You managed to hit the nail upon the top as well as defined out the whole thing without having side effect , people can take a signal. Will likely be back to get more. Thanks
My wife and i ended up being satisfied Peter managed to carry out his research through the ideas he obtained when using the site. It is now and again perplexing to just find yourself making a gift of concepts which a number of people may have been trying to sell. And we also already know we need the blog owner to thank because of that. The most important illustrations you made, the easy website navigation, the friendships you will assist to promote – it’s everything great, and it’s aiding our son in addition to the family recognize that the content is thrilling, and that’s quite mandatory. Thank you for the whole lot!
I enjoy you because of all your efforts on this website. My mom really loves making time for investigation and it’s really easy to see why. Almost all learn all concerning the powerful way you provide important items via the blog and as well as inspire participation from some other people on this concept so our girl is actually learning a whole lot. Take pleasure in the remaining portion of the new year. You’re the one conducting a superb job.
I think this is among the most important information for me. And i’m glad reading your article. But want to remark on few general things, The website style is great, the articles is really excellent : D. Good job, cheers
This is very interesting, You are a very skilled blogger. I’ve joined your rss feed and look forward to seeking more of your great post. Also, I have shared your web site in my social networks!
I’d must examine along here. Which isnt the one thing I do! I quite like reading a placed that could make folks think. Additionally, thanks for permitting me to remark!
I wanted to say thanks to you for this great read!! I’ve got you bookmarked to see new stuff you post.
Spot up for this write-up, I really feel this exceptional website requirements a whole lot much more consideration. I’ll more likely be once once again to read considerably more, thank you that data.
Hehe, you make other blogs I’ve find about this kind of matter appear undesirable. I’ve defiently identified the best one for you to take a note of. Many thanks that.
hello there and thank you for your information – I have definitely picked up anything new from right here. I did however expertise some technical issues using this web site, since I experienced to reload the web site a lot of times previous to I could get it to load properly. I had been wondering if your web host is OK? Not that I am complaining, but slow loading instances times will often affect your placement in google and can damage your high quality score if ads and marketing with Adwords. Anyway I am adding this RSS to my e-mail and can look out for a lot more of your respective intriguing content. Make sure you update this again very soon..
I usually don’t publish in Blogs however your weblog compelled me to, superb work.. beautiful … http://www.driversday.getlisted.co.nz/v8-race-car-driving-experience
I do agree with all the ideas you have presented in your post. They are very convincing and will certainly work. Still, the posts are too short for starters. Could you please extend them a bit from next time? Thanks for the post.
Hello there! This post could not be written any better! Reading this post reminds me of my good old room mate! He always kept chatting about this. I will forward this article to him. Fairly certain he will have a good read. Thanks for sharing!
Hello there! I know this is somewhat off topic but I was wondering if you knew where I could get a captcha plugin for my comment form? I’m using the same blog platform as yours and I’m having problems finding one? Thanks a lot!
I usually do not leave many comments, however i did some searching and wound up here Amanda Peet Interview for 2012 | The Cinema Source. And I do have some questions for you if you usually do not mind. Is it just me or does it seem like some of the responses look like written by brain dead visitors? :-P And, if you are posting on additional places, I’d like to follow anything new you have to post. Would you make a list of all of all your public pages like your twitter feed, Facebook page or linkedin profile?
Very nice style and superb content, nothing else we need :D.
Fantastic submit admin! i bookmarked your website blog. i’ll look forward when you may have an e-mail number adding.
Immigration… [...]the time to read or pay a visit to the content or web sites we have linked to below the[...]…
Pretty section of content. I just stumbled upon your web site and in accession capital to assert that I get in fact enjoyed account your blog posts. Anyway I’ll be subscribing to your feeds and even I achievement you access consistently fast.
I want reading and I believe this website got some genuinely utilitarian stuff on it!
Good ˇV I should definitely pronounce, impressed with your site. I had no trouble navigating through all the tabs and related info ended up being truly easy to do to access. I recently found what I hoped for before you know it in the least. Reasonably unusual. Is likely to appreciate it for those who add forums or anything, site theme . a tones way for your customer to communicate. Excellent task..
Hello my loved one! I wish to say that this post is amazing, nice written and come with approximately all important infos. I would like to peer extra posts like this.
I believe everything published was actually very reasonable. But, think on this, suppose you added a little information? I ain’t saying your information is not good., however what if you added a title that grabbed a person’s attention? I mean Amanda Peet Interview for 2012 | The Cinema Source is a little boring. You could look at Yahoo’s home page and note how they create post headlines to get people interested. You might add a related video or a related pic or two to grab people interested about everything’ve got to say. In my opinion, it would make your blog a little bit more interesting.
Nice story! I have been searching bing for hours trying to find appropriate information on this, they definitely need to rank your site higher!
I’m really enjoying the design and layout of your blog. It’s a very easy on the eyes which makes it much more pleasant for me to come here and visit more often. Did you hire out a designer to create your theme? Excellent work!
It’s a shame you don’t have a donate button! I’d without a doubt donate to this brilliant blog! I guess for now i’ll settle for bookmarking and adding your RSS feed to my Google account. I look forward to new updates and will share this blog with my Facebook group. Talk soon!
I like you weblog (désolé, je suis francais, je parle mal anglais)
Attractive section of content. I just stumbled upon your website and in accession capital to assert that I acquire in fact enjoyed account your blog posts. Any way I will be subscribing to your augment and even I achievement you access consistently fast.
I think other site proprietors should take this site as an model – very clean and magnificent style and design, not to mention the content. You are an expert in this topic!
Great blog! Is your theme custom made or did you download it from somewhere? A design like yours with a few simple adjustements would really make my blog stand out. Please let me know where you got your theme. Thanks a lot
I think this is one of the most important information for me. And i am glad reading your article. But want to remark on some general things, The web site style is perfect, the articles is really nice : D. Good job, cheers
I enjoy you because of all your efforts on this blog. Debby takes pleasure in working on investigation and it is obvious why. Many of us notice all relating to the dynamic way you deliver precious solutions via the web site and in addition strongly encourage response from some others on that subject plus our princess is undoubtedly learning a lot of things. Take advantage of the rest of the new year. Your doing a fabulous job.
You made a few just right points there. I did a seek on the topic and found most people will agree with your blog. https://www.lifereader.co.uk/psychics/free_psychic_chat
Many thanks for helpful post. I am pleased sure this post has helped me help save a lot of hrs of browsing other similar articles just to find what I was looking for. Just I want to say: Thank you!
Implausible article as always, I am seriously considering something along the lines of an affiliate part on my own web site… so very timely post. https://www.lifereader.co.uk/psychics/free_psychic_chat
Wonderful publish, exactly what I became looking for. I hope that this website publish grows to over to more and more people and that i may defiently be revealing this particular on my facebook.
Are there any other sites anyone recommend that hands me personally much more understanding about the subject? Many thanks!
I wish my personal college educator could allow me to deal with the school web site. In the event that he is doing please let me I’ll defiently become alluding many of my own content material on your internet site. My partner and i actually appreciate what we compose and will also be bookmarking that.
I’m really loving the theme/design of your blog. Do you ever run into any browser compatibility issues? A number of my blog audience have complained about my site not working correctly in Explorer but looks great in Chrome. Do you have any tips to help fix this issue?
Hey I am so glad I found your webpage, I really found you by mistake, while I was browsing on Askjeeve for something else, Nonetheless I am here now and would just like to say many thanks for a remarkable post and a all round thrilling blog (I also love the theme/design), I don’t have time to read through it all at the moment but I have book-marked it and also included your RSS feeds, so when I have time I will be back to read much more, Please do keep up the excellent job.
I like montogomeries so much!! You look lovely as usual, but I hopw you don’t have bare legs!!! The shoes are awesome… very jealous!!
Your house is valueble for me. Thanks!…
I would like to thnkx for the efforts you have put in writing this blog. I’m hoping the same high-grade web site post from you in the upcoming as well. In fact your creative writing abilities has inspired me to get my own web site now.
Bookmarked! Thanks to have an amazing post, will study your other folks posts.
Great write-up,reasonable advice. With thanks =)
the perfect concept is 100% content. Use content material when you do your promotions. You’ve probably observed in this weblog whenever I do a blog post that pretty much simply recommends a product or service, at all times a couple of folks don’t like that. http://www.cedarlite.getlisted.co.nz/joinery-auckland
I’ve recently started a website, the information you provide on this site has helped me tremendously. Thank you for all of your time & work.
Hello! I’ve been following your web site for a long time now and finally got the bravery to go ahead and give you a shout out from Huffman Texas! Just wanted to mention keep up the fantastic work!
Hey, you used to write great, but the last few posts have been kinda boring… I miss your great writings. Past several posts are just a bit out of track! come on!
Utterly composed content material , thankyou for entropy.
I got what you plan, thanks for swing up. Woh I am glad to exploit this website through google.