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Consider the curious career of Michelle Williams.
And yet, somehow, she is underrated.
Williams is ready for all that to change.
Its not a fun way to spend your life.
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Its the latter quality that Scott said made Williams perfect for the role.
She suits me down to the ground because she is not sentimental, he said.
To get a tear out of her?
Surprisingly, I got those tears 20 minutes into my conversation with Williams.
(Those reshootsearned additional headlines this weekwhen a pay disparity between Williams and Wahlberg was revealed.)
I do want to see it, but its jarring, she said.
Its so discordant with the experience.
she said, as if I were pulling her leg.
Her eyes welled up, and she let out the big breath shed been holding for months.
Its just been such a strange saga of highs and lows and ups and downs, she confessed.
Its been an emotional roller coaster.
She is petite and pixie-cut, solicitous but shy in person.
Coupled with her talent, its what makes her a movie star.
I kind of lost my muscle, my ability to be able to watch myself in a movie.
It seems so foreign and so odd to me that I just dont know if I could handle it.
I think I formerly would have felt so intimidated by working with Ridley Scott.
Theres no magic, no score, no pretty lighting or editing.
Its just me sustaining something.
Youre just in survival mode, and becoming a puddle doesnt do anyone any good.
It was a nightmare, Williams admitted.
But as soon as they told me about the idea, I said, Take whatever you want.
It really is across industries.
Dont let it be ruined because of one bad man.
So, like Gail Getty, she has resolved to keep moving, to seize the opportunity for change.
They didnt have that fear before, and they sure do now, because people are finally talking.
I feel like this opening has been created where we can re-create the world, she said.
