Tag: True Detective

Total Film UK: The Real McAdams

Total Film UK Published: September, 2015 As a lead in this season of True Detective, Rachel McAdams is ticking off ‘crime’ on an already varied CV, whilst also fending off enquiries about plotlines and her private life… Given the ascent to iconic status of her most notable ex, Ryan ‘Hey girl’ Gosling, Rachel McAdams herself …

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News AU: Rachel McAdams on her new film Southpaw, and whether those rumours about her and Jake Gyllenhaal are true

News.com.au Published: July 26, 2015 “I’D be a mess,” confesses Rachel McAdams at the thought of dating a boxer. The Canadian-born actor is promoting her upcoming drama Southpaw, in which she portrays the tough-as-nails wife of a middleweight champion, played by Jake Gyllenhaal. Having to watch one’s significant other get beaten up for a living …

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Den Of Geek: Rachel McAdams on ‘Having A Thick Skin’ in Southpaw

Den Of Geek Published: July 25, 2015 The Canadian actress on Southpaw, True Detective, Doctor Strange and more… The following interview contains spoilers for Southpaw. Rachel McAdams has had one of the most diverse careers of any modern actress. The London, Ontario-born McAdams scored her breakout role in 2004 with Mean Girls, and since then …

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Guff: Rachel McAdams on Southpaw and True Detective

Guff Published: July 24, 2015 This month you can still see Rachel McAdams on season two of True Detective, playing grizzled detective Ani Bezzerides. In the equally gritty movie Southpaw, McAdams plays the softer side. Maureen Hope (McAdams) is Billy Hope’s (Jake Gyllenhaal) wife who’s ready for him to get out of the fight game. …

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IndieWire: Rachel McAdams Talks ‘Southpaw,’ Laughs On The ‘True Detective’ Set & Nic Pizzolatto’s Take On Her Character

IndieWire Published: July 23, 2015 While also assuming the most compelling draw—from casting to just-aired fifth episode—on the second season of “True Detective,” actress Rachel McAdams injects the emotional bedrock to Antoine Fuqua’s newest film, the boxing drama “Southpaw.” A tale in the latter half of a father trying to regain his young daughter, it …

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Time: Rachel McAdams Has Always Wanted to Play Unlikable Women

Time Published: July 23, 2015 The True Detective and Southpaw actress talks knife fighting, her Mean Girls character and whether True Detective is sexist Returning from a photo shoot to a suite at the Beverly Hills Four Seasons, Rachel McAdams drapes an oversized grey sweater over her bejeweled black dress and opts to go barefoot, …

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NZ Herald: What to expect from True Detective’s second season

NZ Herald Published: June 19, 2015 The cast and creators of True Detective talk to Michele Manelis about the new series and how it departs from its acclaimed predecessor The feverishly anticipated second season of crime drama True Detective is finally upon us. Creator-screenwriter Nic Pizzolatto’s new series of last year’s HBO hit isn’t an …

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Telegraph UK: Rachel McAdams – ‘True Detective made me sick’

Telegraph UK Published: July 18, 2015 The Southpaw star plays an addicted cop in the HBO crime saga. What are her real-life vices? The character Rachel McAdams plays in the hit American crime series True Detective is complicated, to say the least. Detective Ani Bezzerides was raised by a New Age guru, her mother committed …

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Variety: Rachel McAdams on ‘True Detective’ Shootout Scene

Variety Published: July 14, 2015 HBO’s crime drama “True Detective” has now become famous for its intense action scenes, with the bloody shootout involving Rachel McAdams’ SWAT officer Ani Bezzerides in Sunday’s episode being no exception. While the episode certainly got the adrenaline flowing in fans, it was especially grueling to film for McAdams. “That …

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Stylist UK: Rachel McAdams on travelling solo, sexism in Hollywood and the importance of family

Stylist UK Published: July 14, 2015 From Mean Girls to True Detective, Rachel McAdams could give a TED talk on how to navigate Hollywood. But it’s her off-screen approach to life that we’d like to emulate. You can imagine Rachel McAdams living and loving in the Seventies. From the solar panels she is having fitted, …

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The Sunday Times Magazine: Rachel McAdams – Too hot to handle

The Sunday Times Magazine Published: July 05, 2015 Rachel McAdams found fame alongside Lindsay Lohan in Mean Girls — and got so freaked out by Hollywood she nearly quit. Now she’s navigating the red carpet on her own terms Could the careers of two actresses have gone in more different directions than those of Rachel …

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TV & Satellite Week: Q&A Rachel McAdams

TV & Satellite Week Published: June 20, 2015 The 36-year-old Canadian actress talks all things True Detective… How would you describe your character, Ani? She is very courageous in places I probably wouldn’t be. She certainly has no qualms about putting herself in harm’s way to do what’s right. She’s like a dog with a …

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Look UK: I’ve Never Played A Character Like This

Look UK Published: June 15, 2015 The actress, 36, appears in the new series of True Detective. She talks about love and being herself. Hi Rachel! Was it a conscious decision to do something new when you took on True Detective’s tough cop Ani? I judge projects by the people involved and the quality of …

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Marie Claire: Rachel Returns

Marie Claire Published: May 10, 2015 No more Ms. Nice Guy. As a rough-around-the-edges law enforcer in this month’s cult crime show True Detective, Rachel McAdams is like nothing we’ve seen before. Which is just the way she likes it. Rachel McAdams shows up for our interview in an electric car the size of a …

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