Married Life (2007)
Do you know what really goes on in the mind of the person with whom you sleep?
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InformationRachel as: Kay Nesbitt |
External Links• Official Website |
Plot Outline: The late 1940s. Richard Langley, a bachelor playboy, narrates a story that starts when his best friend, Harry Allen, invites him to lunch to tell Richard he’s in love. Trouble is, Harry’s already married to Pat; he worries Pat would be hurt too deeply by a divorce. Then, Harry’s new love, Kay, joins them. Richard is smitten, so when he finds out that Pat may be in love with someone else but won’t tell Harry because she fears he would be too hurt, Richard can’t decide if he should let all the cats out of the bag. He’d unite pairs of lovers, but he’d lose Kay. Meanwhile, Harry decides that a swift end to Pat’s life would be more kind than divorcing her. He buys poison. Murder will out?
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Production Process
“Married Life” was filmed in Canada late 2007. Rachel was seen August 9th, 2007 with Pierce Brosnan on set of the film.
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Triva & Facts
• Rachel died her hair platinum blond for the movie by her own request.
• The working title was “Marriage“.
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Character Quotes
Kay Nesbitt: A woman needs to be loved, and that’s true. But it’s not the whole truth. She also needs somebody to love.
Quotes from Rachel
“I read the script and I thought, this is a very mature film. It’s not easy, but it’s well-crafted. The dichotomy of that, I thought, would be a great experiment. The characters were roughed-out enough that they’re interesting, but there was a lot to explore still.”
-On why she got involved (Globe and Mail)
“It’s intense. It was a really fun color. It was fun to be platinum. I think we forget, because so many photographs are in black and white, that women were very risqué and, at the time, it was very usual to be that blonde.”
-On dying her hair platinum blond (Collider)
“I think, in terms of the romance, Kay has already loved and lost the love of her life so she’s really in love for the second time around. It’s very different from her first love so that was kind of interesting to me.”
-On her character Kay (About)
“I felt really inspired working with [director] Ira [Sachs]. He was very gentle and very kind and very supportive and I just felt reignited. Sometimes after a project you’re just completely spent but I was just ready to do more after this experience.”
-On working with director Ira Sachs (The Cinema Source)
Quotes from Cast & Crew
[on Rachel McAdams] “My ears perked up when I heard she started in theater. I’ve worked with some wonderful American actors, but I’m afraid that for a piece like [Married Life], they usually cast from Britain, Australia, Canada. There’s a maturity in these women that the American film industry…well, look at what’s happening with the awards this year—Meryl is the only American up for best actress.”
-Chris Cooper, co-star (Elle Magazine)
[on Rachel McAdams] “Something’s happening behind the eyes that’s different from what she’s saying. There’s a whole life going on within the gaze. Yes! You fall completely in love with Rachel when you work with her. And I’m a full-grown gay man!”
-Ira Sachs, director (Elle Magazine)
“Rachel is extremely ambitious with the emotional life of her characters. There’s also this emotional level that I think she has as an actress which is just beneath the surface. It’s something that the audience wants more of, and on that level, she really understands the nature of what it is to be a movie star, which is to provide something but, also, to hold something back.”
-Ira Sachs, director (Globe and Mail)
“What I loved about Rachel McAdams, I knew her from Red Eye, that was the movie where I saw what I wanted to see and cast her based on that work, is that she has a certain mystery. I think she understand that the nature of being a movie star, and being a movie actress is as much what you show and is also what you don’t show. And she holds something back, which I think the audience, they crave in a way. They’re drawn to her because of her beauty, because of a certain kind of tenderness, and yet there’s something that they can’t quite get at. And I think that’s what keeps their interest and makes her so alluring.”
-Ira Sachs, director (Audio commentary DVD)
Critical Reception
“Rachel McAdams does a nice job of always seeming honest and sincere, even when she makes U-turns.”
-Roger Ebert (Sun Times)
“McAdams and [Amy] Adams are dewy, vibrant stars whose popularity lies in the feminist independence they generously grant to the fictional women they play.”
-Lisa Schwarzbaum (EW)
“There are four very good actors here giving high-IQ performances.”
-Peter Bradshaw (Guardian)
“Clarkson and McAdams both project an outer vulnerability that belies the inner strength and clever conniving that goes on beneath the makeup and fancy clothes.”
-Leslie C. Halpern (Suit 101)
Promotion Tour
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TV Appearances • n/a |
Appearances • Toronto International Film Festival • New York Premiere • Press Conference |
Interviews • USA Weekend, March 2008 • About, March 2008 » View all interviews |
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