We chatted with star Nikki Blonsky Hairspray — who, as angsty troublemaker Will, gave a particularly fearless performance, up to and including a striptease down to her bathing suit — about why the world needs more Huge. It definitely caught me off guard. We were so thrilled with the reviews we got. We were so thrilled with how the media and the public were receiving it.
When I got nominated after two episodes for a Teen Choice award, we thought, Oh my God, people are loving the show. We thought it was a show that was really helping kids.
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And he said well, you've gotta go through a rigorous audition process. And I went back six times. I put myself on tape, and I screen tested. Everybody thinks that because I was Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray that they just gave me the role. That's not how it happened. I had to audition. And their main issue with me was, can you be mean enough to play this role? And I really dug deep. I said, you know what? I was teased so much in high school.
And so much in middle school. I'm sure I can find that anger somewhere. And I did. I auditioned for the role six times and I got it. And the feeling when I got it — I felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders in a way.
Because I was going to finally be able to bring to light a TV show that was so different. It just felt very groundbreaking. I felt really honored to be a part of it. What about when you read that you'd be doing a striptease? I was so excited about the striptease! For years I struggled with never wanting to go to the beach or the pool, because I didn't want to wear a bathing suit. I hated bathing suits. And when I read that my character was going to strip down to a bathing suit, I thought, well, it is now or never.
Face your fears. And I really wanted to do it in a big, grand way. To show the world: Look. This is what a lot of people in America look like. We're all not skinny tiny little people.
This is what we look like, and it's OKAY. It's okay for us to go to the beach, or wear a bathing suit at the pool. We should be able to be comfortable and proud. It broke a boundary within myself; I had to face that fear in order to do that, for the people that I really wanted to do it for — the fans.
The kids that I know are suffering with going to the beach in a bathing suit themselves. I think that's one of the things that's really interesting: With a show about, say, cops — or lawyers — the actors are usually not actually cops or lawyers.
In this instance, the cast is who they are playing, to some extent. Maybe you're not dealing with the exact same issues as your character is, but it's an overweight person being played by an overweight person. There's a deeper connection there. I always said our show was more of a reality show than a reality show.
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