The actor has gone from indie darling to millennial emblem with her ditzy but heartfelt characters. What’s the secret of her appeal?
“I think this Fall is going to be my moment to finally acquire a poodle,” says Greta Gerwig, sounding exactly like Greta Gerwig. She’s walking through New York and every bit of chit-chat could be a line from one of her charming, off-kilter films. She warns of “the risk of the walking interview” (police sirens). She talks of eating like a wolf. She enthuses about a 1926 novel called Lolly Willowes (“It’s kind of about a woman who becomes a witch!”), recommended to her by director Todd Solondz after she asked him for reading lists “because I wanted to know what was on his bookshelf”.
Related: Maggie’s Plan review: Julianne Moore steals agreeably messy comedy
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“I think this Fall is going to be my moment to finally acquire a poodle,” says Greta Gerwig, sounding exactly like Greta Gerwig. She’s walking through New York and every bit of chit-chat could be a line from one of her charming, off-kilter films. She warns of “the risk of the walking interview” (police sirens). She talks of eating like a wolf. She enthuses about a 1926 novel called Lolly Willowes (“It’s kind of about a woman who becomes a witch!”), recommended to her by director Todd Solondz after she asked him for reading lists “because I wanted to know what was on his bookshelf”.
Related: Maggie’s Plan review: Julianne Moore steals agreeably messy comedy
Continue reading...
- 7/2/2016
- by Alex Godfrey
- The Guardian - Film News
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