Friday, August 10, 2007
Claire Danes: Fairytales Meet Reality
Once again, Claire Danes has been able to take a complex character study and reduce all of the issues to their most basic elements. In her recent role in Stardust, directed by Matthew Vaughn, Claire plays a fairytale star come to life and cast down to Earth.
Stardust is about the journey that Claire’s character takes as she is forced to tackle several real life issues while on the run with a handsome prince (It’s Hollywood). Central to the story is how Danes’ character deals with: adolescence, adulthood, trust and independence.
Since her early success as a child star on the 1994 series My So Called Life, Claire has often been cast in roles that portray sophisticated women, influenced heavily by their environment. “They’re all kind of self-possessed and determined and energetic and frustrated, as smart people tend to be,” she said. Claire also adds that they’re all females in male worlds. “Women tend to live in male constructs. Even stars. Even celestial beings live in male constructs.”
With three different movies scheduled for release this year, Ms Danes is going to be extremely busy. Not only is she filming and promoting her new flicks, but she’s also acting in her first stage drama, George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, in which she’ll play Eliza Doolittle.
Enjoy the pictures of Claire out and about NYC on Thursday (August 9).
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posted by Kayla at 12:47 PM
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