![]() ![]() For the audience as well as the other characters,” Gugino explains. The sequence you’re referring to needed to really hit that notion home. “In violent movies, it’s important that the violence has consequences. Her storyline was crucial for how the ending would play out. We admit we cried watching the scenes leading up to the end, but it’s from being absorbed into the softer, maternal, protective side of Madeleine. It felt like we were ACTUALLY hiding out.” ![]() That was an old bunker beneath a gorgeous park in Berlin. “I particularly loved the scenes when we were deep in our librarian’s lair. “Anytime all of the women were together, there was a tangible dynamic energy in the room,” she tells us. Madeleine’s reverence for the sanctity of the library and her love for children made me want to play her.” Knowing these sides of her character brought us to ask about the dynamic between all the different personalities of the librarians and what were Gugino’s favorite scenes to film with the cast. And librarians, the keepers of all the knowledge. The two constants were school and libraries. “As a child, I moved almost every year of my life. We asked Gugino about her role as Madeleine and what captivated her during the first readings. ![]() Shifting back over to the excitement and action of Gunpowder Milkshake, which of course, we watched twice because it drew us in on many levels. Seeing Gugino handle both aptly shows her versatility, as well as the passion for reaching those seemingly impossible goals. Some actors stay with film and tv, while others only prefer the stage. The ability to continue for an entire act without stopping on pure memorization is extremely difficult. It marked a new chapter for me, one that would include a lot of theater!” It’s worthy to note that going from film sets to the stage is no easy feat by any means. I felt somehow completely at home on the stage. It would prove to be one of my most transformative and creative experiences of my career. “I was 32 and had been acting successfully in film and television for almost 20 years at that point. “I made my Broadway debut in Arthur Miller’s After The Fall,” she says. I’ve always been interested in being a shapeshifter.”įocusing on her career thus far, we asked Gugino if there is one performance that taught her what it takes to be an actor or perhaps presented more challenges than were expected. “One of the perks of having acted most of my life and wanting to keep surprising and pushing myself is that now it is being recognized as a body of work. Going more into the work of Gugino, we asked what attracts her to specific roles: “I inevitably feel attracted to whatever is the opposite of what I’ve just done! At first, I confused people doing Tennessee Williams on stage, playing the Mom in Spy Kids, when I was too young for the part, and following that up playing the lesbian parole officer in Sin City, etc.,” she shares with us. When speaking of her latest movie, Gunpowder Milkshake,we can sense a sharp intellect that makes one realize this is a crucial part of what carried her through such a wonderfully successful career that spans over three decades. There’s a grounded gracefulness to Gugino while on the set for Composure’s cover shoot, and through each look, her inner beauty radiates. The wide array of roles we’ve seen the incredibly talented Gugino step into are just the beginning of our long admiration for her as an actress. A young teen trying to survive Shelley Long’s flamboyant, adventurous Phyllis Nefler in the hit comedy Troop Beverly Hills, joining Robert Rodriguez’s Spy Kids franchise in a mother’s role at just 27 years old to the being the mother who will do anything to save her daughter alongside Dwayne Johnson in San Andreas, along with a solid line up of cult classics, Sin City to Sucker Punch and Watchmen-Carla Gugino has graced over a hundred films, television series, and the theater stage. ![]()
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