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Interview with Delivery Man’s Cobie Smulders & Chris Pratt #DeliveryManEvent

November 25, 2013 by Momstart Leave a Comment

Should you watch Delivery Man? Is it worth going to the theater and spending 15.00 a ticket?

Yes, yes Delivery Man is actually worth the money because it’s a fantastic movie and if you haven’t seen it, it’s a great movie to take your family too. In fact, if you need a new family tradition, try out ours, go see a movie Thanksgiving night, or the day after instead of going shopping. Nothing in the world will get me out there shopping on Thanksgiving day or Black Friday. Now to further influence you to go see Delivery Man, I have an interview with Cobie Smulders and Chris Pratt

Cobie Smulders

Q : How did you first become involved?

Cobie went first:

Well, I’m sure all of you know this but I’ll repeat it anyway.  It’s based on the original film (which) is a French Canadian film by the name of Starbuck.  I saw that a couple of months before I even read the script or anything.  I really loved the film.  I was really moved by the story.  I really loved the characters.  I really loved that it was Canadian because I’m Canadian as well and then I heard it was being redone and was kind of surprised ‘cause I thought it was such a great film.  Obviously, it’s nice for it to come to America and I was also excited that Kevin Scott, who wrote and directed the original, was gonna do our version as well and I just thought he had such a strong vision and he had such great storytelling ability that I just knew it was gonna be a good movie.  And then I heard Vince was attached and so I started just auditioning.  I just went in and auditioned and met with all the guys and convinced them to give me the role.

Q : What was your favorite place to film?

Cobie :

In New York.  I loved shooting in Brooklyn. We shot in Carol Gardens, we shot in Parks Slope and we shot a lot of our exteriors there. I think my character’s apartment was there and a lot of the outdoor scenes that we shot were in Brooklyn as well and I’ve always wanted to shoot a movie in Brooklyn. I was really, really excited that we were able to because nowadays it’s usually Detroit for Brooklyn and so just to keep the cost down or whatever. I think at one time we were looking at New Orleans but I feel that in this film, the city of New York is such a strong character in our movie and it just adds so much to it, visually and it also just made it so much fun to shoot in. I mean you’re in Brooklyn and instead of going to get your coffee at craft service you go to like the local coffee shop and have a cup of coffee. It just made everything just much more fun.

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Q : How did being a mom affect your role?

 

SMULDERS :

Well very much. I mean this movie is really all about parenting. It’s all about what it takes to be a parent so I, I automatically connected with that. I was pregnant in this film, not in life but I had the fake belly on and, uh, I, I remember just crazy emotions that come into play when you’re pregnant and I think that one of the things that I know I crave and I think that pregnant women do crave is stability. You know, you’re in this situation where especially if it’s your first child a lot of things are unknown and in terms of this movie, the character of Emma, she has a very unreliable partner so she’s just sort of trying to figure all that out. Being a mom?

 

PRATT :

Well for me, my son was had just been born when I was doing this movie. I think he was maybe two months old. So for me I wasn’t necessarily able to relate to my character’s journey as a father in this movie ‘cause he’s like so overwhelmed with the idea of being a father. I was still finding every little tiny thing endlessly fascinating about my own son. But I did miss him a lot and so like they were moments in the performance where I needed to just stare off into space and think about something that bummed me out. The fact that I was away from him was something that I could go to if I needed to so that was, that was my way out.

Q : How did you gain weight?

Chris:

Well, really applied all of the principles of losing weight and just reversed them.  You know, I had just come off from a movie where I had gotten in good shape.  I did this movie, Zero Dark Thirty and I got in good shape for that.  In a way like how a lot of people lose weight I just crash dieted and worked out and starved myself until I was skinny.  So by the time I was done with that movie my body was really ready to gain weight, rapidly.  My wife was in the last third of her pregnancy and so a good 20 pounds of that was probably just sympathy weight and gaining weight alongside her as we indulged in things that we don’t normally eat.  And then I had a meeting with the director and I saw the original movie.  The actor who played my role in the original, really brilliant actor, and part of the charm was that he was a bit of a bigger guy and I thought that this is really great.  It’s a role where I can gain a lot of weight and I’ve always wanted to do that.  I’ve done it before once and I really wanted to do it again and see if I could really push it this time and so I did it.  Everything you think, you know, minus any guilt.  It was really great.

Q : What was it like working with Vince?

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SMULDERS :

I loved working with Vince.  I think he’s everything that you would kind of expect him to be.  Super funny, super quick.  Going into this movie I was very intimidated because he’s sort of known for his amazing improv, and I am very rusty and so when I came to this film and met him, he was so supportive and he’s also very considerate and very charming.  Like he really goes out of his way to put everyone at ease on set and set the tone for everybody so it was pretty great.

 

PRATT :

I feel the same thing.  I mean, really I mean he’s beloved by people, his fans and people because he just seems real.  You know, he seems like a regular guy and I think that he’s everything you would really hope that he would if you’re a fan of his.  He’s not like some Hollywood A hole.  He’s no nonsense when it comes down to doing work. He does work and makes sure everyone around him does good work and that’s important as the captain of the ship.  But at the same time, charming, caring and, he’s polite.  He’s polite to everyone from the people who are his wait staff in restaurants to fans and strangers on the street who approach him, who like him.  He always gives a little bit of himself to people so he’s really everything you’d hope he would be.

Q : What’s your favorite scene?

 

SMULDERS :

I had this great seen with Vince at the end of the film, this very long scene where he goes into a, into a speech proposing and then things start unraveling. And that was a really great scene to shoot because it was, I mean it was just this monologue, this never ending monologue and Vince just did a great job with it and for me it was very fun to play off of not only just as an actor but the circumstances being I just delivered a baby and so there’s a lot going on. it was a fun thing to play.

Q : Was it  improvisation?

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SMULDERS :

No Scripted. The movie was very scripted to sort of go back to what Chris said. I think that what happens is when you’re doing more improv in a movie or on a set in general like things, you just throw things out and things switch up. I mean this because Ken had such a strong vision for this film and, and maybe even stronger because this is the second time he did it. he really was specific about the characters and how he wanted them to relate to each other.

Great and fun interview!  Now, have you been to see Delivery Man for yourself yet?  I would love to hear if you liked it as much I did.

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Filed Under: Movie review Tagged With: Chris pratt, Cobie Smulders, Delivery Man, interview, movie

How Do You Prepare to Be Maria Hill Marvel’s The Avengers Interview with Cobie Smulders

May 4, 2012 by Momstart 18 Comments

Have you seen Marvel’s The Avengers yet? If you haven’t you NEED to go see it. There are lots of really great characters in it and Maria Hill is one of them you need to meet because Cobie Smulders did quite a bit of preparation for her role as Maria Hill in The Avengers.

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First, She had to familiarize herself with Marvel, “when I got this role, I started reading all the comic books all the blogs, and everything anyone had to say about the character Maria Hill. I was trying to learn as much as I could. She’s described as like the biggest bitch in the universe.” She also said it was “kind of cool to approach a role with that kind of stigma behind it, and to just own it and be Maria Hill in the way that works with Nick Fury.”

Preparing for stunts she had to learn how to shoot, move and race a car. In the beginning of the movie there is a really intense car chase sequence. She liked doing her own stunts and loved the process…”to feel like at any point, I could take anyone down” I would to feel like that to be able to take anyone down at anytime. I think training to be a super strong human would be a lot of fun too, plus driving a car under extreme safe conditions that would be fun. Cobie said, “I’d never done driving under extraordinary circumstances. ….it felt like a dance choreography where you’re driving and and then a car hits you from the sides. Then you move your body this way and then you jam it into second gear.”

She also said that she probably got on Joss Whedon’s nerves because she wanted to have more of the action with her character.

“I remember doing one scene with Sam and we were shooting a bad guy, and Sam shot three bullets and then they would say, “Sam you shoot three times, Cobie, you shoot once, and then Sam shoots two more times”, and I was like, what’s that? ….why can’t I have shoot twice, I’ve trained to do this.”

Cobie Maria Hill The Avengers

More on her special training for this..

“I actually found this guy, really oddly, through my naturopathic doctor.He’s literally called me and talked to me about the movie and I said I want to do all this training… I’m looking for a place to shoot and learn some martial arts. Then he said, I’ve got this great guy, Tom Mazzola and he will totally help you out. And he did he came to my house a couple time a week. “

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So Cobie Smulders learned how to shoot and be comfortable with a gun. She learned martial arts and how to drive like there is no tomorrow all to be a perfectly stunning, smart and strong Maria Hill in Marvel’s The Avengers.

Interview Opportunity and expenses were covered by Disney.

Filed Under: Movie review Tagged With: Cobie Smulders, Marvel, movie, The Avengers

Pictures from Closing Night of Tribeca Film Festival With First Responders & Marvel’s The Avengers #theavengersevent

April 30, 2012 by Momstart 29 Comments

Something in the movie Marvel’s The Avengers that you can’t see until Friday was how they actually honored the First Responders of our country in the movie. They were on the scene and they looked heroic while they helped people as The Avengers fought the guys that were impossible for them to defeat. One thing I can show you is how first responders our nations heroes were honored at the Red Carpet event I attended Saturday. During the closing night of the Tribeca Film Festival in New York the First responders had the red carpet treatment. They were given free tickets to the film festival, they were on the carpet with the stars. They were taking their pictures with them and truly honored in a special way. When Robert Downy Junior was introducing the movie he asked all of the first responders and military to stand, then everyone in the room stood to give them a much deserved big warm round of applause. I was honored to be apart of watching everyday heroes having a very special night.

Here is the Pictures from Closing Night of Tribeca Film Festival With First Responders & Marvel’s The Avengers…

Thor: Chris Hemsworth

Chris Hemsworth with 1st RespondersChris Hemsworth with Military

The Incredible Hulk: Mark Ruffalo

 

 

Mark Ruffalo  with 1st Responders

Agent Phil Coulson Clark Gregg

Clark Gregg  with 1st Responders

Loki: Tom Hiddleston

Tom Hiddleston with Military

Iron Man: Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downet  Jr with 1st Responders

Maria Hill: Cobie Smulders

Cobie Smulders with MilitaryCobie Smulders  with 1st Responders

Thanks to Disney for the photos, travel and expenses

Filed Under: Movie review Tagged With: Chris Hemsworth, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, First Responders, Marvel's The Avengers, movie, Movie review, Robert Downey Jr. Mark Ruffalo, The Avengers, Tom Hiddleston, Tribeca Film

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