Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan Talk Director Maria Schrader's 'She Said'
Moviefone speaks with Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan about 'She Said.' "There were so many reasons I wanted to be a part of this story," Mulligan said.
Opening in theaters on November 18th is the new biographical drama ‘She Said,’ which tells the true story of the New York Times journalists that broke the story of Harvey Weinstein's sexual misconduct allegations.
Directed by Maria Schrader (‘I’m Your Man’), the film stars Carey Mulligan (‘Promising Young Woman’) and Zoe Kazan (‘The Big Sick’) as New York Times journalists Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, respectively.
In addition to Mulligan and Kazan, the cast also includes Patricia Clarkson, Andre Braugher, Jennifer Ehle, Samantha Morton, and Ashley Judd as herself.
Moviefone recently had the pleasure of speaking with Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan about their work on 'She Said,’ the true story it is based on, the journalists that reported the story, and the courageous women that came forward to tell the truth.
Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan star in 'She Said.'
You can read the full interview below or click on the video player above to watch our interviews with Mulligan, Kazan, Patricia Clarkson, Andre Braugher, Jennifer Ehle, and director Maria Schrader.
Moviefone: To begin with, Carey, can you talk about playing Megan Twohey and what did you learn about her that surprised you?
Carey Mulligan: I mean there were so many reasons I wanted to be a part of the story in general, I think. The import of what these women achieved is something that we'll learn about in the history books in years to come because of the courage of the survivors who came forward. So, I think it deserves a film about it, and about the women who spoke up.
But with Megan particularly, I think I was so interested in just the psychological makeup of someone who can do that job, of an investigative journalist. Who can ring someone up in the middle of the day, ask them maybe the most difficult thing that's ever happened to that person, and try and start a relationship with that person to share that information with the world, with the sole conviction that it's for the right reasons.
I think that's a really extraordinary skill. I think we both felt from the beginning so in awe of them as women. They're really extraordinary. They're really impressive, and we just wanted to do that justice, and try to portray them honestly.
(L to R) Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan in 'She Said,' directed by Maria Schrader.
MF: Finally, Zoe, there is a pivotal scene in the film where Jody receives a call from Ashley Judd saying that she is willing to go on the record. Can you talk about filming that scene and how Judd’s courage really broke the story wide open?
Zoe Kazan: I think Carey and I both feel just this enormous debt of gratitude to all the women who spoke with Jody and Megan, either on or off the record. Carey has said, time and again, and I think it's true, it takes so much courage and so much bravery to speak even in private about something traumatic that has happened to you, let alone with a reporter who's going to use that story to tell the world.
I think knowing that Ashley had been so brave and that her going on the record had really made such an enormous difference within our industry and within the world, I think the emotion of that was very easy for me to access.
It was also just really meaningful to me to have Carey there. We've been friends for 14 years and I think getting to look into her eyes and say, “She's going on the record,” and have that sort of connection between us, it really brought our partnership into the room at the same time as it was honoring Megan and Jody's partnership and the sisterhood of all these women.
(L to R) Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan, Patricia Clarkson and Andre Braugher in 'She Said,' directed by Maria Schrader.
