![]() ![]() SW: What was really Canadian, they were the nicest people. ![]() NS: What was it like shooting in Chester, Nova Scotia, a small town on the east coast of Canada? Was there anything super-Canadian about it? I think Hildy looks put-together in a realistic way: a woman who doesn’t have a ton of spend on clothes but looks tip-top. She’s probably the best costume designer. SW: It’s wonderful you mention this was done by my good old friend Ann Roth. What can you say about comfortable style? And working with the costume designer on The Good House ? NS: Your style in the film is stellar - silk pieces, elegant blazers. I wanted her to be okay and figure this out. It’s that slippage down that slope, and her being at this crossroads is interesting. All the things that have been working for her suddenly aren’t there anymore. Her ex-assistant has taken all her clients. She’s pissed off at this point of her life. NS: What made you fall in love with Hildy as a character? She’s a smart, funny woman who is perceptive, but not perceptive about her own problems. You have fun with Hildy as if you’re at the bar with her, hearing her side of the story. Going beyond those two drinks and knowing where to stop is a much grayer area. Like Hildy, it makes them feel like it makes them more themselves. I would never begrudge them the first couple of drinks. I liked the fact that I didn’t see Hildy like that, as there are people in my own family who have some alcohol use disorder. At the end of the day, when she goes home, kicks her shoes off and unhooks her bra, and has a glass of pinot noir, you think, “Yeah, you have earned this glass of wine.” When I read the book, it’s really more of a journal of someone who knows they have a drinking problem. ![]() The script is more of the story of Hildy you’re in her life. SIGOURNEY WEAVER: I read the script first, then the book later, which I am glad about because they’re quite different. NADJA SAYEJ: What did you think when you read the script and the book by Ann Leary? Which came first, reading the script or reading the book? The star, who turns 73 next month, talks to Shondaland about addiction, shooting in small-town Canada, and photo shoots with Helmut Newton. The film, directed by Maya Forbes and Wally Wolodarsky, shows the nuances of addiction through Weaver’s role. Good isn’t sidelined by a younger starlet - the character is a real woman trying to get through her day-to-day, even when her kids try to send her off to rehab. The film puts a middle-aged, divorced woman squarely in the spotlight, something we don’t see often. She rekindles a romance with an old high school flame, Frank (Kevin Kline), and drowns her sorrows in bottles of pinot noir. The Good House is a romantic dramedy based on an Ann Leary novel, and Weaver plays a recovering alcoholic named Hildy Good, who is an older, sometimes bitter but always wry New England realtor in her 60s. ![]() Now, the three-time Oscar nominee shines in a new feature film, The Good House, which hits theaters on September 30. We might know her from the legendary Alien franchise, which redefined science fiction, as Dian Fossey in Gorillas in the Mist, or from her performance in James Cameron’s Avatar film series (she just finished filming Avatar 2). ![]()
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