Kate and Jamie attended today at Paris Fashion Week the front row of Dior Homme, and we have some pictures added in our gallery. More to come later!
We have updated our gallery with another portrait made during Kate’s current tour promoting Megan Leavey. This time is one she did for The Globe and Mail.
On the article that accompained the portraits, Kate and Gabriela Cowperthwaite talks about working with animals, specially comparing this current work with A Dog’s Purpose (and the behind the scenes video that caused comotion due the mistreat the german sheppard was receiving). For Kate and Cowperthwaite, the dogs’ welfare was “the most important thing at all times.
Mara credits Blackfish with turning her into an animal activist; that’s why she urged Megan Leavey’s producers to hire Cowperthwaite, though the director hadn’t made a fiction feature before. Mara’s gaze is level and her manner friendly, but there’s something flinty about her, something wary. She’s believable as someone who becomes a U.S. Marine “to get away from my life,” whose status as the sole woman in camp sets her apart even from her corps, and whose key relationship is with her dog.
“Megan starts off lost,” Mara says. “She doesn’t know what her purpose is in life. Everyone goes through that at some point – they need some guidance or passion. Through Rex, Megan finds her reason.”
There’s a strong outsider streak in Mara’s filmography. “I’m intrigued by that in a person,” she admits. “I like stories about people who don’t feel like they belong. I think all of us have a bit of that.”
Although she grew up in tony Bedford, N.Y., in a family that ran two football dynasties, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Giants, as a kid, Mara yearned for escape. “School to me was a problem,” she says. “The social aspect was really anxiety-ridden for me.” She graduated high school a year early and dived into work, landing roles on TV (Law & Order, Nip/Tuck) and film (127 Hours, The Martian). Now, she says, “I’m able to wait for things that move or inspire me.”
You can read the full interview directly on Globe website.
Last week while promoting Megan Leavey in New York Kate did an interview to The Associated Press, in which she told one of the best things about starring in the movie was Varco the dog.
“He and I trained together, so by the time we started shooting we were very comfortable with each other. I loved working with a dog. They’re unexpected and constantly doing things that you’re not expecting them to do. If you want them to just sort of sit there during a scene they will, but then they’ll do some genius little movement or sound or whatever that will make the scene that much better.”
Mara also said it was refreshing to work with a woman at the helm as well.
“I’ve been acting since I was 14 and I would say in the past three years I’ve worked with more females than I ever have in my entire career, and that’s directors but also actors. And we had so many females on our crew as well, so I definitely think that’s changing. I think it’s slower than we’d all like but it makes me so happy that something like ‘Wonder Woman’ is actually proving that fact. It’ll make it easier and easier to make more and more films.”
Megan Leavey is out on theaters, and you should go check! We have added portraits Kate did to The Associated Press in our gallery, thanks to our friend Emily.
This post was supposed to be made yesterday, but technical issues didn’t let us.
One year ago (June 10) we launched Kate Mara Online, motivated by the lack of online resources. It surprised us that a whole year was already passed and, to celebrate, a new layout has been made.
The beautiful header was made by our friend Neide from Kaleidoscope3, once again with a theme by Monica. We hope you like it as much as we do!
Kate visited this afternoon the AOL Build, to chat about Megan Leavey. The video has been published and you can watch it below.
Check also some pictures added in our gallery.
Kate had a very busy day yesterday. After being interviewed at GMA, she also visited SiriusXM. You can find some images added in our gallery.
Yesterday Kate visited Good Morning America in New York, as part of her Megan Leavey promotion. Watch the interview below:
High quality promotional images has been added in our gallery.
Kate is already promoting her new film Megan Leavey, that arrives on theaters this June 9. As part of this promotion she took a new photoshoot with the renowned photographer John Russo, and you can find it added now in our gallery.
Kate attended this afternoon the 10th Annual Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic at the Liberty State Park in New Jersey. To celebrate its anniversary, the event was hosted by Neil Patrick Harris and there was a special performance by Alicia Keys. The event was also supporting Keep a Child Alive and that brought many celebrities including Nicole Kidman, Pryanka Chopra, Freida Pinto and Andrew Rannels, with Kate posing for photos with them as well. Check in our gallery the first HQ images.
Kate attended last Saturday (01) the Victoria Beckham For Target Launch Event and we updated our gallery with pictures from the event.
