Michelle Monaghan says she’s looking forward to being back in the Bay State for the
first time since shooting “Gone Baby Gone.’’ (She played Casey Affleck’s girlfriend in
big brother Ben Affleck’s directorial debut.) Monaghan and director James Mattern
will be at the Woods Hole Film Festival tonight for a screening of their film “Trucker,’’
in which Monaghan plays a long-haul trucker with a complicated family life. “I have
an 8-month-old daughter, but I shot this prior to her birth,’’ says the actress,
comparing her “Trucker’’ role to real life. “My life before a child was full of freedom,
but it’s just as fantastic now.’’ Monaghan, who also worked with Matt Damon on “The
Bourne Supremacy,’’ said Ben was a pleasure to deal with on “Gone Baby Gone.’’ “I
was game to try the Boston accent, but Ben cleverly put in that my character had
moved from New Hampshire,’’ she said. “He knew the danger to the film if the accent
wasn’t done well.’’
If only Amy Adams had it as easy as Monaghan. Adams - who attended Monday’s
Los Angeles premiere of “Julie & Julia’’ - tells us she has had to learn to fake a
Boston accent for “The Fighter,’’ which she’s been filming in Lowell with Mark
Wahlberg and Christian Bale. Adams admits that learning the Bay State dialect has
been daunting. We’re not so easy to mimic, she says. “The thing I've learned in
being in Boston is that no two people sound the same,’’ Adams told the Globe. “Even
people who grew up in the same town don’t talk the same. Half the people sound
like they’re from New York, but they’re not because I can hear a slight difference.
Some people don’t really have any accent except the r’s. Some people do the really
heavy thing; some people don’t do one at all. So I’m not trying to get them all. . . . I’
ve let myself just focus on the character.’’ Adams added that she’s enjoyed working
with Wahlberg, who’s shown her around town. “I’m having so much fun. . . . I didn't
expect the area to be so beautiful. I don’t know why I didn't, but it’s gorgeous.’’ See
that, Lowell? Amy Adams thinks you’re gorgeous. And we happily return the
compliment.
first time since shooting “Gone Baby Gone.’’ (She played Casey Affleck’s girlfriend in
big brother Ben Affleck’s directorial debut.) Monaghan and director James Mattern
will be at the Woods Hole Film Festival tonight for a screening of their film “Trucker,’’
in which Monaghan plays a long-haul trucker with a complicated family life. “I have
an 8-month-old daughter, but I shot this prior to her birth,’’ says the actress,
comparing her “Trucker’’ role to real life. “My life before a child was full of freedom,
but it’s just as fantastic now.’’ Monaghan, who also worked with Matt Damon on “The
Bourne Supremacy,’’ said Ben was a pleasure to deal with on “Gone Baby Gone.’’ “I
was game to try the Boston accent, but Ben cleverly put in that my character had
moved from New Hampshire,’’ she said. “He knew the danger to the film if the accent
wasn’t done well.’’
If only Amy Adams had it as easy as Monaghan. Adams - who attended Monday’s
Los Angeles premiere of “Julie & Julia’’ - tells us she has had to learn to fake a
Boston accent for “The Fighter,’’ which she’s been filming in Lowell with Mark
Wahlberg and Christian Bale. Adams admits that learning the Bay State dialect has
been daunting. We’re not so easy to mimic, she says. “The thing I've learned in
being in Boston is that no two people sound the same,’’ Adams told the Globe. “Even
people who grew up in the same town don’t talk the same. Half the people sound
like they’re from New York, but they’re not because I can hear a slight difference.
Some people don’t really have any accent except the r’s. Some people do the really
heavy thing; some people don’t do one at all. So I’m not trying to get them all. . . . I’
ve let myself just focus on the character.’’ Adams added that she’s enjoyed working
with Wahlberg, who’s shown her around town. “I’m having so much fun. . . . I didn't
expect the area to be so beautiful. I don’t know why I didn't, but it’s gorgeous.’’ See
that, Lowell? Amy Adams thinks you’re gorgeous. And we happily return the
compliment.
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Michelle Monaghan back in Boston
by Roland Hansen
by Roland Hansen
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