Sophia Michaels
“I know that they’re with me on set and I know that they’re with me when I’m not in character.”
redited Anne Hathaway
And that, my friends, is how you prepare for a role. You might not do it all the time, but you sure as hell do it enough that when you get called on to do it, you’re ready.
To prepare for roles, many actors employ method acting which sees them living in their character on and off-set for the most of, if not the whole of production. Anne Hathaway’s “WeCrashed” co-star Jared Leto is one of those actors. Leto notoriously spent months embodying the Joker when he starred in 2016’s “Suicide Squad,” and he temporarily blinded himself while preparing for “Blade Runner 2049.”
But method acting is only one way to do it, and Hathaway, who doesn’t typically employ that tact, is no less committed to her work. In fact, while speaking on “SiriusXM,” “The Devil Wears Prada” star explained how seriously she takes her work, and the responsibility she feels to make sure her performance is the best it can possibly be. “People work so hard for their money and the idea that I’m asking you for your time and your money to, like, watch me do this thing that I love to do, it has to be worth it, it really does,” she admitted.
Although she is dedicated to her characters, Hathaway always leaves her characters on the set like Leto. “If I’m in a character for three months, I make sure that I’m not in character for three months. That way I’m never asking for [my kids] to share me for too long,” the actor explained to People.
