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How may actresses in Hollywood (or anywhere for that matter) would get dressed up looking like Nanny McPhee, when you have no chance to win an Oscar for that performance. Not many women would don that attire even for Oscar bait, but Emma Thompson is on her second run as Nanny McPhee. The film opens here in the US in two weeks and Emma is not only the star, but she is also the screenwriter. The film also stars Maggie Gyllenhaal is directed by Susanna White and produced by Lindsay Doran. Girl power everywhere.
Emma was in Hollywood at the end of last week to get her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She was accompanied by Gyllenhaal and her good friend Hugh Laurie (House.)
Thompson has been getting some press lately because of the film but also because she admitted to Good Housekeeping that you can’t have it all. Here’s what she said that she’s getting a lot of shit for:
I don’t want your readers ever to think they have to have it all. I think that’s a revolting concept. It’s so false! Sometimes you’ll have some things, and sometimes you’ll have other things. And you do not need it all at once; it’s not good for you. You can’t be a great mom and work the whole time necessarily; those two things aren’t ideal. We have an awful lot to work on and to debate about in relation to our working lives, because it isn’t working for a lot of people, particularly for a lot of women….
The only way you can have it all is by delegating all the running of the home to other people — which I don’t ever want to do, nor does Mags. So you do it yourself, and it takes time and energy and effort. And if you give it the time, it’s profoundly enjoyable.
I don’t think she’s saying anything that most all women haven’t thought about at some point in their lives. The whole concept of “having it all” was created by people who want women to fail. It’s not a concept men have to deal with. It’s totally centered around women and making them feel guilty for not being all things to all people.
I like her honesty, and that she is using her voice to raise awareness about women’s issues. She just presented a play Fair Trade that focuses on the trafficking of women that opened in Edinburgh. She also talked about her struggle with depression and that she is going to take a year off from work to spend some more time with her family.
Nanny McPhee Trailer
Thompson has plenty on filmmaking fire (Variety)
Between Friends (Good Housekeeping)
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