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February 2004
No Oscar for Harden
Posted: 2004-02-27At this years Oscar ceremony, Marcia lost the Best Supporting Actress Oscar, as predicted, to Renée Zellweger's performance in "Cold Mountain". "Mystic River" won 2 Academy Awards for Sean Penn as Best Actor and Tim Robbins as Best Supporting Actor. Marcia wore a blue dress made by Badgley Mischka. Below, she is seen on the red carpet and with Susan Sarandon. All photos can be found in the Image Library.  Linney and Harden to present at Screen Actors Guild Awards
Posted: 2004-02-22"Mystic River"-co-stars Laura Linney and Marcia Gay Harden took this year's stage at the Screen Actors Guild Awards and presented and introduction to the film's ensemble. Both Harden and Linney were nominated as "Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture" for "Mystic River", loosing out to the cast of "The Lord of the Ring". Tim Robbins won a SAG for "Mystic River". All photos can be found in the Image Library. Light and Dark of Harden
Posted: 2004-02-20USA Today features an interesting article on Marcia and the recent Oscar buzz surrounding her: Marcia Gay Harden is going a little nuts. She scoops up a cashew, then a pistachio, before stopping her salty snack attack in favor of a chocolate chip cookie and cup of tea. In six hours, the actress, who is seven months pregnant with twins - a boy and girl - jets to L.A., and she knows sodium and flying don't mix. "Swollen feet, swollen feet," she says. "I'll have elephantitis when I get off the plane." The full article can be read here. The Making of "Mystic River"
Posted: 2004-02-18Article courtesy CBS: Who would say “No” to Clint Eastwood, the actor who’s best known for his line, “Go ahead, make my day?" But despite all his clout, earned over four decades in Hollywood, this Oscar-winning actor and director had a hard time convincing a studio to let him make “Mystic River,” which is nominated for six Academy Awards. So Eastwood came up with a very un-Hollywood solution to get it made. “I said I’ll work for nothing on it,” says Eastwood. “It’s ironic that 33 years later, from my first film, where I deferred my salary on, I’m back doing the same thing.” “He loves the spontaneity of the first few takes,” says Harden. “I love it when it’s one take,” says Eastwood. “I love a scene when, right away, you see it and it appears there and go, ‘That’s it.’” So what happens when that’s not it? Marcia Gay Harden found out. “We’re shooting a scene in the rain. And I thought, ‘I get it. It’s rain. Celeste is in the rain. She’s crying like the rain,’” says Harden. “So he says, ‘Whenever you’re ready,’ and I’m like thinking I would impress him with immediate tears and angst and whatnot. And we finish the shot, and I thought he would say, ‘Great, Marcia, thank you.’ And he says, ‘Marsh, can you take it way, way down?’ And I said, ‘Oh, I’m sorry. I realize she’s not the rain.’ He says, ‘Marcia, ‘She’s not even the mist.’” The fact is, Eastwood says he wants his actors to take chances: “If you’re afraid to take risks in anything in life, it’s just boredom.” Read the complete article, along with some interesting clips, here at CBS. Marcia attends Academy Awards luncheon
Posted: 2004-02-18Marcia has attended the Academy Awards luncheon yesterday and USA Today has featured a bit on her in a recent article on the event. Marcia Gay Harden, up for best supporting actress for Mystic River, appeared supremely relaxed despite being seven months pregnant with twins. This was her second luncheon, but the glow has not worn off, she said. "It always feels new and fresh and wonderful; and I have company this time," she said, gesturing to her stomach. |