Anne Hathaway: I'm always happy to throw myself in there to get hit or bruised

Anne HathawayQ What was the most rewarding part of working on this movieA There was a lot This might sound a little clicheacute but we were filming in this park and over couple of weeks we kept coming back to it and we were filming in sequence and as the charactersrsquo lives were deteriorating the leaves were falling off the trees in an unbelievably cinematic way and we just saw this crazy sunset every night Jason was there and Austen Stowell Timberlake Nelson just these great human beings And you know that moment for me personally I was like wow Irsquom pregnant with my first baby playing a part that I love doing a job that I love surrounded by great guys and the sun setting Well I watch this kaleidoscope of leaves come down from a tree So goodQ What about the idea to have your monster outside of you in real lifeA Oh my god I wish we could Without the death and destruction itrsquod be so cathartic I gotta say one of the things I love about this movie so much that I donrsquot always see in movies Gloria feels the weight of her actions Shersquos a pretty isolated drunk when you meet her And obviously because of the moviersquos more fantastical elements we donrsquot have this represented in her life but her shadow self blowing up in her face the way it does and disrupting peoplersquos lives in the way it does it gets her through therapy like that The stakes become so high for her And I donrsquot want to drudge up the past I really really really donrsquot but I did have my monster out there I did have the internet turn on me and hate me and it was a whole big thing And it was an important thing for me you can become incredibly empowered and more selfactualized because of those things So I guess what Irsquod say is when the bad shit happens donrsquot fear it go with it flow with it So if this happens to us I actually think without the loss of life I think people would actually be a lot better off for itQ In March you gave birth When did you shoot this movieA I was pregnant I was about 15 weeks pregnant when we started the movieQ So was it difficult for you to play a role of a drunkA The spacyness came to me like that but I think my pregnancy might have added a layer to my performance in this one because I was so happy all the time and I just felt a great joy and I loved the idea that was in Gloria She wasnrsquot depressed she was a party girl and she always brought the fun in I think my baby did that tooQ There were some physicality involved were you mindful of the path that you were on along with the director How did you take pains to safeguard youA You know I am gungho performer I am always happy to throw myself in there to get hit or bruised or anything I donrsquot really care that But in this one it wasnrsquot just me I was looking out for We broke the fight plan very slowly we did it piece by piece and I just tried my best just not to fallQ Colossal deals with some heavy material but also manages to stay humorous without making strike of difficult situations How hard was it to strike that balanceA Well I think I know why I responded to script Because there were moments where just everything fell apart It just feels so surreal and itrsquos simultaneously tragic and sometimes hysterically funny at the same time How unbelievable it is And you are right there is some heavy stuff in this movie And I think because the humanity of the characters is also suspected doing terrible things to themselves or may be to other people I think it never becomes irresponsible while treating the character without life or never making light of these scenarios Well having light touch And so all that was on the page I had great faith in Nacho and in Jason theyrsquoll be able to do that Ya it was a lovely bubble experience where everything came together really well And if one thing came off then I think whole thing would have fallen apart But I think everything just worked out