Post by petrolino on Dec 29, 2018 23:35:56 GMT
I think she's doing well, has achieved a lot for a person her age. As you're probably aware, after the release of 'Boys Don't Cry' (1999), the success mass triggered some bigots who went after her for years afterwards. When she signed with Clint Eastwood was another turning point, I figure this was a smart move as I consider him to be one of the all-time greats and he believed in her 100% from the get-go. Recently she's worked with filmmakers Bille August and Steven Soderbergh, I doubt the bigots that wanted to take her down would watch their films. Anyway, I'm a fan. It's worth noting she's twice taken lengthy breaks in her career due to personal matters.
"It's another one of those projects, of which I've done two now, where I have to do a little arm-twisting to even get made. But by the same token, there's something about the disappointments in life and the lack of spiritual feelings that this man has, and this young girl who becomes his surrogate daughter. There's something about her struggle to be something, to get to the top, which is very much like Hilary Swank herself. She came out of very poor beginnings and wanted to be an actress, so she understood this girl completely. It's the least obvious thing — to want to be a female boxer to gain some place in the world. Morgan's character of Scrap had that dream before. It didn't happen for Scrap, but he reaches down to people, even the young retarded boy who obviously doesn't have any talent in the boxing area. So there's Scrap's sympathy for people and there's Frankie's disappointment about his daughter and family and consequently not wanting to make lasting relationships with anyone, but finding rejuvenation with this girl. And then, of course, when the tragedy happens, it becomes the toughest fight he'll ever go through, that anyone could go through. And where it leads — there's no answer to it. Nobody knows what they'd do in that situation. There's no way to predispose that. You could say, does that mean you believe in euthanasia. Not necessarily. But who knows? It's a supposition unless you've been put in that position. It was a demanding picture to make — these people living on the periphery of society, at least as we know it and as the most of the people who are going to view the movie know it. There it is — that's all I know about it."
- Clint Eastwood on making 'Million Dollar Baby', Film Comment (speaking in 2005)
"Hilary Swank, 44, has been having a busy summer. If you haven’t seen her for a while, that is due to her making a necessary choice. Just before Christmas 2014, her father Stephen, a former chief master sergeant in the Oregon air national guard, underwent a life-saving lung transplant. For three years, Swank was his sole live-in carer, which meant saying no to Hollywood – or, as she phrases it: “I was saying yes to something else that I wanted to be a part of.”
Today, her dad is “really good,” she says. “It’s a long time coming.” So, too, is this moment in which the feverishly curious actor can finally make things happen. One of those is learning to tap dance, she says, pulling up a YouTube video of a group called the Syncopated Ladies, headed by one of her tap mentors, doing a staccato-glam routine over a Beyoncé speech about the female right to vote. “I’ve always wanted to tap dance since I was 20 – actually, since I was a teenager.” When she married the social venture entrepreneur Philip Schneider in California earlier this month, the couple surprised guests by performing a tap routine.
Today, her dad is “really good,” she says. “It’s a long time coming.” So, too, is this moment in which the feverishly curious actor can finally make things happen. One of those is learning to tap dance, she says, pulling up a YouTube video of a group called the Syncopated Ladies, headed by one of her tap mentors, doing a staccato-glam routine over a Beyoncé speech about the female right to vote. “I’ve always wanted to tap dance since I was 20 – actually, since I was a teenager.” When she married the social venture entrepreneur Philip Schneider in California earlier this month, the couple surprised guests by performing a tap routine.
- Amy Nicholson writing in 'The Guardian', August 2018
Filmography :
1992 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Kimberly Hannah film debut
1994 The Next Karate Kid Julie Pierce
1996 Sometimes They Come Back... Again Michelle Porter
Kounterfeit Coleen
1997 Quiet Days in Hollywood Lolita
1998 Heartwood Sylvia Orsini
1999 Boys Don't Cry Brandon Teena
2000 The Gift Valerie Barksdale
The Audition N/A Short
2001 The Affair of the Necklace Jeanne St. Rémy de Valois
2002 Insomnia Detective Ellie Burr
The Space Between N/A Short
2003 11:14 Buzzy
The Core Major Rebecca Childs
2004 Red Dust Sarah Barcant
Million Dollar Baby Maggie Fitzgerald
2006 Black Dahlia Madeleine Linscott
2007 The Reaping Katherine Winter
Freedom Writers Erin Gruwell
P. S. I Love You Holly Kennedy
2008 Birds of America Laura
2009 Amelia Amelia Earhart
2010 Conviction Betty Anne Waters
2011 The Resident Dr. Juliet Devereau
New Year's Eve Claire Morgan
2014 The Homesman Mary Bee Cuddy
You're Not You Kate Parker Also producer
2015 Lauda: The Untold Story Herself Documentary
2016 Spark The Queen (voice)
2017 Logan Lucky Special Agent Sarah Grayson
55 Steps Colette Hughes
2018 What They Had Bridget Ertz Also executive producer
2019 I Am Mother In post-production
1994 The Next Karate Kid Julie Pierce
1996 Sometimes They Come Back... Again Michelle Porter
Kounterfeit Coleen
1997 Quiet Days in Hollywood Lolita
1998 Heartwood Sylvia Orsini
1999 Boys Don't Cry Brandon Teena
2000 The Gift Valerie Barksdale
The Audition N/A Short
2001 The Affair of the Necklace Jeanne St. Rémy de Valois
2002 Insomnia Detective Ellie Burr
The Space Between N/A Short
2003 11:14 Buzzy
The Core Major Rebecca Childs
2004 Red Dust Sarah Barcant
Million Dollar Baby Maggie Fitzgerald
2006 Black Dahlia Madeleine Linscott
2007 The Reaping Katherine Winter
Freedom Writers Erin Gruwell
P. S. I Love You Holly Kennedy
2008 Birds of America Laura
2009 Amelia Amelia Earhart
2010 Conviction Betty Anne Waters
2011 The Resident Dr. Juliet Devereau
New Year's Eve Claire Morgan
2014 The Homesman Mary Bee Cuddy
You're Not You Kate Parker Also producer
2015 Lauda: The Untold Story Herself Documentary
2016 Spark The Queen (voice)
2017 Logan Lucky Special Agent Sarah Grayson
55 Steps Colette Hughes
2018 What They Had Bridget Ertz Also executive producer
2019 I Am Mother In post-production
