If you follow Edgar Wright on social media, you know that the Baby Driver director enjoys interacting with his fanbase, celebrating his actors, and ringing in anniversaries of his past works. Wright’s zombie comedy Shaun of the Dead, for example, turned 19 the other day, and the director posted a vintage shot of himself with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost to commemorate the occasion. And in recent years, Wright has been doing a number of things to fan the communal flame of love for his Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, which continues to win over new audiences with its unique visual style and manic editing. SO when given the chance to speak with Ramona Flowers herself, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, ahead of her performance in the Disney+ series Ahsoka, I had to ask her which fanbase was more passionate.
Maybe it’s an unfair comparison. The Scott Pilgrim fans are relatively niche, and the movie rests somewhere in the middle of the pack in terms of box office success for Wright’s filmography (according to The Numbers). Also, when Mary Elizabeth Winstead spoke to us, she had just stepped off the stage at Star Wars Celebration, where thousands of Star Wars faithful were cheering on the anticipated Ahsoka, in which she’ll play Star Wars Rebel hero Hera.
Maybe it’s an unfair comparison. The Scott Pilgrim fans are relatively niche, and the movie rests somewhere in the middle of the pack in terms of box office success for Wright’s filmography (according to The Numbers). Also, when Mary Elizabeth Winstead spoke to us, she had just stepped off the stage at Star Wars Celebration, where thousands of Star Wars faithful were cheering on the anticipated Ahsoka, in which she’ll play Star Wars Rebel hero Hera.
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00:00 passionate fan base, Star Wars or Scott Pilgrim?
00:02 I think I have to say Star Wars because I've never quite felt anything like this, what
00:08 I'm feeling today.
00:09 Although that's not to disregard Scott Pilgrim fans in any way because I love them.
00:16 I see a lot of Scott Pilgrim going on lately.
00:17 Yeah, I know, I know.
00:18 We're busy, we're busy putting things together over there.
00:21 It's fun.
00:22 Rosario talked on the stage about hearing the fans and knowing what they want.
00:26 Can you talk to me about balancing giving the fans what they think they want versus
00:30 the decisions that you want to make for the character?
00:32 Yeah, you know I think for me I just had to have a lot of trust in Dave, who luckily was
00:37 around all the time and was a totally open book and was just this very kind mentor guiding
00:45 us all towards the direction that he felt these characters should be going.
00:49 And I had to just kind of do my own research and try to kind of harness the energy that
00:54 I saw in Hera and what I saw her to be.
00:57 And I think if you get too bogged down in everybody's opinions, it can be really difficult
01:03 because everyone has a different opinion, you know?
01:05 So you have to try and do what you think is right, trust that the creator is there to
01:10 let you know if you're faltering, and hope for the best, you know?
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