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Anne Hathaway Forced To Apologize For A Horrible Interview From 10+ Years Ago
Ever look back at some something from a decade or so ago and really regret what you said? Yeah, me neither. But that’s not the case for Anne Hathaway right now who had to issue an apology for an interview she gave years back because the video is making the rounds on social media. And it isn’t exactly painting her in the best light. Such is the nature of celebrity.
All of our interactions are just lost in the annals of time. But not these folks. They never know when something seemingly forgotten could come back to bite them in a bad way.
Anne Hathaway sent an apology email to Kjersti Flaa, a Norwegian journalist
According to Deadline, Anne Hathaway sent an apology email to Kjersti Flaa, a Norwegian journalist, who 12 years ago interviewed the former during the press tour for Les Misérables. During that interview, Anne Hathaway didn’t come off in the best light, providing single-word, monosyllabic answers to Flaa’s questions and just generally coming off as someone who didn’t want to be there.
The reason she’s sending this apology all these years later isn’t because of a video released on Kjersti Flaa’s YouTube channel where she called the interview “Top notch cringe”. She isn’t wrong. You can see the video for yourself where she takes you through everything that went wrong and Anne Hathaway’s general attitude.
Yikes. The key issue at hand here was that Kjersti Flaa decided to ask the interviewees to go a little sing-song with their responses to her questions. A little weird and a risk to take? Sure, but this was for a musical, after all. Most of the folks, like Russell Crowe and Hugh Jackman, were on board. Anne Hathaway was not. Not at all.
Anne Hathaway went so far as to say, “Well, I won’t be doing that, but you’re more than welcome to sing.” So, out of the box things weren’t going well, but after that it really never recovered. Hathaway gave one-word answers to questions and it was very clear she no longer wanted to be there even in the slightest. It was a mess.
Flaa said she felt Anne Hathaway was dismissive throughout (no kidding) though if we were to defend the actress a little here, these press interviews and probably the last thing the talent wants to do as part of the process. That being said, the interviewer should probably understand this and maybe stick to the script. It’s close.
Flaa said she felt Anne Hathaway was dismissive throughout
Anne Hathaway apparently sent an email apology to Flaa in which she explained what she was going through at the time of the interview. A small gesture, but meaningful nonetheless considering how poorly this went.
Anne Hathaway could easily have drummed it up to a bad day and moved on. It’s not like she’s hurting for work or getting canceled over the interview in any way. And maybe there’s a lesson here for other celebrities in that you never know when something like a bad interview will come back to bite you even years later.
Source: Deadline
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How Stargate SG-1 Used A Classic Trope To Emotionally Wreck Its Fans
By Jonathan Klotz
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Garfield and Friends said it best: “Oh no, we’ve resorted to an evil twin storyline.” Star Trek: The Original Series did it the best with Mirror Universe Spock, and ever since, it’s been a lazy excuse for every series to use when they run out of ideas. The exception is Stargate SG-1’s sixth episode, “Cold Lazarus,” which plays with the trope by making the twin less evil and more confused.
When fans say they skip this episode when rewatching, it’s not because it’s a lazy, poorly written episode. In fact, it’s the opposite. The ending of “Cold Lazarus” is a pivotal character moment for Jack O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) and a gut punch to the audience.
Stargate SG-1’s First Evil Twin
“Cold Lazarus” opens with the SG-1 team on a planet that doesn’t look like Vancouver (it was a giant pile of sulfur at the port of Vancouver). The desert landscape is dotted with shattered blue crystals that look like the remnants of a civilization until we see a crystal eye-view of O’Neill, a mysterious light knocks him out, and all of a sudden, a second O’Neill is looking down at the first. Turns out, the crystals are the civilization.
Fake O’Neill is trying to figure out who O’Neill is and what SGC is all about. When he pulls out photos of his family, it takes Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) by surprise. O’Neill’s never mentioned his wife, Sara, or his son, Charlie. Confused, the Fake O’Neill goes to the home, where Sara is disgusted he’d come by and thinks it’s a sick joke that he’s asking about Charlie. If you’re wondering if you missed a key part of O’Neill’s backstory, don’t worry, this is the first time that either Sara or Charlie is mentioned, and tragically, we soon learn why.
No One Ever Dies
Charlie shot himself with O’Neill’s gun. Fake O’Neill starts to piece this together when he goes into Charlie’s old room and breaks down, prompting Sara and him to finally have the conversation about their shared grief. Back in SGC, the crystal’s nature is revealed to be an energy alien calling itself Unity, which accidentally killed a Jaffa, and the Goa’uld shattered them in retribution. That’s when O’Neill stumbles back through the Stargate, and the team realizes the mistake they made.
The Fake O’Neill is soon captured at a local hospital, suffering from Earth’s radiation, where he explains that he sensed O’Neill’s pain after he took his form and wanted to help ease the suffering, as nothing ever truly dies to Unity. To prove its point, Unity transforms into Charlie, giving O’Neill and Sara one last chance to see their child. Fans who haven’t lost a child can understand the emotion, but for fans who have, this scene is emotional torture, in the best way possible.
Jack knows this isn’t Charlie, but he talks to him like he is, and then they walk together through the Stargate back to Unity’s planet. It’s a beautiful moment that explains so much about O’Neill’s throwing himself into work and how even his friendships remain professional. “Cold Lazarus” may have started out with the “evil twin” trope in full effect, but the ending is proof that even early during its run, Stargate SG-1 was going to be the greatest.
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