Julie Delpy wrote 2 Days In New York because it struck her, looking around, that most Hollywood romcoms were hilariously awful in their depictions of women her age. That is, women in their late 30s and early 40s. The Anistons and Barrymores who, on screen at least, are still "having the problems of a 25-year-old. Like, should I date him, should I not date him? Should I have sex with him but tell him I don't like him? OK. I mean, I have friends who are still single, but even they don't ask themselves those kind of questions. They've evolved into something else."
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The whole interview is worth a read. People mostly talk about her movie "Before Sunrise" with Ethan Hawke. I've never been able to watch more than a few minutes. I am not much for romantic comedies. Julie Delpy made her mark on me with "Killing Zoe" with Eric Stoltz. It's a small role, but definitely memorable. Her character, Zoe, is even the namesake of the movie, after all.
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I have one small quibble. In one scene, Marion, played by Delpy in a pair of huge, hipster glasses, goes on a weepy jag about how old and unattractive she is, and how no one will ever want her. I can't imagine anyone in the audience not thinking, give me a break, you're still Julie Delpy.
She looks astonished. "Really?"
Yes!
"Are you kidding?"
You're a movie star, come on.
"Oh, you have no idea – the insecurity I felt after the birth of my son. I felt fat and unattractive, and I still feel that way. I still feel I'd better stick with my boyfriend, because no one else is going to want me.
"I'm not kidding. When I had my kid, I gained a lot of weight – 60 pounds. And you feel somehow not pretty any more. You feel that your tits are to feed – I mean, it's a physical thing. I felt so insecure. Super duper insecure. When I wrote the screenplay, that scene totally resonated. I've never felt worse. I mean, it's great to be a mum, but I felt devoid of my femininity. I felt like a cow. You feel that no one finds you attractive and you get very depressed. Very common. Even a year after the baby."
-- ONTD
-- ONTD
The whole interview is worth a read. People mostly talk about her movie "Before Sunrise" with Ethan Hawke. I've never been able to watch more than a few minutes. I am not much for romantic comedies. Julie Delpy made her mark on me with "Killing Zoe" with Eric Stoltz. It's a small role, but definitely memorable. Her character, Zoe, is even the namesake of the movie, after all.
_ _ _
I have one small quibble. In one scene, Marion, played by Delpy in a pair of huge, hipster glasses, goes on a weepy jag about how old and unattractive she is, and how no one will ever want her. I can't imagine anyone in the audience not thinking, give me a break, you're still Julie Delpy.
She looks astonished. "Really?"
Yes!
"Are you kidding?"
You're a movie star, come on.
"Oh, you have no idea – the insecurity I felt after the birth of my son. I felt fat and unattractive, and I still feel that way. I still feel I'd better stick with my boyfriend, because no one else is going to want me.
"I'm not kidding. When I had my kid, I gained a lot of weight – 60 pounds. And you feel somehow not pretty any more. You feel that your tits are to feed – I mean, it's a physical thing. I felt so insecure. Super duper insecure. When I wrote the screenplay, that scene totally resonated. I've never felt worse. I mean, it's great to be a mum, but I felt devoid of my femininity. I felt like a cow. You feel that no one finds you attractive and you get very depressed. Very common. Even a year after the baby."
-- ONTD