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Take a look at a new behind the scenes photo of Mary and two of her Scott Pilgrim co-stars during one of their press tour outings. Check it out in the gallery!
Mary Elizabeth Winstead can’t wait for her next film, The Thing, to be released.
The US actress, who currently stars in Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, takes the lead role of feisty scientist Kate Lloyd in the sci-fi horror.
“It’s a really great, slow-burn sci-fi action film – it’s sort of creepy and refreshing in terms of the other horror sci-fi films that have been out lately. I think it’s something new and fun so I’m excited,” she said.
The Thing – billed as the prequel to John Carpenter’s 1982 cult classic – is set for release in 2011.
Mary Elizabeth explained: “It’s a prequel to the John Carpenter version so it’s set in the same time, in the 80s, and it takes place in Antarctica at a Norwegian base there so it’s a largely Norwegian cast aside from myself, Joel Edgerton and Eric Olsen.
“It starts off really slow, then this paranoia builds to when we realise this creature has broken out and is becoming different people and taking on the shape of the people in the base.”
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Sounds great. Can’t wait for the teaser to be released. Anyone else excited for the film?
Back in 2008, Mary was in the recording studio with her good friend Thai Long Ly recording some music. Together, they recorded “Warmth of Him”. Although first rumored to be a pre-release single, Winstead confirmed that she was just exploring her interests and does not plan on releasing any music albums. (Kind of a bummer, wouldn’t you say? Mary has an amazing voice. 
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Anyway, back on topic. Photos from that recording session have now been added to the gallery. Additionally, if you care to hear the single, visit Thai’s Myspace page here
Last week, the cast of of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World were in town for the European Premiere of the new movie directed by Edgar Wright. The movie stars Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Chris Evans, Anna Kendrick, Alison Pill, Brandon Routh, most of whom were at the press conference. Over the course of the next few days, we’ll be bringing you one on one interviews with all the main cast of the movie but for now, we have the footage from the European Press Conference.
Mary and some of her Scott Pilgrim co-stars along with director Edgar Wright did an amusing photo shoot while promoting their film in Austin, Texas a while back. See the rest of the photos in the gallery
It’s Scott Pilgrim vs the web as Edgar Wright and his crew descended on Empire HQ and, well, pretty much took the place over. Kieran Culkin and Satya Bhahba has a wasabi pea battle, Ellen Wong played Hungry Hungry Hippos and Brandon Routh just look generally swoonsome and buff. Amid the carnage they answered your questions on Scott, superheroes and sandwiches (sadly in the chaos and due to an unknown technical glitch, Wong and Bhahba’s answers went the way of the peas). Scroll below for all your Pilgrim needs…
Rgirvan44: This one is to each of the cast. Do you each have a favourite song from the soundtrack?
Brandon Routh: I like the Frank Black song, though I don’t know what it’s called! It might be called ‘I heard Ramona Sing’.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead: That’s so hard. It kind of changes the more I listen to it. Black Sheep was my favourite for a really long time but now I’m loving basically anything by Beck, especially Threshold.
Kieran Culkin: Also, We Are Sex Bob-omb
Edgar Wright: I like Teenage Dream by T-Rex.
da_bill: Hi guys! What was it about the movie that made you want to get on board?
Mary Elizabeth Winstead: Initially, just the fact that Edgar was involved with it. And then evey other aspect was so amazing that you couldn’t not be dying to be a part of it.
Mattcop: How many evil exes have you had destroyed?
Edgar Wright: I have a bunch of nice exes, which would make for a very boring film. Edgar Wright Vs. The World would consist of running into old girlfriends and making promises to have coffees that never come into fruition.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead: None really. I know that’s a boring answer.
Charly: What was your most memorable line?
Kieran Culkin: “Evil Ex Fight. Now!” That’s my favourite line.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead: For some reason the one that sticks out for a lot of people is, “I’ve dabbled in being a bitch.”
It was a long web chat, so click here to see Mary and the rest of the casts Qs & As.
Edit: Video is below–
You know her face from Death Proof and Live Free or Die Hard—now it’s time to commit all three of the Scott Pilgrim vs. the World star’s names to memory. Winstead is generous with hugs, learned kung fu out of boredom, and claims she never gets hit on. But we’ll let her do the talking.
Details: You flaunt some butt-kicking moves in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World—did you have any martial-arts training before the film?
Mary Elizabeth Winstead: No, I started training on my own several months before we started shooting because I was bored and had nothing else to do. And then for about two months before we started shooting, we had actual mandatory eight-hour-day training sessions. So it was intense.
Details: Can you take someone down?
Mary Elizabeth Winstead: We weren’t learning how to really kick someone’s ass, but how to make it look good on film. I’m not sure if I could actually hold my own in a dark alley.
Details: In Scott Pilgrim, your character, Ramona, appears to Scott [played by Michael Cera] in a dream. Then when he sees her in the flesh for the first time, he leads with “Am I dreaming?!” It’s not a very smooth pick-up line.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead: It definitely doesn’t work on Ramona. But it’s cute nonetheless.
Details: Have you heard your share of bad lines?
Mary Elizabeth Winstead: I don’t know. If I ever get hit on, I’m not aware of it.
You can read the full interview here. The best part about the photo which can also be seen in the gallery is that Mary was photographed by none other than her fiance Riley Stearns! How adorable is that?
Last night after “Scott Pilgrim” premiered in London, the cast was off to an after party at the Circus bar. Mary dressed down in a shirt in jeans still looking lovely as always. Click on the photos to see all the candids of Mary in our gallery.
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