“Brokeback Mountain” 10 Years On
OUT Magazine published this week a very emotional article as part of the celebration of 10 years anniversary of Brokeback Mountain, with quotes from director Ang Lee, screenwriters Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry, and actors Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, and Randy Quaid. Michelle didn’t take part of the interview, but she was, of course, mentioned.
Anne was talking she received the script with a note “Please read for interest in the part of Alma.” But she didn’t feel this part belongs to her, she was more interested on Lureen Twist. Diana Ossana, the screenwriter, mentioned on the interview how the Michelle’s name came on board.
When we were casting Alma, Michelle [Williams] wasn’t even on the radar. I was the only one who put Michelle on my list, and that was because I’d seen her in Dawson’s Creek and remember thinking, What the heck is this young woman doing on this show? You could see the depths she had.
Jake also mentioned how close they were on set, living on a campground, spending time together. And then Ossana mentioned Michelle and Heath relationship.
The first day we filmed that scene where Michelle’s character is on the toboggan and falls off the sled, and Ennis is with her—they’re laughing; well on the third take, Michelle fell off the sled, and at the bottom of the hill she was crying. She’d twisted her knee, and we had to call someone to take her to the hospital. Heath was not about to let her go alone, and as he was getting into the vehicle with her he was smoothing her hair back. I remember him looking at her, and she looking up at him with these wide eyes. She was almost startled by the attention he was giving her, but you could see it every day from thereon. For him it was truly love at first sight. He was so taken with her.
This article is part of the Sept. 2015 Fall Preview issue of Out., but you can read the entire article on out.com
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