Carey Mulligan has an excellent memory. As part of Variety Know Their Lines, presented by Lifetime, the Oscar-nominee and “Maestro” star accurately recalled lines from her iconic…
Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!
Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!
Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!
Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!
Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!
Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!
Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!
Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!
Carey Mulligan has an excellent memory. As part of Variety Know Their Lines, presented by Lifetime, the Oscar-nominee and “Maestro” star accurately recalled lines from her iconic films, ranging from “The Great Gatsby” to “Promising Young Woman.”
When presented with the first quote, “I don’t want to lose my virginity to a piece of fruit,” Mulligan immediately named “An Education,” the 2009 drama in which she plays a high schooler in a relationship with an older man.
Mulligan recalled the surprising experience of earning an Oscar nomination for that role. She called her mother to tell her the news of the nomination, who told her “Darling, I’m just going to call you back” — since she had just chastised her university class for using their phones.
Mulligan later praised her “Great Gatsby” cast mate Leonardo DiCaprio, who delivers his A-game even when the camera isn’t focused on him. “I love him. It didn’t matter where the camera was, he was still incredible.”
Mulligan quickly answered “Promising Young Woman” when presented with the line “Can you guess what a woman’s worst nightmare is?” The English actress recalled the difficulty that went into pronouncing those words in an American accent — particularly the word “woman.”
After correctly guessing a line from “Maestro,” Mulligan recalled playing a guessing game with her brother throughout their childhood, in which she would try to telepathically guess a number that her brother told their mother (who would secretly tip off Mulligan.) Mulligan explained that this game became a motif in “Maestro,” as her character Felicia Montealegre would play it with Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein.
Lastly, Mulligan guessed that a line she delivered as Kitty Bennett in “Pride and Prejudice” was in “Far from the Madding Crowd” — before quickly landing on the correct period film. She shared that that piece of dialogue might’ve been her first ever line delivered on screen; she began filming when she was just 18, and turned 19 on set.
Watch the full interview above.