Academy Conversations: Gone Girl

Gone Girl discussion with actor Rosamund Pike on September 30, 2014 at the Academy Theater in New York.
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[@luisanaya6123]

Rosamund Pike was AMAZING in the movie, she has to be nominated for Best Actress

[@zasddsaf]

she will! :D

[@cheleine]

I'm sure if it wasn't for Rosamund Pike this film wouldn't turn out so good. She is a such brilliant actress. And she was so perfect for the role. I can't imagine anyone else playing Amy better than her.

[@Dank951]

And to think Reese Witherspoon was going to play the role...can't imagine that. Rosamund birthed the female equivalent of Norman Bates of Psycho. An iconic character!

[@BryanCostner]

​@@Dank951 My only issue with Reese as Amy was her voice. I'm fine with her voice and she's a terrific actress for sure but her squeaky cute voice would be distracting for Amy's narration. Pike's voice was more haunting which makes her perfect for the role

[@Starclassgaming614]

I think this movie needs to be nominated for Best Actress, Best Director (Possibly Best Picture), Best Score and Best Adapted Screenplay.

[@PatheticallyAwesomeJ]

It got snubbed so hard. The Academy are idiots.

[@Starclassgaming614]

Pathetically.Awesome Couldn't have put it better myself.

[@djinn7916]

In the very same year Interstellar got snubbed also

[@Loammello2]

@@djinn7916 as it should, nollan is a mediocre director

[@cleoz9274]

Such a brilliant film. And her ghostly narration is just perfect; it really guides you throughout the film.

[@EmmaMaryRobertson]

Not "buying" the diary Amy is something I could definitely relate to and Rosamund's performance was one of the finest of the decade. She was a shapeshifter of the highest order and not the sort of person I would want to be married to in a gazillion years.

[@Deaznam]

Her voice matches extremely good on the role !

[@zoricav8901]

I love her, she deserves an Oscar, unforgettable character !

[@jokesterr119]

Absolutely! If she isn't nominated because of that "the academy forgot since the movie came out too early" bullshit there's gonna be an uproar

[@Lions4322]

Who else can beat her this year?

[@Ady2803]

Lions4322 Julianne Moore, darling.

[@Lions4322]

Wixson Doubt it, hun.

[@Ady2803]

The odds are on her side. She's been receiving rave reviews for her performance in 'Still Alice' with many calling it the best performance of her 30 year long career. Don't forget Moore is also a four-time Oscar nominee. She's definitely the superior here. Don't get me wrong tho., Rosamund Pike's performance deserves recognition and I'd be incredibly happy if she won - that performance was SICK! I just think Julianne Moore has a bigger chance.

[@Lions4322]

Wixson Yup. Either way, they can both be proud of how they presented their roles. Btw, any suggestion on who`ll be winning the Academy Award for best actor? My guess is Michael Keaton in Birdman..

[@yasaswy]

Iconic characters that is as close to Heath's Joker..

[@oscarwilde5408]

Not close. Better. Her character is a lot more complex; her ambition, her reasoning, her absolute self discipline and control... Psychologically speaking, she's so much more intriguing. But all this is neglected because the Joker is popular with a predominantly male audience, hence immediately elevated to a degree SHE'S far more deserving of.

[@gothgoddess88]

@@oscarwilde5408 I absolutely fuckin’ agree. She was bloody phenomenal. She should’ve won the damn oscar for that performance.

[@tytiw516]

@@oscarwilde5408 Yeah, even i've admired her tremendeous consistency which many normal people sometimes don't have it *Lol

[@saifmohamed9592]

@@oscarwilde5408 How did this turn to a "predominantly male audience" thing? There is a ton of reasons to prefer any of them as a character. One point is that Joker's drive and reasoning is relatively more clear and abstract, as opposed to the subtle and personal psychological side of Amy, but preference based on only that does not determine who's better, because each one fitted both the role of the characters in each movie and the layered complexity of them in general, not to mention that in the audience' eyes Joker's one of the most famous comic villains of all time compared to a girl in a movie with extremely smaller number of people who actually saw it, hence it's logical that he's by far more popular, same would go with any female character that popular. My silly guess would be that Amy appeals to people who prefer portrayals of human drama and the emotional side of psychos, while Joker appeals to people looking for the cerebral, philosophic side of psychos. Great job to both Pyke and Ledger.

[@doodoo8310]

C'mon Heath ledger joker is a bit outdated and overrated. Amy Dunne is the best badass villain. I think you are Indian who celebrates Nolan films.

[@KaliTheFour]

Fincher is such an incredible director, the level of detail and the way of mixing genres in his movies... oh god. He's getting better and better with each new movie. And if he doesn't win the Oscar this time... damn, I don't wanna think about this possibility.

[@caraf3494]

she's so beautiful and classy

[@OrianaMata]

I love how much she sounds like an outsider of it all. The way she speaks about her journey into the character, and her relationship with the director. She sounds just overwhelmed about everything, but with enough guts to take the challenge. She’s an amazing performer.

[@bichnguyen6946]

Rosamund is very intelligent, articulate and calm

[@jameslphoward]

I do think that this woman should be nominated for an Oscar- a very brilliant performance on a grand scale.

[@anothersignupyayyay]

OH GOSH I'M IN LOVE WITH HER VOICE

[@savannahlighthouse]

Rosamund is so utterly charming and very intelligent, I could honestly listen to her talk for hours. :) Anybody else notice how she seemed a bit nervous in this interview? She seems short of breath in some parts :/

[@Choekaas]

Is it just me, or does the voice of Rosamund Pike sound very much like Cate Blanchett's? When I close my eyes, I only see her.

[@debz12321]

I agree!!! And her long, insightful answers really echo Cate as well. Both are classy and fantastic actresses.

[@fkapradadawn]

Maybe when she's in a British accent role, otherwise not because Cate's australian I think...

[@ryndi67]

exactly! even during the movie Amy Dunne's voiceover reminded me so much of that lady elf's voice Blanchett portrayed in lord of the rings series.

[@Kirandera]

THIS.

They're really similar actresses too. They have this cold, ethereal thing about them. If Gone Girl was done ten years ago, Cate would have been a great Amy.

[@kavinab6629]

Should of won it . Her performance is absolutely amazing

[@adamtaucher8766]

It still confuses me to this day how she did not win the Oscar. I get it, Julianne Moore's performance was really good, but Pike had to convey a variety of different personas and emotions all within a limited amount of screen time. The Academy probs thought her performance was too "out there".

[@AA-qb7ni]

I honestly think that Gone Girl is one of the most amazing movies of all time such great character aswell

[@blavia77]

even though she won't win the oscar, she will probably get great roles now since she's on everybody's radar.

[@Q.Q.]

Very intelligent, thoughtful, emotionally astute, introspective woman, she seems to be...

[@pramderooy7037]

So whats the deal,is she actually nominated for an oscar ? Because her performance made this movie from a good movie into a great movie!

[@theoNGfirst]

You give that Oscar to Rosamund, she is young , fresh, EXTREMLY sophisticated , precocious , refined and man she deserves it! Moore is also great but my choice goes to her, simply because I had a crush

[@ceceliam9014]

Great interview.

[@Joka191095]

I think she was good in the movie, but Ben Affleck was amazing too. Best Actor for him please

[@Lions4322]

Doubt that will happen. Ben was alright, but he has a mountain to climb if he is to win against Michael Keaton`s role in Birdman.

[@csjcsj2906]

Lions4322 Ha! Never thought about that, and very true.

[@connerspencern]

Yeah, he was really good, but Jake Gyllenhall from Nightcrawler out performs him in just about every way and he's probably not going to get a nomination.

[@toughangel17]

She's amazing. Truly amazing.

[@adnantariq3346]

Her performance was amazing!

[@iamarnadhremin]

I just love to see her talking💙

[@Sushii_Katz]

More Rosamund please!

[@Zipblockgory]

Yeah Amy's Parents turned her into what she is. Her parents helped make her into this woman with high expectations and no tolerance and Nicks lying and cheating pushed her over the edge into full villainly.

[@xoxo20000]

She was great in this movie & definately the standout. I hope she gets nominated.

[@coka2407]

I love her! She needs to win the Oscar!

[@richardblack6695]

She's the ultimate femme fatale

[@emilewicz14]

+Richard Black : She was. Ten years and twenty pounds ago.

[@ceceliam9014]

And emilewicz14 wins the prize for the most pathetic and least productive comment. Congratulations on being a waste of space who belittles pregnant women for needing to lose weight!

[@charlotteduckworth8558]

SO GOOD

[@sumodmadhavan]

Stunning Performance. She deserve an OSCAR! The character was multiple layers like an onion it was unfolded. High demanding performance.

[@afidmurad7381]

Ouw iam falling in love with the accents

[@petebeltran6899]

I picked her to win the Oscar. Her role in Gone Girl is kind of hard to portray. She was really really god in that movie.

[@A.A_xv]

Pete Casino she really was a god in the movie

[@Kevon420]

Her American accent is so excellent but I wish it was bad because her normal speaking voice is utterly marvelous, music to my ears.

[@sophie4419]

Man I hope she wins the Oscar despite the odds.

[@Adamdow95]

Good film and Rosamund deserved the nomination, but the film deserved more nominations such as, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Original Score.

[@A.A_xv]

Is it just me or does Rosamund sometimes kind of remind you of Amy dunne, I mean you can really see the characteristics of any within her.

[@Asif_Munir]

PEACE MOMENTS.

[@Winduct]

Actors have the ''gift'' of talking all the time without actually saying anything.

[@buffery333]

it means something to them ... everything they say is how they've molded/understood the character...they usually do this without using strict adjectives and other pretentious talk, it may sound like "dribbling" to you but really its like describing shades of color that they FEEL with the character. empathy is tricky

[@wolfstar675]

What they talk is how they approach the character or how they craft their job. They're expressing what they know.

[@tcrown3333]

buffery333 That's a pretty good take on the subject, although I can sympathise with Winduct's annoyance of there being a modicum of self indulgence in much of what they say. But then, that's the nature of being an actor and, of course of being famous. it's bound to make them self conscious and keen to sound intelligent. Not that Pike is not intelligent; far from it.

[@cecilyk2406]

You can tell that Rosamund is a brilliant actress when you can truly tell the difference between her and Amy

[@Elanel]

I hopes she wins.

[@kopec82]

She is scary as hell in this movie, Ben is good but I don't feel like he was acting, her she is terrifying, NPH is good cause for the first time he is not acting or overacting that he is gay. His character is nuts but is not he annoying happy "am gay am gay" that he always plays. Very disturbing movie, horrible characters but good movie not for everybody that's for sure.

[@chrisl83]

What are you talking about? NPH played a creepy version of Barney Stinson, who duh, isn't gay.

[@kopec82]

chrisl83 thats what im saying that i was happy he didnt play the usual anoying gay part that he always does

[@logencito209]

Ben Affleck portrayed a "douche" husband very well. With his douche face that makes you think that he really killed his wife. Ben was good, one of his best performances, but Pike was great

[@kopec82]

ComBo BrEaker yes coming from me that i watch pride a prejudice like once a month where she is all sweet and nice she is really scary

[@yodie_yodarf8860]

+kopec82 Ben executed perfectly his role as well. This feeling that he was not really acting or was detached was exactly what the character had to be. This completely detached egotistically i don't carish man that he was

[@oakleyducati1]

She was totally deserving of that Oscar that year. Julianne Moore for whatever movie that she was in? Please.

[@Georgiaboy_]

I sure hope she wins...she deserves it. I doubt a women has ever won for this sort of role.

[@oeckstei]

She could be an interesting Harley Quinn if she was cast in that role.

I was rewatching Gone Girl last and thinking the exact same thing!

[@Demention94]

Yes! But she would have to have the corky side too

[@podrickpayne2537]

Rosamund Pike basically said: I don't like to portray this character. When she finally knew what was going to unfold: yes. I can now relax because I am going to play a psychotic woman.

[@dilettamora5894]

Where the fuck is her Oscar

[@eamonndeane587]

I wish Rosamund Pike played Emma Frost.

[@annabelllu]

i feel like the whole gaining/losing weight 3 times was kind of unfair for the director to demand

[@zoo001able]

This kind of movie if handled n acted well is bound for oscars...fatal attraction comes to mind.

[@Photosynthesislove]

Entitled + Insecure= a recipe for narcissism/sociopathy

[@turnitoffinallmyspite]

ugh can we still nominate her again for the oscars 😢😂

[@anbillie]

Of course some men relate to Amy. Someone with NPD shows the same traits if they are men or women. All I know is these type people can destroy your life.

[@jaiblue25]

It is hard for me to see Rosamund as a real person anymore after seeing her "Surrogate" ;)

[@two8250]

The women must know the royals

[@isabelgandarillas4497]

OMG, Not ththat I´m saying that Rosamund Pike is a narcisistic sico, but portaying Amy in GONE GIRL one has to have a lose screw somewhere or be extremenly inteligent. On the other hand Ben Affleck really, really masters his craft

[@charmedprince]

Isabel Gandarillas I also feel that her portrayal of Amy has had an effect on her. Just like when Rooney Mara said playing The Girl in the Dragon Tattoo affected her outlooks. Maybe David Fincher is such a good director that he puts his players in character even after production.

[@esterzach]

Both? :D She is amazing.

[@llamasarus1]

Some people sympathize with or relate with Amy. I thought she was a malevolent psychopath who needed to be taken out and that's how the director intended to portray her. I didn't love Nick as a character but the film portrayed him as more of a bumbling victim who's irresponsible rather than malevolent, which makes him more deserving of sympathy by comparison. I'll have to read the book because I heard that it portrays a darker side to Nick that wasn't fully brought out in the film, which would make more sense.

[@Nigel_Visuel]

This may sound weird ^^ . But i want a wife like amy. To me she is perfection.

[@Asif_Munir]

WHEN YOUR FNDS FAMILY TRIES TO DISTRACT YOU BUT YOU STILL SHOW THEM WHO IS THE BOSS

[@terang_bae]

I still hate her after watching the movie! That's how haunting her act was!

[@alexanderabrashev1366]

Idc. I love her

[@ChristosAnesti33]

She was not feeling very well during this interview, was she? Anyone else notice?

[@esterzach]

I think she is very pregnant here. After watching several interviews with her one of the first things I noticed is her usual calm demeanor. She is amazing. I love to listen to her. Here she seems out of breath, but I am impressed - keeping straight face and giving these answers when there is something that distracts you the whole time... A whole baby pressing your organs and rolling inside you... could be quite unpleasant.

[@kodiak64]

Not sure what she deserves the Oscar for; her portrayal of a psychopathic nutcase or her interview persona. Because I don't which one is the real her.

[@theoNGfirst]

MY AMBITION IS INFINITE AND I WANT AN OSCAR TOO ( MALE CATEGORY) BUT HEAFEN CAN WAIT(!) NOT TOO LONG THOUGH😃

[@Danlovar]

Eomer's sister.

[@hadimajzoub]

Is she pregnant?

[@kaitlyndry2734]

I think he asked her to gain and lose weight 3 times to see if she had the same discipline and dedication that Amy had to know if she was right for the part

[@user-yj5cv3wv3m]

GONE GIRL IS A STUPID MOVIE AND IT IS BORING !!!

[@ferise1]

None of it is supposed to make sense...

[@user-yj5cv3wv3m]

ferise1 BECAUSE IT IS A STUPID DUMB ASS MOVIE AND IT IS BORING

[@ferise1]

WHAT A FUCKING DUMB BITCH No, it's an emotional journey, the physical plot is supposed to distract your mind while they hit you emotionally...

[@user-yj5cv3wv3m]

ferise1 GOD YOU ARE SO FUCKING STUPID THE MOVIE SUCKS AND IT IS FUCKING BORING U ARE A IDIOT AND A DUMB ASS

[@ferise1]

WHAT A FUCKING DUMB BITCH David Fincher is so smart, with Fight Club he created such a masterpiece...you dont think he waited 15 years to make a flop do you?

[@ImbaSoulDC]

I think Ben did a better job in this movie than Rosamund Pike. I don't understand what's so great about her acting. It's GOOD for sure, and her character is written to be crazy as f***, but the actual ACTING was much deeper, personal and emotional on Ben's side in this film.

[@A.A_xv]

Ansgar Feicht Ben did a better job? Yes, he was really good, but not as good as Rosamund's. You're deluded.