Aubrey Plaza is known for her sarcastic humor and intense characters, like April Ludgate from Parks and Recreation and Ingrid from Ingrid goes west. She’s taking lessons from Hollywood big names like Austin Butler and Jeremy Strong as she even steps away from network TV and into more movie roles, and she tried the acting method on the set of 2016. Dirty grandpa.
She may have acted too close to the sun, however, when she acted “completely crazy” around his co-star Robert De Niro. She added that she was focused on staying in character as Lenore, a young woman who wants to sleep with Robert De Niro’s Dick Kelly.
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Aubrey Plaza terrifies Robert De Niro with his acting method
The Godfather 2 the actor was surprised by Place Aubreyhis devotion to her dirty grandpa role. Plaza opened up about her first encounters with the Hollywood legend during a London Film Festival discussion led by Leigh Singer for Emily the Criminal that the Child’s play the actress stars and produces.
Plaza portrayed Lenore, a young woman who takes a liking to De Niro’s character, Lt. Col. Richard “Tail” Kelly, in the 2016 bawdy comedy. The Ingrid goes west The star said she was pretending to be Lenore before the cameras started rolling to get into character:
“I didn’t really have a relationship with him. [De Niro] off camera because it’s him. I haven’t had time to get to know him, he shows up in a puff of smoke and there’s no chatter at the water cooler. She continued, “By the time he showed up, I’m in character. My character had one goal: to sleep with him. I was completely crazy as a character because we were about to shoot. I don’t don’t think he realized it wasn’t me. You’d think he would because he’s an amazing actor and actor.
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She said her performance as the sex-crazed student Lenore captivated De Niro to the point where one of his agents “I heard Bob was a little freaked out.” Their friendship was quickly mended and the Dirty Grandpa actress said the two “really of course” after that.
The expanding career of Aubrey Plaza
Aubrey Plaza also opened up about how she got into production and her directing plans during the chat. Although Plaza’s first producing credit was in the 2017 comedy The small hoursshe mentioned Ingrid goes west as “its king of comedy.” child’s play said she met the film’s director, Matt Spicer, after reading the script and “required” to be cast in the film. She was so invested in the picture that she wanted to play an off-screen role as well.
Plaza, who has received critical acclaim for her work in films such as Ingrid goes west and Black bearanticipates potential roles for herself in Hollywood down the road.
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The dirty grandfather the actress is renowned for her sarcastic comedic approach, rose to prominence as April Ludgate on NBC Parks and Recreation. She now plays Laura on Little demon and will appear in the second season of the award-winning HBO series White Lotus.
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