It’s been a while but Emily Mortimer was interviewed by a number of UK publication to promote the UK release of ‘Redbelt‘. I’ve added those I found to the press archive:

• Naughty - but ever so nice, The Independent, October 3
• Good girl Emily likes being bad, Daily Record, September 23
• Russians, nudity - and a fibreglass pillar, The Telegraph, September 20
• Chic Lit, The Guardian, September 20

Emily Mortimer had to be trained to run properly on film.

The British actress - who can soon be seen in action movie ‘Transsiberian’ - admits she was so bad at performing an acceptable sprint on camera that she had to be given tips on improving before shooting started.

She said: “The crew kept trying to adjust my run so it would look action heroine-esque. I don’t look very cool or sexy running. My friends get me to run for a bus to give themselves a good laugh!”

Emily - who has a four-year-old son with husband Alessandro Nivola - also revealed she never thought she would star in a thriller because she didn’t think she was cut out for such a physically exhausting role.

She added to Details magazine: “I am pale, I smoke cigarettes and I’m allergic to physical activity. But just because I get cast as the sweet innocent doesn’t mean that I necessarily am that way. When I was little, I didn’t want to be an actress to delve into another consciousness - I wanted to wear fancy clothes and go to parties.”

Source.

Given how many movie and TV roles Emily Mortimer has tackled thus far in her career (44 at latest count), it’s hard to believe she’s only been working professionally for a little more than 13 years. Following bit parts in movies like The Ghost and the Darkness and Notting Hill, she quickly established herself as one of the most versatile and adventuresome actresses of her generation. And while her most talked-about role to date was previously that of an insecure actress who subjects herself to a fully exposed, unmerciful critique of her physical assets in Nicole Holofcener’s Lovely & Amazing, she courts controversy yet again as the main character in Brad Anderson’s murder mystery-cum-thriller Transsiberian.

In the film, Mortimer plays a dissatisfied newlywed who struggles to be faithful to her doting husband Roy (played by Woody Harrelson), with disastrous consequences. IGN recently caught up with Mortimer via telephone to discuss her participation in the film; in addition, she talks about the fearful process of finding each new character she plays, and collaborating with filmmakers to find deeper truths among each project’s entertaining core.

Click here to read their full interview with Emily!