Graham amazed by young ‘Moody’ star

It’s nothing new for actors to censor themselves during interviews. Usually, though, it’s not because there are children present.

But on this day at a Beverly Hills hotel, Heather Graham — whose risque resume includes Boogie Nights and The Hangover — hesitates to discuss her forthcoming adults-only role in the porn-themed drama Cherry with James Franco.

“I don’t know if I should talk about it in front of Jordana,” she says, laughing, referring to Jordana Beatty, the 13-year-old star of Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer, which opens Friday. “But yeah, it’s dark.”

(Graham has as little to say about The Hangover Part II, in which she doesn’t reprise her Vegas stripper character. “I haven’t seen it,” she says simply. “But I’m excited to see it.”)

Doing press alongside a young newcomer is obviously a novel experience for the 41-year-old, whose career has had more G-strings than G ratings. Almost as novel as making a kids-lit family comedy in the first place.

“It’s so fun to do a movie that’s about being happy,” says Graham who plays the title tween’s free-spirited aunt, Opal. “And being around Jordana was amazing. Every morning, I felt really happy going to work. It was (tapping into) the kid part of yourself that just wants to have fun and play.”
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Posted on June 07, 2011 by Stef under Interviews, Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer

PostMedia Interview with Heather

Heather Graham has never had a problem with removing her clothes on screen.

Her breakthrough performance as the sexually versatile Roller Girl in 1997′s Boogie Nights featured nudity. She has proved accomplished at conveying a tantalizing, insinuating eroticism in the course of a film career punctuated by performances as hookers, porn stars, lesbians, strippers and sexually voracious bedmates.

Think of her name and you think immediately of R-rated cinema. But at 41, the lady is full of surprises. Here she is this month, plunging zestfully into the family genre with her portrayal of a fun-loving aunt in Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer. So why this change of pace?

“I don’t know,” she shrugs. “I think it’s really so much fun to do this film and so much fun to work on it, and so much fun to do a movie in which there’s nothing dark happening in it.”
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Posted on June 06, 2011 by Stef under Interviews, Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer

Heather visits ‘The Seven’

Posted on June 02, 2011 by Stef under Interviews, Video Updates

Heather on Live! with Regis & Kelly

Heather is scheduled to appear on Live! with Regis & Kelly tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard time to chat about her upcoming film Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer. Check your local listings for details.

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Stef under Interviews, Public Appearances

Scott Mills Daily podcast

Click here to listen to Heather’s podcast with Scott Mills from yesterday. You can stream it live under “play recent episodes” or you can download it directly here. Happy listening!

Posted on December 16, 2009 by Stef under Interviews, Media Alerts

Chuck the Movie Guy interview with Heather

Thanks to Chuck for the link.

Posted on June 08, 2009 by Stef under Interviews, Media Alerts

A delicious ‘Miss Conception’

Ever want to attend a Hollywood movie press junket? Now’s your chance as SheKnows takes our readers inside Heather Graham’s press roundtable last week.

A veteran of over two dozen films, from “Boogie Nights” to “Bowfinger,” Heather Graham is starring in the new film, “Miss Conception.” She gathered reporters at the Hilton in Glendale and SheKnows is thrilled to present the uncut, honest answers an artist gives when sitting a few feet away from reporters discussing their most recent passionate project.

The very British Miss Conception
“We had a coach. He was amazing. Thank God for him. We were really scared.

I think the producer had a situation where at first the coach was going to be on the set for only the first two weeks so Mia (Kirshner) and I thought we need this dialect coach the whole time. We definitely fought for that. He made us feel relaxed, gave you confidence, I was lucky to work with such a good coach. He said in London it’s cool now to mix in a little Cockney with your London high class.

I started talking in the accent all day. When I got the job, there wasn’t really that much time to work on it. We’d go to lunch and talk, talk, talk, as much as we could. The script was always written as an English film, the ways the people talk are so British. It would not have worked to have us talk like Americans.”
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Posted on June 12, 2008 by Stef under Interviews, Miss Conception

Heather Graham Talks ‘Miss Conception’

The actress talks about her new film, British accents, future projects and more.

What can I say about Heather Graham that we don’t already know. The talented actress was stealing scenes in such classics as License to Drive and Swingers which led up to her astonishing breakthrough performance in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Boogie Nights. Her new film is the unique comedy Miss Conception which revolves around a desperate woman’s attempt to bear a child, before it is literally too late. I was lucky enough to be invited to a roundtable interview session with the actress, where she discussed her new movie and much more. Here’s what she had to say.
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Posted on June 05, 2008 by Stef under Interviews, Miss Conception