Anne Hathaway: “I gave myself permission to go a bit more Method” for the Amelia Brand role in Interstellar

Anne Hathaway has long been known as a master of Method acting. To do Fantine in the 2012 musical Les Miserables, she famously lost several pounds she was barely recognizable. For her role as the biologist Amelia Brand in the critically acclaimed Christopher Nolan film, Interstellar, the multi-award winning actress told Deadline: "Once I understood who she [her character] was, then it became fun calibrating her. This time (on a film) I gave myself permission to go a bit more Method. As a result, I was not my most fun-this is a character who has a deep social awkwardness. I felt bad for anyone who had to talk to me between takes." Anne is also known for staying true to character until the very end of a project.

The 32-year-old star who first came to fame with Disney's 2001 The Princess Diaries hasn't always been open about her acting process. "I had gotten to a point in my career where I had a string of experiences where I didn't feel connected to my director, and that my process [Method acting] was a burden to them," she revealed. With Christopher Nolan, with whom she already had the chance to work with when she played Selina Kyle/Catwoman in the 2012 Dark Knight Rises, it was different. Of course, it helps that her co-star there, Christian Bale, is also a known Method actor who'll stay in character for as long as it takes. For her part in Interstellar, Anne told Deadline: "The method for me is more organic. I don't actually like it when people call me by my character's name, although Matthew (McConaughey) did and it was helpful."

As of December 28, Interstellar has already grossed $177,387,217 in the United States and Canada and $464,000,000 in other territories for a worldwide total of $641,387,217.Considering that since her 2006 The Devil Wears Prada, most of her studio films have been $100 million-plus hits, Anne was asked by Deadline if she feel pressured to produce hits and if she "can you smell one in advance." She replied: "For me it's all about the director.... no matter how impressive an actor's C.V. is or what they represent or what their films have racked up, it's a director's medium. We are all there to serve the director's vision in its purest form."