![]() It’s a different process every time, but I usually write about the character and just the general acting stuff…. ![]() I usually do a lot of writing, so I have a journal for every character that I take on and just sort of write. “I’m beginning to see a pattern with how I prepare for roles. She writes character journals for each role. So just to get to the right proficiency, I started doing piano again.” I’d played since I was a kid, but I stopped when I was in high school. “It was kind of a prerequisite for the role, but I had to know how to play the piano, so I was three hours a day…. Scanlen brushed up on her piano skills when preparing to play Beth. I think it’s really important that directors have some kind of understanding of how actors work in order to make the environment as inclusive and safe as it can be.” I think because she’s an actor, she has a very good understanding of how actors feel most comfortable on a set and what they need. It was a really beautiful audition, and usually I hate them. We were all just totally immersed in the scene and in our love for these characters. I just remember it was a scene with Jo and Beth, and we were in these office chairs, bawling our eyes out. She wants to make people as comfortable as possible, especially in the audition process. I feel like that explains Greta so well as a person. ![]() I don’t think they were necessarily actors, they were just her friends. Greta brought a bunch of her friends to play the other sisters. Gerwig’s audition process was unconventionally casual. She sat down with Backstage to talk about it all.ħ Pointers From Greta Gerwig on Making a Movie She made her Broadway debut earlier this month as Mayella in Aaron Sorkin’s “To Kill a Mockingbird,” and she’ll next be seen on the big screen as Beth March in Greta Gerwig’s awards-caliber “Little Women” remake. ![]() The following Backstage Live was compiled by Backstage readers just like you! Follow us on Twitter ( and Instagram ( to stay in the loop on upcoming interviews and to submit questions live on camera.Īfter her intense breakout role as Amma on HBO’s “Sharp Objects,” Eliza Scanlen has become one of the industry’s buzziest up-and-comers with no signs of slowing down. ![]()
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