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Carrie Anne Moss Interview
How many wires are attached to you at a given time? Three or four. Where do they go? They go here [on her waist], picked here [on her back], and then they’ll come here [shoulders], and then there might be one here [on your neck], that goes up and you usually have a pad there. They cut you up and bruise you up pretty bad. Were the martial arts tougher this time? The expectation was greater. We’ve seen so much martial arts in films that it doesn’t have quite the impact that the first film had in terms of that was the first time that some people ever saw that kind of stuff. But that brawl with Keanu and all those Hugos? That’s unbelievable. You incorporate special effects in that, and you just have something that is so incredible. Keanu’s fights are just incredible to me. I wish you could all see the extent of his commitment, because you would respect him even more. Physically, he just takes himself to the edge. He is willing to do whatever it takes to learn. He is so hardcore with himself and so hard on himself. It took that kind of commitment. How have the Wachowski brothers changed since the first film? Well, they grew. They’re definitely evolving as human beings, growing and changing just like all of us have changed so much. They’re even more committed and even more dedicated. And they also had so much more on their plate. They were setting the tone for the whole thing, so they’re responsible for inspiring a big group of people. Every person, from the set decorators to the set painters to the construction, people were so inspired to work on this film and really cared and really wanted to do it. And why? Because of them. How long did you practice riding the motorcycle? Months. But on the day that I did it, I didn’t allow myself to doubt myself for one minute. Whereas on the wire and doing other stuff, I have kind of a process that I found that I would do in action sequences, which is where I come in kind of serious, I’d give it and give and then I’d have a bit of a breakdown somewhere. Sometimes I’d need to have that breakdown in order to overcome it. It’s like I’d have to go, “Oh, I can’t do this” to “Okay, I can do this!” Whereas on the bike, I was like, “Today, Carrie-Anne, you don’t get to indulge in any part of our neuroses about who you are as a person and la la la. You are going to be hardcore serious. This is about having a goal.” Did the brothers know you had this fear? No, I kept that to myself. They really wanted me to do it. And it sells the whole thing that I did what I did, and I understand why I needed to do what I did because without it, it wouldn’t have worked. You needed to see me on that bike. You needed to have those shots. How long have you had this neurosis of yours? I’m that kind of person. My friends call me the Breakthrough Girl. And all my friends are like that, we’re all like that. I have breakthroughs where I love to take my life and be challenged by something, be it a physical, emotional, spiritual whatever, and overcome it and become anew and transform something. I’m that kind of person, so I take jobs for that reason too. I love being part of a team that is overcoming and changing and growing. We went through so much as a group. I broke my leg, we had two actors that died, we had September 11 just before we were shooting. You suddenly start wondering, What am I making a movie for? I had to go sit with the brothers and have them explain to me why I needed to go to work. |
