Oscar nominated for UP IN THE AIR (she was my pick to win, too), the lovely Anna Kendrick has become an audience favorite in a rather short period of time. Outside of co-starring with George Clooney in the aforementioned Academy Award darling (6 total nominations), she’s had memorable roles in SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD, and of course those little-known independent flicks… what are they called… oh yeah, TWILIGHT. Kendrick has played Bella (Kristen Stewart) Swan’s friend “Jessica Stanley” in all of THE TWILIGHT SAGA movies, including the three already released and BREAKING DAWN – Part 1 and 2 coming out shortly. This weekend moviegoers will find a whole new reason to fall in love with her in director Jonathan Levine’s exceptional 50/50, a comedy/drama dealing with cancer in which she shares the screen with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Angelica Huston. In the film Anna plays “Katherine”, a hospital therapist with little experience who does her best to console and help Adam (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) deal with his newfound illness. It’s a tricky role, as Kendrick must convincingly play a young doctor who has equal parts of sincere sympathy and restrained professionalism, despite a potentially unprofessional relationship forming between her and her new patient. I’m happy to say she once again knocks it out of the park, and helps make 50/50 easily one of the best movies to come out of 2011. I got a chance to sit down with Kendrick to discuss her role in the film, what went into the preparation for it, and even ask her how she feels knowing that her TWILIGHT film franchise is finally nearing its end. Check out the video interview below and tell us your thoughts in the comments. My sincere thanks to Anna for taking time to come to Dallas.
50/50 opens everywhere September 30, 2011
Born and raised in Dallas, Mark has been a movie critic since 1994, with reviews featured in print, radio and National TV. In 2001 he started the Entertainment section of the Herorealm website, where he contributed film reviews and celebrity interviews until 2004. After three years of service there, he started Bigfanboy.com, which has become one of the Dallas film community's leading information websites. Bigfanboy hosts several movie screenings in the Texas area, and works closely with film and TV studios and promotional partners to host exciting events and contests. The site also features a variety of rare celebrity and filmmaker interviews, and Bigfanboy.com regularly covers the film festival circuit as well. In addition to Hollywood reporting, Mark has worked for many years as an advertising and sci-fi/comic book artist. Clients have included Lucasfilm Ltd., Topps Trading Cards, The Dallas Mavericks and The Dallas Stars. From 2002 until 2015 he managed the Dallas Comic Con, Sci-Fi Expo and Fan Days events in the DFW area. He currently catalogs rare comic books and movie memorabilia for Heritage Auctions, and runs the Dallas Comic Show conventions, but remains an avid moviegoer and cinema buff. 
