Parker Posey is a unique actor who can steal a scene with the smallest gesture or facial expression.
Her career has spanned decades and doesn’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon.
Read on to learn more about the stunning transformation of Parker Posey.
Posey’s grandmother was theatrical as well, and Posey loved spending time with her.
She even worked into the play Kojak’s famous catchphrase, “Who loves ya, baby?”
which brought the house down.
“My parents laughed so hard they cried, and that really upset me,” she said.
“All I remember thinking was, ‘This isn’t funny, I’m supposed to be a detective.
I’m Kojak, dammit.'”
“He was like, ‘She has talent.
She has charisma!'”
“He said, ‘Tell her she’s an actress.
She almost got in on her personality alone,'” Posey shared.
“I had no idea that I would actually get the job,” Posey shared withIndex.
“It’s the hardest work I’ve ever done in my life,” she revealed.
“It’s melodrama.
It’s a different style of acting … normal people don’t act that way.”
“You could really be in the mix in New York at that time,” Posey told Vogue.
“I could do the soap opera during the day and theater at night.”
According to Posey, the actors all got along, which made for a great collaboration.
“It just felt like a kinship there,” she shared withThe Wrap.
“There weren’t a lot of egos.”
“It was so independent, so free.”
It was flirty and madcap."
“The costuming was a real collaboration and it was really, really fun,” the actor explained.
Finally getting to work with Ephron inspired Posey and made her want to step up her game.
Bean catalogs and are constantly stressed out over their pet Weimaraner.
“I thought it would be fun to get braces,” she said.
Aside from the film and Posey’s role being memorably hilarious, the braces came with another perk.
Posey assured him she would, and it turned out she was genuinely frightened during filming.
“I was indeed scared.
I didn’t want to die.
I was relieved it ended quickly, with just two takes,” Posey revealed.
She added that while her emotions were real, she did feel safe while shooting the scene.
“What would bring me into her voice was: ‘gay military men,'” Posey shared withVariety.
“I just felt like it was an honor.”
“I mainly get offered things I pass on,” she toldW.
“When I saw him for the first time … “I wanted to bring, like, a snotty affect,” the actor toldVariety.
“It was so fun to play,” she said.
“I was so happy to bring that Tennessee Williams kind of drama.”
The spot, which featured the song “Mama’s Eyes” by METTE, was special for Posey.
“I can be comfortable here and I can feel at home in these clothes,” she said.
“And then if I’m going to dress up, I’llreallydress up.”
Posey’s fans know that’s true because she always understands the assignment.
