Hathaway plays the scientist on the expedition in Interstellar, and appears in The Odyssey. The first role includes a monologue that could easily collapse into sentiment, and she delivers it as a scientist making an argument she knows sounds unscientific, which is what keeps it standing.
She trained in acting from a young age and moved from family comedy into drama early, which required actively working against a fixed public image. She has worked across musical theatre, comedy and prestige drama, and she is unusually willing to take physically or emotionally punishing roles rather than protecting an image.
Recurring subjects: conviction maintained against a room that disagrees, women underestimated by institutions, and grief handled through work. She plays intelligence quickly, without pausing to signal it, and she is precise about when to let composure fail. Her physical commitment to a role is frequently remarked on by her collaborators.
She has won an Academy Award for a supporting role in a musical adaptation and drawn nominations elsewhere, and her career spans some of the most commercially significant films of the past two decades. Her performance in a science fiction epic is frequently cited in discussions of how emotional argument functions inside hard genre material.
For viewers who want a lead who commits fully to difficult dialogue. Suited to anyone interested in performances that carry a film's central idea, and to those who know her only from comedy.
A haunting science fiction odyssey, "Interstellar" bends time and space with a masterful touch as it explores humanity's quest for survival among the stars.
Directed by Christopher Nolan, this visually stunning film features Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway in roles that challenge the boundaries of love and sacrifice.
Epic fantasy action adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey, where Odysseus fights his way back to Ithaca after Troy, and every choice costs something. Christopher Nolan shoots the entire film on IMAX 70 mm, in Morocco, Greece, Italy, Iceland, Scotland, and Western Sahara.