In addition to landing big roles in Greta Gerwig's upcoming Narnia adaptation and an original JJ Abrams fantasy film, the former BAFTA Rising Star winner has been seen in three very different new movies this year.
The film is the first feature from veteran writer-director James L Brooks in 15 years, with Mackey starring as a political hopeful who becomes the governor of her (unnamed) state just as she's dealing with a number of small crises in her personal life.
"I sort of put her on this pedestal. And she is an idealist. She's someone who fights day in day out for things that she really believes in and cares about. There's something quite noble about that, I think, and simple."
"She just has this great spirit and this great motivation to try and do something bigger than just herself," she continued. "She cares about something bigger than herself and that's a great mission to have in life.
"So it was about finding the grounded-ness in that, and in her real job, and understanding where she comes from and how much she studied to get where she is, essentially, and all the experience that it takes. But also finding the levity and the humour and the clumsiness as well, in the moments of grief and sadness that seemed to happen quite a lot in her life."
View Green Video on the source website"It was hilarious," she said. "It was a great thing. It wasn't planned originally. It wasn't scripted. It was something that was added later on in the process. And it just felt right. It felt like the scene or that moment in the story kind of warrants it. You need this release.
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"And just amazing. A great brain, and she's so sharp, and she's so witty and it was just a joy. And that voice! I mean, that voice, is really something. [It's] pretty magical to be around that voice!"
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