PHOTO FLASH! - Drew Barrymore as Little Edie in HBO's GREY GARDENS!

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 3/9/09 at 10:34pm

Little Edie returning back home and seeing the early stages of Grey Gardens' decline:


Barrymore stayed in character during the initial rehearsals at the actual Grey Gardens and through the entire seven-and-a-half-week shoot in Toronto in 2007, refusing all contact with even her closest friends, save for her then boyfriend, actor Justin Long, who visited the set once or twice. Being Edie from age 18 to 60 involved wigs, prosthetics and five hours of daily makeup. Wanting to feel as cut off from the world as Edie had, she didn’t use her cell phone or laptop or watch TV, and she read only Edie’s journals and favorite Nathaniel Hawthorne novel, The Marble Faun. The actress insisted that everyone on set call her Edie, and as Edie, composed journal entries and letters to Long on a typewriter. (Her best friend and producing partner, Nancy Juvonen, sent Barrymore a formal letter, addressed to Edie, to invite her to her wedding to Jimmy Fallon.) Fearing she might "snap," Sucsy recalls, he suggested she return to playing Drew on Saturdays. Her dresser, Kent Cummins, an old friend of hers, confided to Sucsy, "Even the Saturday-night Drew wasn’t the full Drew."
More complicated was mastering Edie’s idiosyncratic cadences. Barrymore worked with a dialect coach for a year before shooting began, learning to project forward, and not speak out of the right side of her mouth, as is her habit. "She’s always brought so much of herself to her parts," says close friend, Cameron Diaz. "This was the first time she was able to leave all of that behind."

Jessica Lange and Drew Barrymore as the younger 'Big' Edie and 'Little' Edie:

[Pianolin717]

Posted: 3/9/09 at 10:35pm

can I tell you how mad I am that I don't get HBO?

[TimeSquare3]

Posted: 3/9/09 at 10:40pm

Holy SH*T!

[TheActr97J]

Posted: 3/9/09 at 10:47pm

Da-da-da-da-dum...

Can't wait! This looks fantastic!

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 3/9/09 at 10:48pm

Wow. Oh, wow. That first picture is incredible.

[brandonm2]

Posted: 3/9/09 at 10:55pm

Here is an HBO sneek peek during the shooting of the movie:

http://www.hbo.com/scripts/video/vidplayer.html?movie=/av/films/grey_gardens/grey_gardens_greenlit+section=films+title=Grey%20Gardens:%20Geenlit%20Tease%20+num=1231259403029+tunein=

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 3/9/09 at 10:59pm

brandonm2 -- please delete your post as its making the page 4 feet wide.

Here is the link you provided:
HBO GREY GARDENS Featurette Teaser Trailer

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 3/9/09 at 11:00pm

He doesn't have to delete it. He could also use TinyURL.

[Pianolin717]

Posted: 3/9/09 at 11:01pm

either way, thanks for posting that!

I must say, Drew is GORGEOUS and so sophisticated and same to Jessica. Truly CANNOT wait for this! They look like they have superb chemistry from that clip!

[Jane2]

Posted: 3/9/09 at 11:09pm

When will this air?

[TimeSquare3]

Posted: 3/9/09 at 11:18pm

April 18

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 3/9/09 at 11:18pm

It premieres on HBO on Saturday April 18, 2009 at 8pm EST. It will re-air numerous times as all of HBO's programming.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 3/9/09 at 11:20pm

A link!

http://greygardensnews.blogspot.com/2009/03/official-release-date-for-hbos-grey.html

[Pianolin717]

Posted: 3/9/09 at 11:22pm

thanks for the link lizzie!
this was on there too.. STUNNING!
more photos

[BroadwayEnthusiast2]

Posted: 3/9/09 at 11:31pm

I cannot wait for this! It looks fantastic!

[Jane2]

Posted: 3/9/09 at 11:32pm

Thanks for the info. I simply can't wait. I"ve always been dying to get some idea of the years in between the first and second acts, so to speak~ I had seen the documentary years ago and have been fascinated with this story ever since.

BEsides the fact that HBO puts on the very best there is on tv, and beyond, if you ask me. Their film of Angels in America was one of the best I've ever seen.

And also-two very good actresses~

Can't wait!

[Juliet LaFleur]

Posted: 3/10/09 at 12:28pm

What fantastic casting. Drew looks like a dead ringer for Little Edie in the first one. Can't wait for this.