MCM Expo Interviews : Beverly (Granny) and Megan (Red)

Thanks for the vids!

Heard of Ory’s summer TV movie before, and will be interesting to see her as a different kind of character.

Agree mostly with what Meghan Ory said about Red, it was brilliant to make her the wolf. And yes, Ruby is aggressive in her sexuality, but at the same time she is depicted like the typical victim type, (young) woman working as waitress, somewhat gaudy in her appearance, the kind decent citizens judge as more or less calling for it, a woman not knowing her place, so someone has to show her her place (if you walk alone in the dark and in shabby places, look like a working girl, wearing very short skirts, flirt all day or night, still too many people think it is at least partially your fault when being assaulted, which is totally wrong thinking though – recommend watching for example the movie Accused from 1988 with Jodie Foster, if you don’t know what I am talking about, but caution, that movie is drastic). In a way Ruby is a classical female prey of modern tales, the urban version of cautionary tale Red Riding Hood. While Red the wolf is clearly a predator, she can be deadly, though for Red maybe should use more the more positive term hunter.

Love me a granny, who is cookie and milk and reading stories and sassy and no nonsense and good with a crossbow.

That little cousin of whoever brought it up with diner – dinner is some smart kid.

Always shocking when I see Bev without her Granny hair and makeup. She’s actually a lot younger than Granny.

LOL. Don’t know how old you think Granny is, but looks can deceive. Amuses me every time for example when people nearly faint learning that Ming Na is 50, but guess what, Sandra Bullock is 49 by now, Jodie Foster 51. And guess Beverley is at an age when most go into work retirement (not actors though). Fairy tale Granny of course plays with traditional images of what a granny looks like.