Family Album
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| Name: Margot Helen Tenenbaum,
Adopted Daughter, Acclaimed Playwright, Braveman Grant
Winner, Wife of Raleigh St. Clair
Played by: Gwyneth Paltrow and Irene Gorovaia
Characteristics: Intelligent, Brooding, Depressed
Closest allies: Etheline, Richie |
"Goodbye, Ruby
Tuesday..."
Anderson has long wanted to work with Ms. Paltrow, and
offered her the role of Margot Tenenbaum.
"There's something good-natured and always appealing about
Gwyneth Paltrow, or the roles she has played. This is sort of a
departure from that, because Margot does many things specifically
not to be appealing."
The fact that Paltrow came from a sophisticated New York
background would also add to her portrayal of the very precocious
Margot, as well, says producer Mendel. "Margot at age twelve
is twelve going on eighteen. And you get a sense from Gwyneth
Paltrow that is exactly how she was."
Paltrow was eager to play Margot Tenenbaum.
"Wes' movies have such a specific tone and sense of humor
that really appeals to me," she says. "When he told me
he was sending over the script, I knew immediately I would be
doing the film. When I read it, I saw what a great part it was,
and that was just icing on the cake. I'm such a fan of both
'Bottle Rocket' and 'Rushmore' that whatever he asked me to do, I
would do."
The complex issues the film raises also intrigued Paltrow.
"I think what the film illustrates clearly is that family is
so crucial and so important to children, giving them a sense of
identity and perspective. If children don't feel validated by the
family or by either parent or by their parents' relationship, it
can cause problems in life that are not easy to surmount.
"I definitely identify with the character of Margot as a
younger incarnation of myself. I think Margot was never able
really to grow up, to grow past a stage where she felt acute
isolation. And I think she kind of gave up trying to figure people
out a long time ago and her power becomes other people trying to
figure her out. And I think that stems from her relationship with
Royal and always feeling unwanted and completely on the outside.
"And Royal makes it clear that his love is unattainable I
think that we always try to act out what we haven't come to terms
with about our parents, so of course the situation exists with
Margot and her brother that they are in love with each other and
that too is unattainable," she says. "Everything
resonates beautifully."
Credit: The Royal Tenenbaums press kit About
Gwyneth Paltrow...
Although
she initially gained fame for her real-life role as Brad Pitt's
girlfriend, Gwyneth Paltrow went on to build a solid reputation as one
of the leading actresses of her generation. Repeatedly summoning
comparisons to such classic presences as Grace Kelly, the blonde,
blue-eyed Paltrow has won acclaim for her parts in a number of films,
most notably Shakespeare in Love, for which she won a Best Actress Oscar in 1999.
The daughter of actress Blythe Danner and producer/director Bruce
Paltrow, Paltrow was born in Los Angeles on September 28, 1972. When
she was 11, her family moved to Massachusetts so that her father could
direct summer stock productions — it was there that the actress began
to receive theatrical training under her parents' tutelage. Schooled at
Manhattan's exclusive Spence School, Paltrow went on to study
anthropology at the University of California before deciding to drop
out to pursue her acting career. She got her first screen role in the
1991 movie Shout and in the same year she played the young Wendy in
Steven Spielberg's Hook.
Two years later, Paltrow made her first significant impression with a
chilling turn as a young con artist in Flesh and Bone. She went on to
minor but memorable roles in Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) and Jefferson in Paris (1995) before earning her first true taste of fame with her part as Brad Pitt's wife in
Seven
(1995). Unfortunately, she got more attention for her status as the
actor's girlfriend than for her work in the film, becoming one of the
world's most photographed arm ornaments.
However, the actress was able to come into her own the following year
with the title role in Douglas McGrath's adaptation of Emma. She won acclaim for her work and her
flawless British accent, and the same year she could be seen in two
more films: The Pallbearer, with David Schwimmer, and Paul Thomas
Anderson's Hard Eight. However, it was not until 1998 —
having broken off her engagement with Pitt the previous year — that
Paltrow became better-known for her acting than for her ability to look
good in designer evening gowns. That year, she had starring roles in no
less than five films. Although both Hush and A Perfect Murder proved disappointments, and
Great Expectations received mixed reviews, Paltrow's two English excursions, the comedy
Sliding Doors and John Madden's Shakespeare in Love,
netted positive receptions. The latter film drew particular acclaim,
eventually winning seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and
Best Actress for Paltrow.
The following year, she had the lead in another high-profile project, Anthony Minghella's
The Talented Mr. Ripley.
Starring opposite Matt Damon, Jude Law, and Cate Blanchett, Paltrow
took part in a film that boasted one of the most photogenic collections
of young stars that audiences had seen that year and it further
enhanced her reputation as one of the most celebrated members of her
generation to step in front of a camera. As photogenic as she may be,
however, Paltrow's healthy sense of humor would give the delicate
actress the gusto she needed to take on the role of a 300-pound object
of funnyman Jack Black's affection in the Farrelly brothers' cheerfully
offensive Shallow Hal in 2001. With roles in The Anniversary Party,
Possession, and Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums that same year, Paltrow's versatility and popularity showed no signs of waning.
Credit: AllMovie.com About
Irene Gorovaia...
No information available.
Gwyneth Paltrow's
Filmography
The Royal
Tenenbaums (2001) - Margot
Helen Tenenbaum
Possession (2001) - Maud Bailey
The Anniversary Party (2001) - Skye Davidson
Bounce (2000) - Abby Janello
Duets (2000) - Liv
The Intern (2000) - Herself
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) - Marge Sherwood
Shakespeare in Love (1998) - Viola De Lesseps/Master Thomas
Kent
A Perfect Murder (1998) - Emily Bradford Taylor
Hush (1998) - Helen Baring
Sliding Doors (1998) - Helen Quilley
Great Expectations (1998) - Estella
Emma (1996) - Emma Woodhouse
The Pallbearer (1996) - Julie DeMarco
Moonlight and Valentino (1995) - Lucy Trager
Se7en (1995) - Tracy Mills
Jefferson in Paris (1995) - Patsy Jefferson
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) - Paula
Hunt
Flesh and Bone (1993) - Ginnie
Malice (1993) - Paula Bell
Deadly Relations (1993) (TV) - Carol Fagot Holland
Cruel Doubt (1992) (TV) - Angela Pritchard
Shout (1991) - Rebecca
Hook (1991) - Young Wendy
Irene Gorovaia's
Filmography
The Royal Tenenbaums - Young Margot Tenenbaum
Credit:
The
Internet Movie Database
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The Royal Tenenbaums Criterion
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