All About Aubrey – V Magazine

Don’t take this the wrong way, but Aubrey Plaza is some kind of witch. Her ability to completely dominate her interviewers through deadpan reserve, various accents, and countless antics leaves her targets completely transfixed, a little frightened, and, well, charmed. And she has always been like that. “I think it’s just the way I move through the world, I’m always joking,” Plaza says v via Zoom. “I get nervous before interviews and I deal with it by entertaining myself.”

In a now-famous red carpet interview before the Emmy Awards in 2010, reporter Michael Ausiello asked Plaza if he could see her ring. With a perfected mockumentary-style look at the camera (honed over seven seasons playing the sardonic April Ludgate on NBC). Parks and Recreation), and with a devilish grin, she raised her middle finger.

“My fascination with Judy Garland began at a young age. I was probably twelve when most of my friends got into grunge, and I was just really into old Hollywood.”

—Aubrey Plaza for V151 Winter 2024 output

Ausiello got a little nervous – when it was clear that Plaza had taken control of his interview in just two seconds – and then said prudishly, “That’s actually kind of insulting,” to which Plaza responded with a fake bimbo playfulness, a smile and a piece of chewing gum replied: “It’s just one finger, it’s the only one the ring fits on.” While Ausiello was still talking, she walked away, turned to the camera again and laughed.

Given her inherently evil nature, it makes sense that Plaza was introduced to the Marvel Cinematic Universe precisely through her portrayal of Rio Vidal, the Green Witch on Disney+ Agatha all the time. The series’ title character, Agatha Harkness, played by Kathryn Hahn, is Vidal’s rival, and their dynamic is complicated — in a gay way. “Kathryn and I both have a very intense approach to acting, so I knew it would be really exciting,” Plaza reveals, adding that playing Hahn’s romantic counterpart was a “dream come true.” At one point in the series, Vidal cuts Harkness’s hand open with a dagger and heals the open wound by licking it. Harkness calls her heartless. Vidal corrects her and realizes that she actually has a heart, a black one, and that it beats only for her.

If this doesn’t lead to mass recruitment of women into the Marvel fan base, nothing will happen.

Agatha all the time Also featured is Plaza’s ex-roommate, the one and only Patti LuPone. The couple was together throughout Plaza’s Broadway debut last winter Danny and the deep blue seaand have remained twin flames ever since. (Speaking of this status, the two appeared on Hotthe spicy Wing web show, last September, and their relationship was disgustingly entertaining.) Even though they shared a room – LuPone even washed and folded Plaza’s underwear –Agatha all the time It was the first time they had to act like professionals among themselves. “She and I love doing stupid scenes and stupid characters,” Plaza says, a hint of unexpected shyness in her voice. “We’re both troublemakers, so to speak.”

At the time of our interview, Plaza is in the midst of a demanding press storm. In just ten days she was on the Show today twice – “Hoda was like, ‘You again?'” jokes Plaza. She also appeared on the Daily Show, Late Night with Seth Meyersand was interviewed by the Just And NPR. Later that week she did a six hour shoot for v and a top-secret gig at Joe’s Pub that same evening. On top Agatha all the timePlaza starred in the coming-of-age comedy My old ass and Francis Ford Coppola’s epic Megalopolis; She attended all three premieres in that week and a half, and no, they weren’t on the same coast.

Of course Plaza calls from her couch. “Baby, I’ve always wanted to be in movies,” she says with that crazy transatlantic vibe she carries in her back pocket. “That was always the plan. But a Marvel TV show? I never thought I would do this. Fashion campaigns? I never thought anyone would want me to do that. I mean, it blows my mind that I’m in a Coppola movie.” But checking off bucket list items isn’t done for Plaza just yet. As we speak, she’s already busy with her next project, the ultimate dream collaboration for anyone with a flair for morbid, over-the-top humor: a John Waters film.

“The Puerto Rican women in my family are sarcastic and funny. But for many years, the stereotypes of Latina actresses or characters have been so one-dimensional. Like there’s such a thing as a Latina woman, which is just not true.”

—Aubrey Plaza for V151 Winter 2024 Edition

“I can’t think of anything crazier than something like this happening,” Plaza said. “He’s in his mid-70s, but I actually think his films and his sensibility are so appropriate for this younger generation. I feel like they need a John Waters.” In any case, Generation Z needs another John Waters film. But we also need someone familiar who combines that irreverent, old-school humor with a more insightful but untrustworthy sense of humor I don’t know what I need. The perfect place for a witch of Plaza’s caliber to exercise her powers.

This story appears in the pages of V151: available for purchase now!

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