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An Exclusive Interview with
"Nancy Drew" Star Emma Roberts
by the Flicks for Kids Editor, Lois Alter Mark
If you're looking for clues to what really went on behind the scenes of Nancy Drew, check out the special on-demand version of the movie featuring pop-up imagery that includes trivia questions, fun facts and inside scoops. We were so intrigued by what we learned from the pop-ups, we called Emma Roberts herself to solve some of our last remaining mysteries.
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Over 200 million Nancy Drew books have been sold. How many did Emma read before she got the part? None.
FFK: What appealed to you about the character, since you had never read any of the books before?
ER: Nancy Drew is such an icon. Everyone's heard of her and has such fond feelings for her. I wanted to bring her to life, and was especially interested because she's the complete opposite of me. She's a neat freak in an OCD kind of way. I do relate to her nosiness and her wanting to know everything that's going on. I read a lot of the books after I got the part, and especially liked The Secret of the Hidden Clock. I probably won't be reading any more of them for a while, though, because at this point I think I'm Nancy Drew-ed out!
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She took manners classes to prepare for the part.
FFK: What did you have to learn in order to act like Nancy, and have you incorporated those skills into your everyday life?
ER: It was very amusing because I had to be taught the "proper" way to do everything. I learned the proper way to shake hands, proper eye contact, proper posture, the proper way to walk into a room. I haven't used any of those skills since we finished filming.
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Emma really is a "normal teenager."
FFK: What do you like to do when you're not working?
ER: I love to read. I love Guitar Girl and The Gossip Girls series. I go shopping, go to the movies--Legally Blonde and Almost Famous are two of my all-time favorites--have sleepovers with my friends and just sleep, in general, because I don't get to do much of that when I'm working.
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Can you find the iPod?
FFK: Nancy's iPod has a prominent place in her sleuth kit. Would that be one of your necessities too?
ER: I can't live without my iPod! I have such a random selection of music on it, and it changes all the time. I'm listening to a lot of old stuff now, like David Bowie and Rod Stewart, and I'm obsessed with the soundtrack to Almost Famous. My friends make me CD mixes of their favorite songs, so I pick up a lot of new music that way.
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Emma's "stylist" created 27 outfits for the movie.
FFK: Nancy Drew definitely has a very distinct style. How did you feel about the clothes you had to wear?
ER: That's one of my favorite pop-ups because I worked on the movie for almost three months and had no idea I wore 27 outfits! I love the way the pop-ups count down all of them! I really liked the high-waisted skirts with the pockets on the outside, which had a very vintage feel. I actually wear high-waisted pants now because of those. My hair was a different story. Oh, my goodness, my hair was a disaster while we were shooting. I had long blonde hair before we started and it had to be cut and colored about seven times for the movie.
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Emma did not use a stunt double in this scene.
FFK: Did you want to do more stunts yourself?
ER: I think I did just the right amount. I got to walk across the scaffolding but didn't get to fall. It was still a little bit scary. In the movie I just finished, Wild Child, I had to jump off a cliff into the ocean. I did get to jump off the cliff but only into a mattress.
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Nancy had never done it before.
FFK: How did you feel about portraying Nancy the first time she actually gets to kiss Ned after all their years of being together?
ER (laughing): We were both really embarrassed, and it was pretty awkward because there were so many people watching. There were a lot of lines leading up to it, but all I could think about was the kiss. At one point, I leaned in to Max, ready to kiss him and totally forgot I had a line to say first. He must have thought I was really anxious to kiss him!
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Something very special happened to Emma on this day of shooting. She turned 16.
FFK: How did you celebrate? Did you finally get to drive that cool little Roadster?
ER: Actually, I turned 15, not 16, but it wouldn't have mattered because I'm 17 now and I still don't have my license! We did have a great birthday celebration on the set and it was really nice.
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Josh and Emma got very close during shooting
FFK: What was it like working with the other kid actors?
ER: Meeting new people is probably the best part of acting. Josh was hilarious, Max was--of course--adorable, and the girls were so much fun. I've made so many great friends on movie sets.
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What was the first movie Emma Roberts was in?
FFK: So what's next? Any other legendary characters or real people you'd like to portray?
ER: I have three movies coming out in the next year or so. Hotel for Dogs is a great family film based on Lois Duncan's novel; Lymelife is a coming-of-age story that takes place on Long Island in the 1970s; and Wild Child is about a spoiled Los Angeles princess-me--who's sent off to boarding school in London. There's something in each of these characters that I can definitely relate to. As far as playing someone famous, I don't really think I look enough like anyone. Although maybe I could play--what's Popeye's girlfriend's name? Olive Oyl!
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