Michelle Williams: I’m still “a mess”

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:00:00 +0000

Wearing a high-collared, sleeveless dress in a print of brightly colored blocks, with her platinum blond hair in a pixie cut, Michelle Williams meets me at the door as if we were shooting a scene from "Mad Men" together. "Do you need a bottle of water?" she asks brightly. "We're trying to keep everybody hydrated today."

Throughout our conversation in a Manhattan rehearsal studio -- on what is indeed the hottest day of the year -- the 31-year-old Williams seems far more relaxed and confident than the last time I saw her, which was two years ago after the Cannes premiere of "Blue Valentine." And why shouldn't she be? Since that time, Williams has been twice nominated for best-actress Oscars -- for "Blue Valentine" and again for "My Week With Marilyn" -- and the death of Heath Ledger, her former boyfriend and the father of her child, is now four years in the past and no longer a hot topic for the tabloids.

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Michelle Williams: I’m still “a mess”