Mila Kunis, best known for her television roles, couldn’t have been more excited to share her thoughts on Oz The Great and Powerful when 24 bloggers and I sat down with her after the world premiere of the film.
I couldn’t get over how incredibly personable and down to Earth she was – even asking us if we bloggers traveled the country together doing this all the time. As she left the room, she proclaimed herself a fan of “mommy bloggers”. As Theodora in Oz The Great and Powerful, she’s a woman with great powers – and her performance in this movie is absolutely fantastic.
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Her Personal Connection with Oz
I came to America when I was 7 ½ years old in 1991. I think the first book when I was nine years old, full length book in English that I read was Return to Oz. And I’ve spoken about this completely independent of this movie prior to ever being attached to this film that as a kid the first movie that I remember seeing that, that resonated with me was the Wizard of Oz. I think just visually the color, the spectrum of it and how fantastical it was and how much you wanted to live in that world, for a nine year old was so magical and so grand so I have the greatest, fondest memories of it.
The Transformation of Theodora
She’s a young, naïve girl who gets her heart broken and then grows a nose. Like everything kind of happens independent of me, just adds on to the fantastical element of it. I think, you know, truthfully it’s just a girl who gets her heart broken. I really don’t find her to be any different. You can put her in a romantic movie, you can put her in a non-romantic film. She got her heart broken. This one has a negative side effect. She takes a bite of an apple and things go wrong.
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Becoming An Evil Witch
I think the beginning process was four hours and by the end a little under two. Putting the makeup on, not a problem. Taking the makeup off, every night it makes your face swell. Like it legitimately puffs it up. If you imagine whipping your skin every day, that’s what it does and it’s a full prosthetic piece. I had two pieces and it’s the bottom part and then the nose and the eyebrows. You’re constantly pulling at your skin every single night.
It’s awful. It’s not even pleasant. They glue it with like a cement type glue to your face. I think that if I had to smell it today it would probably make me cry. Like that would be my natural reaction. It’s not pleasant.
Thoughts on Being A Disney Doll
I just got it two days ago. It’s still in his box. I won’t lie. I’ve shown it to everybody that walks into the house because, let me be clear. It’s not just a doll, it’s a Disney doll. I’m like hey you guys, have you seen this? Check this out? See this. It’s a Disney doll. It’s insane. But no it’s still in its box.
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OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL lands in theaters on March 8th!
** Walt Disney Pictures invited me on this all-expenses paid trip as their guest . Thoughts and opinions here are 100% my own and not influenced by others. **
