Amy Adams is an exceptional actress having several Academy Awards nominations under her belt. Despite being a huge star herself, the actress had had her fair share of moments where she felt completely starstruck by her co-star. The Man of Steel star has worked with the late actor Philip Seymour Hoffman three times and each time she took home a sense of overwhelming and unforgettable memory.
During an interview with Vanity Fair, Adams got candid about shooting alongside Hoffman as well as how pathetic she ended up feeling about herself after following the Oscar-winner like a puppy dog.
Amy Adams Had A Memorable Time Working With Oscar-Winning Actor
Working alongside Philip Seymour Hoffman wasn’t the first time Amy Adams had to work with an Oscar-winning actor, for she has collaborated with other illustrious actors during her decades-long career. However, collaborating with Hoffman was certainly different and surreal for Adams, as she explained in an interview with Vanity Fair.
“There are certain actors you work with and something happens when you’re working with them… I think it’s just the chemistry between two people where the work becomes very intimate. I can’t speak for Phil’s experience with me, but this is how I felt with him.”
Adams and Hoffman have collaborated thrice, in the movies Charlie Wilson’s War (2007), Doubt (2008), and The Master (2012). However, they had an increased screen time during their second collaboration, and for Adams’ the moments were surreal,
“And I felt it first on Doubt when we were doing a scene and it just felt real; it felt like it was actually happening. You almost stop acting, and it’s like you’re living this moment with another actor… And it doesn’t happen all the time… it was so easy to create an intimacy or a history with Philip, having worked with him before. It’s a beautiful thing when you’re able to surrender in that way with another actor.”
The actress later added how intimidating she felt working with Hoffman, so much so that she ended up feeling pathetic about herself.
Amy Adams Felt Pathetic About Herself After Working With Philip Seymour Hoffman
Working with Philip Seymour Hoffman, despite having collaborated with him before, was unnerving for Amy Adams. During her talk with Vanity Fair, the actress revealed that the more intimidated she felt, the more of a people-pleaser she became, which eventually made her feel pathetic about herself.
“The more intimidating the person seems, the more I just want to crawl up in their lap and figure them out. Not women… I was definitely intimidated by Phil, but I wanted his attention so badly. I don’t know why, to just validate my existence. So I became this kind of like puppy-dog presence around him… I’m still probably a bit of a pleasing puppy dog… So pathetic.”
