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The Edge - Holly Hunter interview
Television (Excerpts) – 1993
Shot in Auckland, this interview for arts show The Edge occured as Holly Hunter was making her mark in two Oscar-nominated big screen roles: The Piano and The Firm. Hunter discusses playing a hitman-hiring housewife, and joining Tom Cruise in The Firm. Weighing up past roles, she cherishes Raising Arizona and Broadcast News, but feels that The Piano is "the most original story that I've been involved in", and that Piano maestro Jane Campion ranks as "one of the great directors". The following year, Hunter won an Oscar for Best Actress (alongside Piano Oscars for her Kiwi co-star Anna Paquin, and for Campion's script).
The Piano offered me challenges that I never ever could've conjured up. And I do think The Piano is the most original story that I've been involved in. And I just think that Jane Campion is one of the great directors.– Holly Hunter, on The Piano
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Made with funding from NZ On Air
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