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Rooney Mara Says She ‘Learned Pretty Early’ to Choose Her Projects Based on the Director: ‘I Had Some Bad Experiences’
After some 'bad experiences,' Rooney Mara chooses her projects based on the director, she said at the Berlinale press conference for 'La Cocina.'
Mara stars in “La Cocina,” directed and written by Alonso Ruizpalacios, which follows the staff of a New York City restaurant as their kitchen descends into chaos. Ruizpalacios was on hand on Friday for the press conference, in addition to actors Raúl Briones Carmona and Anna Diaz and producer Ramiro Ruiz. Ruizpalacios had his eye on Mara for even longer — ever since he and his wife went to the movies on Christmas more than a dozen years ago to see “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.” That trip to the cinema also ended up inspiring a tense scene in the film where the restaurant’s cherry coke machine breaks, flooding the kitchen.
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