MARY ELIZABETH WINSTEAD

Despite starring in various horror films – The Ring Two, Final Destination 3, Black Christmas – Mary Elizabeth Winstead insists she is not worried about being pigeonholed. “Horror movies are a lot of what’s being made right now and what people love to see. As long as the material is interesting and elevated from the usual running around screaming, then I’m all for it.” 
    Leaving the slasher flicks for the time being, Winstead is taking the lead female role in Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim vs The World, where she plays Ramona Flowers, the love interest to Scott Pilgrim who must defeat all of her evil former lovers. “I feel like Ramona is a sad character; she creates mayhem wherever she goes and these guys obsess over her,” she explains.  The training process for the film saw the cast put through an intensive course of martial arts, rollerblading and music practice. “We trained for three months before we started filming and it was really fun – like some crazy summer camp!” 
    After this foray into action-comedy, what next for Winstead? More horror – with a prequel to The Thing. “I see it a bit more sci-fi with horror elements in it,” she rationalises. “But it is definitely in the horror realm.” 

[Originally published in Wonderland Magazine Issue 22, April 2010. Photography Kenneth Cappello]