Minka Kelly

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The ever-graceful Minka Kelly, chats about getting tough when performing her own stunts in the new thriller, “The Roommate.” This jeans-and-t-shirt girl gets comfortable at the YH Studio and fills us in on her off-screen life. Hosted by: Oliver Trevena.
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- Minka Kelly
- Oliver Trevena
- Ray Lamontagne
- Beyoncé
- Leighton Meester
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I'm here at Young Hollywood studio with this lovely, stunning, gorgeous girl. Look at you. Kelly. Quite lucky. What a lovely way to spend the weekend. But it's going to end. It's going to be a short little interview. I've got to accept that. So you're keeping busy?
I am. I'm Which is wonderful. And lucky. And very lucky, yeah.
Cuz you yeah. Well, thanks. You didn't mean because you're sitting here with me.
No, cuz I'm working so much. For the work.
But you're good. You're nice. Okay. Great. Great. Leave it on that note. What do you listen to music-wise at the moment?
Oh, gosh. No one that that's, you know, I I listen I love pop music. I love indie rock music. Like, I love um I really love Ray Lamontagne, and I love stuff like that. And I, you know, I love Beyoncé. And I think I I I love music as it in its entirety. I love all kinds.
You love everyone, basically.
I love all music.
You're just a lover. You just got to love.
I'm a lover and a fighter.
A lover and a fighter, there you go. This is your home. It was never a home when I lived here. Your new film, The Roommate.
Mhm. Yeah.
It's quite a little story of a single white female. Yeah. And you're on the receiving end.
I I am on the receiving end. Of Late Demise's psychoness. Yes. Yes. It was really it was really fun. Yeah. You know, I it's fun to bring that storyline around again just because I think there's a whole generation of of kids of psychos out there. No, of who've never seen Single White Female. Like she gets a great storyline. I think everyone has had an experience with a roommate, you know, or knows someone who has. So, I think it's a very relatable thing. And I think it's it was fun to be able to set it in college cuz, you know, they all have roommates in there, and they're picked at random. So, you never know what could happen or what you'll get.
Exactly. And you got a bad one.
I got a bad one. Yeah.
You had a few little fight scenes in that as well. I had Which I was I was impressed with when I when it was actually you two doing them.
Yes, thank you. Yeah, we did. We worked really, really hard. We had great stunt coordinators teaching us everything to do, so we didn't actually kill each other, but we did do it we did do it all ourselves. Yeah, it was really fun.
Which is great. Yeah, Leighton said that she really enjoyed it. Beating you up. Which I was like
Yeah, I I think I fought back quite a bit. I don't know if she just beat me up, but um
Did you did you like getting some jabs in?
Yeah, I yeah I got a couple of blows in there. Definitely. Yeah. We were both a little bloody.
You had a fight in high school, didn't you? Did I read that? I I've yeah. You're a little tough one, aren't you?
Unfortunately, I'm not proud of it, but yeah.
Did you win?
Yes, I've won.
Be proud of it. You're quite fashionable, aren't you?
Thank you.
Are you into your fashion?
You know, I I uh I have help.
You do?
Yes. I certainly um, you know, I'm I'm a jeans and t-shirt kind of girl, so I need a little help. Yeah.
Well, you you pull it off very well. There's a little nat flying around, isn't it? Yeah, got it. Oh. See that? She went for me. Got like me for a second. We We've got that on camera. She just went for me. I was protecting you. Was she? Yes, it was a massive bug. Yeah. You just saved my life. In some countries, we should get married now. All right. Just saying, no not this one. Maybe not this time. Oh, man. Oh, damn.
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- Minka Kelly
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- Oliver Trevena
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- Ray Lamontagne
Musician Minka Kelly enjoys
- Beyoncé
Musician Minka Kelly enjoys
- Leighton Meester
Minka Kelly's co-star in 'The Roommate'
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