a star is reborn

We all know the obvious things about Renée Zellweger: that she’s been one of the world’s most vibrant actors for 26 years; that she is, famously, from Texas; that she loves a baseball hat and a fitted strapless evening gown in equal measure. But what you really need to know is that Zellweger doesn’t waste time with prattle, channelling her distinct energies onto the screen. By now we’ve read the rave reviews of her performance as Judy Garland during her later years in the biopic Judy, but you must see it to believe it. Zellweger physicalises Garland in such an extraordinary way she almost vibrates. Her work speaks for itself. That said, she’ll eat some fries and explain it.

LAURA BROWN: You are a performer in your bones, and we can feel it. In one of the scenes in , you were walking down a hall visibly