Steve Bloom interviews Frances McDormand for the May, 2003 issue of High Times. In the classic weird hygiene movies from high school, everything led to depravity—marijuana, sex, coffee! Among other things, it’s the first time one of her characters gets to smoke out. “If you look at the majority of my work, they wouldn’t be ladies that had the opportunity to get high,” McDormand says. So from that point of view, it’s like, ‘Please, what is the problem?”’ During the High Times photo shoot, McDormand wears a green pot-leaf T-shirt and poses with a joint. In honor of McDormand’s birthday June 23, we’re republishing it below. “Crank it!” Frances McDormand demands.
Steve Bloom interviews Frances McDormand for the May, 2003 issue of High Times. In honor of McDormand’s birthday June 23, we’re republishing it below.
“Crank it!” Frances McDormand demands. She’s posing for photos as Jimi Hendrix’s “Foxy Lady” blasts out of the studio’s speakers. She motions to increase the volume. Instead, it gets quieter. “Crank it!” she yells.
“Woody Harrelson has a political agenda,” McDormand says. “I’m here because I think it’s a lot of fun!”
McDormand is fairly mild-mannered when she’s not acting like a rock...
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