Michelle Williams’ next blockbuster may be in the delivery room instead of on the big screen, and the actress reveals she is pregnant with her third child.
Williams dropped the baby news on an interview with Variety published on Tuesday. This will be Williams’ second child with director Thomas Kail. The couple share a 1-year-old son, Hart, and Williams has an older daughter, Matilda, 16, from her relationship with the late actor. health ledger.
“It’s totally joyous,” Williams told the outlet. “As the years go by, you wonder what will or won’t be in store for you. It’s exciting to discover that something you want over and over again is available once again. That good fortune is not lost on me or my family.”
Williams discussed what it has been like raising Hart amid the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has offered him a new perspective on life.
“It was a reminder that life goes on,” Williams said. “The world we brought a baby to is not the world we thought we brought a baby to, but the baby ignores it. He experiences the absolute joy of discovery and the happiness of a loving home.”
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And while the Oscar-nominated actress has two movies scheduled for release this year: the dramatic comedy “Showing Up” and the Directed by Steven Spielberg “The Fabelmans”: Said she will be taking a break before her due date in the fall.
“I have nothing,” Williams said of his immediate work plans. “I was wondering if I could work while pregnant, but I’m too tired.”
Williams’ plate has been full in recent years, juggling acting and activism. The actress became an advocate for pay equity in 2018 after meeting her “All the Money in the World” co-star. Mark Wahlberg done $1.5 million to reshoot scenes in the Ridley Scott crime drama, while Williams was paid $80 a day for a total of less than $1,000, less than a tenth of 1% of Wahlberg’s salary.
“I grew up a lot at that point because doing anything in public is very difficult for me,” Williams recalled. “But I felt like I was getting a clear message that I needed to get up and deliver. I needed to ask myself, can I be a person big enough, strong enough and mature enough to see the opportunity in front of me and take it?
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Williams sought immersive education on the subject to “learn more about the issues of pay inequality.” She reached out to activist Mónica Ramírez, co-founder of the Alianza Nacional de Mujeres Campesinas and head of the National Latina Equal Pay Day campaign, and joined Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on Capitol Hill to support the Paycheck Fairness Act.
“I saw that it’s not just about a strict dollar amount,” Williams said. “It’s about self-esteem. It’s about establishing a market value for something. And it’s up to all of us to say that this is the right amount, the right amount.”
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Williams also opened up about her relationship with actor Jeremy Strong, whose “engaged” approach to acting was the subject of a profile on the new yorker in December. The “blowback” Strong received in the wake of the story’s publication was difficult for Williams, who met Strong at the Williamstown Theater Festival in 2004.
“We’ve all been in awe of his talent,” Williams said. “We’ve seen him work harder than anyone and wait a long time for other people to recognize him. So when he became so famous, we all celebrated.”
She also shared that the “Succession” star moved into her house after Ledger’s death in 2008 to help her and her daughter.
“Jeremy was serious enough to bear the weight of a girl’s broken heart and sensitive enough to understand how to approach her through play and goofiness,” Williams said of Strong’s relationship with his daughter. “(Matilda) didn’t grow up with her dad, but she grew up with her dad, Jeremy, and it changed us from her ability to play like her life depended on it because hers did.”
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