I have a lot of regret over people I may have hurt

Amy Adams has two thought-provoking movies out now and some five Oscar nominations to her name, but while she’s more than ‘arrived’, she tells SUSAN GRIFFIN fame and success don’t come without their complications

NEXT year marks a decade since Amy Adams enraptured audiences as a fairy-tale princess thrust into modern-day New York by Susan Sarandon’s evil queen.

The role of perennially perky Giselle in Enchanted remains a favourite for the actress.

“It really is,” exclaims Amy, a five-time Oscar nominee [for Junebug, Doubt, The Fighter, The Master and American Hustle] who’s currently in talks to star in the sequel, Disenchanted.

“I’ve had conversations with Adam Shankman, who’s been brought on as a director. He’s a dear friend of mine, so that’s exciting to me and I’m open to see what they bring,” reveals the 42-year-old, wearing a plunging black dress, her beautifully blowdried auburn hair draped over one shoulder.

“You know, I was always really scared to revisit it because I didn’t think it was time, but there’s been so much going on in the world that I’m feeling it might be,” she continues.

Amy’s new movie Arrival, a grown-up sci-fi tale based on a short story by Ted Chiang, examines humanity’s response to fear.

The actress, who was born in Italy and raised in Colorado, states, “it doesn’t make a political statement, more a human statement” about the importance of uniting against a shared threat or problem.

“Whether it’s coming together over policies or to help solve a problem with your friends, we’re always stronger when we work together, and I think [the film] does comment on that, but it’s not necessarily zeroed-in on politics.”

Amy, who reprises her role as Lois Lane in next year’s Justice League, wasn’t planning on taking on any new projects when the script for Arrival appeared.

“I really wanted to take a break and just be a mum for a while,” reveals the actress who has a daughter, Aviana, 6, with her husband Darren Le Gallo.

“Then I read the script. It spoke to me really deeply.”

She plays Louise Banks, a linguist mourning the loss of her daughter. When mysterious spacecraft touch down across the globe, Louise is hired by the US government to make contact with the aliens and try to understand the purpose of their visit.

1JUNEBUG (2005)

AMY’S big break after parts in such dubious fayre as Psycho Beach Party and Cruel Intentions 2. She shone as naive expectant smalltown kid Ashley, who forms an unlikely bond with her art-dealer sister-in-law.

2ENCHANTED (2007)

DISNEY’s live-action send-up of its animated features further established Amy as an up-and-coming actress. She plays Giselle, a butterwouldn’t-melt Disney heroine, transported to the mean streets of New York.

3Doubt

(2008) AMY holds her own amongst a fine cast (Philip Seymour-Hoffman, Meryl Streep) in an adaptation of John Patrick Shanley’s play. She portrays a nun who sparks a probe into the allegedly inappropriate behaviour of a Catholic priest.