Olivia Wilde talks Cowboys & Aliens

*Olivia Wilde has spoken exclusively to Total Film about her role in
this summer’s _Cowboys  Aliens_.*

When we met up with the actress to chat about the sci-fi western genre
mash-up, she was keen to talk up the action side of the role.

“The stunt co-ordinator said, ‘I’ve never pulled an
actor off a moving horse. Do you want to do it?’ Stunt guys
always get to know me very quickly because I love stunts and they
said, ‘If anyone can do it, Olivia can…’”

_Cowboys…_ marked an opportunity for Wilde to work with Bond
star Daniel Craig after missing out on _Casino Royale_: “I
screen-tested for that and I wanted it so badly.

“But now I’m happy it didn’t work out because we
wouldn’t have been able to do this, and I think he agreed that
this was a better pairing for us.”

It seems that working with Craig turned out to be pretty
inspirational: “Daniel Craig taught me a lot. He taught me about
stillness and silence… he does very little and it’s very
impressive.”

So, what about her character, Ella, then? “She’s not just
the love interest. She’s not simply sultry. She has a lot in
common with Jake and she’s watching him very closely, because
any clues he can give her as to where he’s been will help her on
her journey.

“She’s been hiding in the town. She wants to fade into the
shadows and only comes out when Jake arrives.”

_Cowboys  Aliens_ opens on 19 August 2011.

*For more on _Cowboys  Aliens_, get the new issue of Total Film
Magazine, which hits newsstands on Thursday 7 July.*

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