- Elizabeth Banks tells PEOPLE that she is rarely real bring movie – let alone a serious movie like her new movie, error, where she plays both a New Zealander and a surgeon who gets caught up in a hospital scandal
- “It wasn’t really until my second life as an actress that I started playing the lead role here,” adds Banks, 53
- The star goes on to point out, “I’m often given more comedic roles. To make this offer feel like, wow, I’m going to be in every scene of this movie, playing a character who’s very good at his job, it’s all very serious.”
Elizabeth Banks has been involved in a variety of projects since her acting career took off in the late 90s: Sexy Camp Counselor in A wet hot American summer. A wise judge in Pitch Perfect trilogy. Bloodthirsty Effie Trinket u The Hunger Games movies.
However, he points out that it is rarely real bring movie – let alone a serious movie like her new movie, error, where she plays both a New Zealander and a surgeon who gets caught up in a hospital scandal.
“It wasn’t really until my second life as an actress that I started playing the lead role here,” Banks, 53, tells PEOPLE.
Elizabeth Banks in ‘The Mistake’.
“That’s because for a long time I was a big genius. I played a lady in a lot of movies with some big actors,” she continues. “And then I had smaller roles in huge films like The Hunger Games and Pitch Perfectbut never quite like a lead role in a DC or Marvel movie.”
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Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinket in ‘The Hunger Games’. Murray Close/Lionsgate
She’s a comedic force, which, in a way, may have prevented her from exploring her range.
“I often get comedy roles,” she says. “To make this offer feel like, wow, I’m going to be in every scene of this movie, playing a character who’s really good at what he does, it’s all very serious.”
In order to get into the role, she was trained by medical advisors for Grey’s Anatomy — and she also took on a New Zealand accent. “I listened to a lot of podcasts,” she says, adding that she also worked with a vocal coach to nail down the dialect.
The story of Error follows a surgeon who trains another man who tries to save the life of a patient who has sepsis. When she lets her colleague cut and he fails, the move may (or may not) have led to the patient’s death.
“I’m someone who puts a lot of faith in doctors, and this was a reminder of how human doctors are,” she says. “They have bad days and off days, learning days and days where their confidence is low. So I felt it was a fascinating idea, just that this could and was happening.”
While Banks is excited to explore new roles, she is also busy with her production company, Brownstone Productions, which she founded in 2002 with her husband, Max Handelman. The company produced hits like Pitch Perfect, Beanie Bubble and Cocaine bear.
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She is also currently recording and producing A better sister with Jessica Biel. In addition, the creative force is working on eleven more productions through the Brownstone.
“I’m busy!” she says. “But isn’t everyone? I’m just grateful to have a job that I really enjoy doing. I love telling stories. I feel like the thing I’m most proud of, aside from my marriage and family, is the fact that I’ve built trust and a relationship with audiences over this long periods and people know that I will entertain them.
She continues, “But I also want to keep surprising the industry and myself, so that no one can just check a box and say, ‘Oh, this is an Elizabeth Banks thing.’ I hope a lot of people think that a lot of different things could be an Elizabeth Banks thing.'”
Error now playing in cinemas.
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