Image Credit: Ali Goldstein/NBCShe’s currently winning raves as one half of a lesbian couple in the Sundance sensation The Kids Are All Right, but Julianne Moore already made an impact this year in a recurring role on 30 Rock as Bah-ston native and Jack Donaghy mistress Nancy Donovan. Moore discussed her feelings on how Jack left things with Nancy on the show’s season finale and what’s at the top of her must list this summer.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Were you hoping Jack would choose Nancy over Avery on 30 Rock?
JULIANNE MOORE: [Laughs] Of course, I’m always gonna pull for Nancy! I had a great time on the show. I loved them so much. I think its important to keep things hoppin’ on 30 Rock. You never know what they’re gonna do. That’s the beauty of it. You literally can get a script on a Thursday before they shoot it. I think everybody in the cast reads it and doesn’t know where its gonna go.
Do you think Nancy will return?
[In thick Bah-ston accent] She’s not dead yet! Who knows!
So you’re on our summer must list — what’s on yours?
Paddleboarding! I’m gonna learn how to paddleboard. And I’m really afraid. It looks like a surfboard but it’s a paddleboard — you stand on it with an oar. Surfers who do it paddle in the ocean and go with the waves. I plan on doing a much tamer kind of paddleboarding. We have a lake behind our house in Long Island. And I’m gonna get [a paddleboard] and just try to stand up on it and move around a little. I’m really afraid! I see the people do it in the very early morning. I’m gonna get myself a wetsuit so the impact of hitting the water again and again won’t feel so horrible. I think it looks really beautiful. It looks easy. I know its not, but it looks easy. It’s something I feel ready to challenge myself with.
Ugh – I can still hear that horrible attempt of a Boston accent ringing in my ears. She butchered it so bad you couldn’t watch her scenes
It was a horrible accent, but I think that was the point.
Julianne Moore is one of my absolute favorites, but that accent (I’ll let people who know more about it debate its authenticity) was so off-putting I couldn’t really enjoy her on the show. (Though I did enjoy the joke where she mocked Avery’s Maryland accent.)
Mostly though, I didn’t like how they made Jack an indecisive, waffling wimp for a decent part of the season with the Nancy/Avery drama.
I thought the terrible accent was a hilarious part of the whole story! It seemed like a conscious decision to be ridiculous.
I think she’s one of the best. Here’s hoping she’ll win an Oscar soon.
Julianne is one of our best actresses. Hard to believe she doesn’t have an Oscar yet but I hope she will win one in the future.
Julianne will win an Oscar one day. I hope her brilliant performance in ‘The Kids Are Alright’ isn’t forgotten at Oscar time.
I love Julianne Moore. She’s one of my most favorite actresses.
She’s great, but I do not enjoy her on 30 Rock. Why is it that some film actors cannot transfer their skills to television?
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i absolutely love julianne moore!..i am never turned off by anything she does..although i avoid watching her nude scenes cause i am still young.. i really hope she wins an oscar for kids are all right.. she was hilarious.