Quished. and Whether We Were Getting to Know Supergirl Or Supervillains (Looking at You, Robert Durst), 2015 Turned Our Emotions Inside Out
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BEST + WORST BEST + WORST The Year That Was WE SAID GOODBYE TO DON Draper and hello to Adele. Doughnuts were licked, and dinos were van- quished. And whether we were getting to know Supergirl or supervillains (looking at you, Robert Durst), 2015 turned our emotions Inside Out. So join us as we revisit the year’s most unforgettable moments—for better or worse. (By the time we’re through, maybe we’ll finally have our invitation to join Taylor’s #squad.) ILLUSTRATION BY LÆMEUR 2015 YEAR-END SPECIAL EW.COM 27 BEST + WORST he Y That Was THIS WAS THE YEAR THAT... ABRAMS There are ABRAMS But are you stakes! In the run-up to not entertained? A DRAMATIC Avengers: Age of beatdown in a regular I Made Emmy History— Ultron, we thought the flick is just a scuffle, DOUBLE TAKES Maximoff twins were but in a superhero film future members of the it can reach levels and Winged a ACTORS ARE USED TO TRANSFORMING FOR ROLES, team, but—twist!— of epic proportions. BUT THIS YEAR’S MAKEOVERS WERE TRULY INSPIRED Quicksilver (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) died a HIBBERD I’d rather Speech for the Ages hero in the last act. watch Mad Max: Fury Road, where by Viola Davis HIBBERD I’m sure he’ll every stunt was done re-spawn faster than for real, than another I’VE GIVEN 50 MILLION SPEECHES IN 50 MILLION you can say “Agent CG fight that doesn’t different situations. So I relied on experi- Coulson.” Nearly every even mess up recent Marvel film has Captain America’s hair. ence and I didn’t write anything down for a character death— Besides, there are this. But it was the first time a woman of Groot, Nick Fury, Loki, too many of these CHARLIZE THERON the X-Men—followed buffed-up avengers color has won an Emmy for best actress in a For Mad Max: Fury Road, the star embraced IT’S A BIRD! by a resurrection. at this point. drama. Earlier this year, my [co-producers] the clippers to rock a hair-raising make-under. When Luke Skywalker Scarlet Witch, really? IT’S A PLANE! lost a hand in Star on a Harriet Tubman project I’m developing IT’S Wars, it meant some- ABRAMS The more sent flowers with a quote by Harriet on the OV thing. When Loki cut the merrier! When one ERKI off Thor’s hand in The superhero succeeds, card: “In my vision, I see a line. I see green L Dark World, superhero it bodes well for …OR IS IT? EW’S JAMES HIBBERD LAND NATALIEL ABRAMS FIGHT TO L magic quickly brought everyone else—and fields and lovely flowers.” They added, THE DEATH (OR MILD EXHAUSTION) OVER THE OBSESSION WITH LEAGUES OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN AND WOMEN. it back. It became a lately has led to more “Here’s to taking Harriet over that line.” I meaningless incident screen time for strong burst into tears. When you’re at a deficit, you’re always with no lasting impact. female role models. JAMES HIBBERD There NATALIE ABRAMS But The Walking Dead, On TV, Arrow begat wanting to cross that line, to get to that glass ceiling. We ABRAMS The Flash, which EDDIE REDMAYNE are 10 superhero no one wants to sit but most Marvel and Loki never just want to be seen on the same level as our Caucasian shows on TV right now, around and watch DC creations are not actually cut off Thor’s begat Supergirl, all of Redmayne (and his cheekbones) finessed the and in the next two a straight drama about characters that hand! The master illu- which in turn have led : counterparts. That quote was the perfect lead-in. And femme, going transgender in The Danish Girl. years no fewer than anymore. We want grow, change, and sionist only made it us to DC’s Legends IN THE IN appear that way—liter- of Tomorrow. They all then I had to drive home the fact that talent and oppor- FARGO 15 superhero films are relatable stories with perish—they’re inde- scheduled. But I’d be a heightened twist fatigable cartoons ally a sleight of hand. have kick-ass ladies— tunity are two completely different things. Just because okay with not seeing through the lens pummeling dispos- Besides, Marvel and the latter two in you don’t see the lead roles out there doesn’t mean you another cape and cowl of someone unlike able villains. There DC have created inter- leading roles. The for a long time. Actors ourselves—like a are roughly 27 connected universes same goes for Marvel: can’t play them. It’s just that a lot of times we haven’t in primary-color body superhero. Spider-Man movies, across projects, full of Daredevil dovetailed been given the opportunity. And I wanted to acknowl- stockings waving and none has a Easter eggs, turning into Jessica Jones. : CHRIS: HASTON/NBC; at CG villains feels HIBBERD I’m all for plot beyond “Spider- viewers into detectives. Especially on the small edge the women of color who are up there leading the like a trend that’s fantastic storytelling Man loses family, screen, these stories charge, trying to change the game, fighting the good peaked—creatively, in franchises like The woos girl, and HIBBERD Complexity are finding ways to NICK OFFERMAN if not financially. Hunger Games or defeats lizard.” is great, but you touch upon sexism, fight. I said, Okay, if I can get those ideas out in the limited shouldn’t need your race, and other With longer locks—and no Ron Swanson ’stache— time span that I have for a speech, I think that’s marking living-room wall hot-button issues. Offerman evoked a ’70s aesthetic for Fargo. covered in photos, It’s all about taking PARKS AND RECREATION AND PARKS the moment pretty well. —AS TOLD TO NATALIE ABRAMS marker lines, and risks. It’s like asking news clips like Carrie whether Superman Mathison gone off her will always defeat lithium to keep track Lex Luthor—you never THIS WAS THE YEAR THAT... of what’s happening. know until you try. : MARY: CYBULSKI; HEMSWORTH: VICTOR CHAVEZ/WIREIMAGE.COM; THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN WAS A RUN- AWAY BEST-SELLER—AND REVEALED TRAINWRECK TILDA SWINTON MY DARK THOUGHTS TO THE WORLD The avant-garde icon’s tanned, tawdry Train- by Paula Hawkins wreck editor was a far cry from pale and edgy. THE NEW YORK TIMES PARTS OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY astounded by the speed with the things you thought up. You do year still seem quite unreal to me. which the film got going. When it feel vulnerable, with people know- I’m now financially secure, which is was optioned, everyone said, “It’ll ing how you think. You pour your a very pleasant change. But at the be years; they might not even do darkest thoughts onto the page, : JASIN: BOLAND; REDMAYNE: DAVID LIVINGSTON/GETTY IMAGES; same time, I still live in the same it.” And in less than a year I found and millions of people can see house, I still see the same friends. myself visiting the movie set. They how weird the inside of your mind It’s a different thing when one actually made Emily Blunt look like is. I’ve even seen people reading becomes famous as, say, an a woman who’s let herself get into my book a couple times on the : WARNER: BROS. PICTURES; SPIDER-MAN: NIKO TAVERNISE; THE FLASH, GREEN ARROW: CAMERON/THE CATE CW (2); JESSICA JONES: actress, because you’re instantly a complete mess. I don’t know that train. I kept trying to sneak glances recognizable. As an author, you she ever could be ugly, she’s got at one woman to see if she looked MAD MAX: FURY ROAD FURY MAX: MAD CHRIS HEMSWORTH ; can still carry on your completely such a beautiful bone structure. interested or bored. She probably For In The Heart of the Sea, the hunk shed his normal life and no one bothers But she looked really authentic. It’s thought I was some weirdo. Marvel muscles to play a shipwrecked sailor. DAVIS: CRAIGBARRITT/GETTY IMAGESFOR WIF; EMMYS: DAVISAT KEVIN WINTER/GETTYGLAMOUR IMAGES; THERON: DIMITRIOSKAMBOURIS/GETTY CHRIS LARGE/FX; IMAGES FOR SWINTON: DARRENSEA GERRISH/WIREIMAGE.COM; THE OF HEART MYLES ARONOWITZ/NETFLIX; SUPERGIRL: MATTHIAS CLAMER/CBS;THOR: MAIDMENT; JAY LOKI: HAWKINS: ZADE ROSENTHAL; ANNA HUIXFOR CAPTAIN AMERICA: 2014 © MARVEL. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED; you, which is lovely. 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