Kelly Carlson Talks About The Marine and nip/tuck
From Fred Topel
Carlson Reveals She's an Action Girl at Heart
One look at Kelly Carlson and you can imagine a guy would do anything to get her back. Just getting to hang out with her at a Hollywood party made me ready to kill for her. After chatting for an interview, we got to talking about how much each of us love our work. You’d be surprised how few people there are with whom to share that.
In her upcoming movie, The Marine, WWE superstar John Cena goes on a rampage when his girlfriend (Carlson) is kidnapped. The Marine is scheduled for this fall, right when season four of Nip/Tuck is airing. Carlson returns to that series as well, promising more wild Kimber antics to plague Christian Troy.
When will we see you in The Marine?
“It comes out in October and it’s an action movie, which I love doing.
It’s just an action movie. It’s for dudes and it’s fun because I love fighting. I’m very much a tomboy, so I can play Kimber and then I can be a cute, tough chick which I love.”
What’s the character?
“Kate, she gets kidnapped, her husband comes after her, it’s very simple, and annihilates everything in his path. It’s like him following me and me being kidnapped by Robert Patrick. I get my ass handed to me all the time, beat up girl. So it’s a guy’s movie. It’s a guy’s action movie and my boyfriend directed it. That’s not why I got the movie. Yeah, I want to do more.”
When do you get to kick the ass if you’re kidnapped?
“Well, I try and escape. I fight ‘em. It’s actually funny. Do you remember Lethal Weapon? It’s like that. It has over the top special effects, but there’s that kind of ‘90s humor that’s missing right now in our action movies. I don't know if you’re a fan of that.”
If you only knew…
“That’s what my boyfriend does, so he really wanted to incorporate some humor, so that when you’re doing a movie that has such over the top special effects, you’re not insulting the audience. You have to wink at the camera, otherwise people get bored because it’s like, ‘Well, I’ve seen that 10 times. I know that’s not real. This is boring.’ You do wink at the camera, which John Bonito is so good at doing. He wanted to incorporate the whole Lethal Weapon Mel Gibson/Danny Glover banter. Not that there’s two cops. There’s not, but there’s elements of that type of humor that go along with over the top action.”
Who kicks more ass, that girl or Kimber?
“Me. I want more of that. I love being physical. I don't know why. That’s my own issue but I wish last season I had a fight scene with Rhona Mitra. I was like, ‘Please, give me a fight scene,’ so maybe they’ll give me one this year.”
Playing characters so based on being the beautiful woman, does it make you self conscious?
“Yeah, of course it does. I’m pretty comfortable with my body and I work hard at it, but I’m certainly not perfect. It takes some getting used to. And you know what’s funny? I noticed when I go to spas, because I go to spas a lot, if there’s not a private changing room, you see the women kind of going, ‘Go ahead, take off your clothes,’ because they want to see if you really look like you do on television. They’re kind of like, ‘Okay, let’s see your flaws.’”
I like to see the flaws. Don’t tell me they’re ‘enhancing’ you.
“They’ll do some post work called color correction, but if you pause any of my nude scenes like if I’m standing up or something, it’s not fixed. I work my ass off on my body.”
What’s your routine?
I life weights. I eat really healthy. I rarely drink alcohol. I had a half of a drink tonight but I haven’t had a drink in six months. I just don’t. There is pressure, and I’d be the first to be scrutinized if I wasn’t in shape.”
Is there any fun to that or just hard work?
“It’s just part of work and it keeps me healthy. I’ve been really sick for the past three days, not from anything you’d catch, but I had to go work out today because I just needed to get my blood moving. You just look better and feel better. I recommend everybody exercise a little bit.”
Last year’s season finale of Nip/Tuck’s left Kimber mutilated by the Carver (chicken fat implants, ewwwww) and ready to cut Christian out of her life. Don’t worry, she’s still a regular in Season Four, with plenty more surprises in store.
When you read the scripts do you ever think, ‘I didn’t think Kimber could get any more outrageous?’
“Yeah, I do think that.”
Do you get to suggest things?
“Yeah, I suggested the palm in episode 2, do you remember that? Where she regrafts her palms because she finds out she’s never going to be married. I came up with that. I can suggest things as long as they’re good. It doesn’t mean they’re going to use them, but they did use that one.”
Will Kimber have any remaining scars?
“Nope, I’m just going to be a little bit cleaner looking.
I mean, as of now. There isn’t that much of a change physically anyway.”
Don’t deep knife wounds usually leave a mark?
Yeah, they usually do. We have to show how good the guys are. It’s what they do, right?”
Could Kimber ever be happy?
“I don't know.”
Because it’s Nip/Tuck or because she’s Kimber?
“Because she’s Kimber. Maybe, if she worked on it, but I think she’s trying. That’s kind of what she’s always in search of and I think that’s why you like her, because she’s trying to figure it out. She’s not just sitting back and taking up space. She’s trying to figure it out. That’s the thing about her that I like. She’s always in search of something in herself. Christian’s taught her a lot of what not to be and I’m going to find out this year where she’s come, how far along. She’s very spiritual this year. I don't know if it’s a front or if it’s for real.”
What kind of spiritual? Is it a specific religion?
“Yes.”
Which one?
“No, that I can’t say but it’s over the top. You’ll laugh.”
Scientology?
“Yeah, that would be good. You’re going to like it.”
How do you find happiness?
“By turning 30. No, actually that had a lot to do with it. I just try and take good care of myself and I try and stay on the path, like you can get kind of jaded out here. I stay real low profile, try and keep my eye on the ball and I just try and take care of myself. Do healthy things that are good for me. We all have our issues, that’s for sure, but I think I’m a pretty happy person. I’m very stable, mentally and emotionally. I’m a very even keel person so I don’t have too many problems.”
Do you like having a daily work schedule?
“Yeah, I like working. I like working. That’s what makes me the happiest if something were to make me happy, it would be working.”
When you started out, did you expect Kimber to become a regular?
“No. I’m so happy. I mean, I love being on the show. It would take millions and millions of dollars for me ever to leave the show.”
How did you feel about getting the initially demeaning part?
“Well, I’m just playing a character that exists in this world. So I think it’s fun. Kimber is very much like me, but she’s very much not like me. When it comes to her judgment, I’m so the opposite. I’m a fairly straight and narrow person so for me it’s kind of voyeuristic. I get to do all this crazy stuff and still be my boring self.”
How could you be boring?
No, that’s true. I was a wild kid. Now it’s time for me to be tame. But no, it’s voyeuristic for me to play Kimber and I love it.”
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sono già tre stagioni che vediamo kimber sempre con lo stesso look se cambiasse sarebbe una ventata di freschezza 
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