Carla Gugino reveals all about her new film, her eclectic career and more:exclusive interview
In the new movie "Gunpowder Shake," Karen Gillan and Lena Headey play Sam and Scarlet, mother-daughter assassins in the employ of a vast criminal organization called The Firm.
When a job goes south and Sam must protect an 8-year-old girl caught up in a criminal war, she and Scarlet turn to the Librarians, three ex-assassins who supply the Firm with weapons from a library facade. The formidable trio – Madeline (Carla Gugino), Anna May (Angela Bassett) and Florence (Michelle Yeoh) – join the battle alongside Sam and Scarlet to save an innocent child and take a stand against the long-standing Firm. .
If Carla Gugino looks familiar to you, that's because you've seen her in, well, just about everything. Starting out on television in the late 1980s, Gugino made his film debut at age 16 in 1989's "Troop Beverly Hills." His career took off in 1999 with a starring role in the final season of "Chicago Hope" and then a leading role in 2001's "Spy Kids," the first in director Robert Rodriguez's popular series of films.
Other film credits include adaptations of graphic novels like "Sin City" and "Watchmen," familiar dishes like "Mr. Popper's Penguins" and "Race to Witch Mountain," disaster epics like "San Andreas," the Stephen King adaptation "Gerald's Game," and plenty of indie food. She also starred for "Gerald's Game" director Mike Flanagan in "The Haunting of Hill House" on Netflix, while her other television work includes playing agent Amanda Daniels in "Entourage" and Kathy Scruggs in "Manhunt: Deadly Games." ». As she told Cinematics. "I appreciate not being known for one role and being able to disappear into different roles."
In other words, Gugino can do it all, and in "Gunpowder Shake," she displays her considerable acting chops alongside four other incredible actresses, the first subject of our exclusive interview.
