"It's a personal film," she says, "about how she went between being this superstar and those moments when she's just the woman, Judy, try-moments when she's just the woman, Judy, try-moments when she's just the woman, Judy, try ing to live in difficult circumstances. It fills in the blanks not accounted for by her critics. It looks at the moments that get left out when you're telling the story of a person you think you know." And what are the blanks people have yet to fill in about Zellweger's life? "Oh my good- ness," she says, sighing, shrinking back in her seat. "There are so many things that I don't comment on. And that's been my mistake in the past, because they take on a life of their own and become part of the argument about who you are as a person. It's futile. If you deny something, it implies you are manipulating a story, rather than just giving the information. So there's no point." Incidentally, I add, Goold says he sees simi- larities between his lead actress and Garland, because both are celebrated and gossiped about in equal measure. Can she see the par-about in equal measure. Can she see the par-about in equal measure. Can she see the par allels? "Oh goodness!" she says again, laughing raucously, before leaving the question largely unanswered. It is strange listening back to the interview. Sometimes, despite the actress starting to talk about Garland, it can seem as if she ends the same quote by talking about herself. For in- stance, when I ask about scenes in which a younger Garland (the brilliant Darci Shaw) is given pills by the studio to keep her weight low and stamina high, Zellweger says she doesn't know enough about child stars to comment on whether that practice has continued. But then she carries on with "It's a pattern, isn't it?" -- and a hint at something personal. "It still exists," she says, "the commodification of a vulnerable person. What I do know is that you're not born with the skills to navigate what happens to your life when, suddenly, you live with a public persona. You need help in ways you never imagined, as you're no longer able to live autonomously with any kind of suc- cess or health. People make decisions on your behalf who don't necessarily know what the consequences will be. There are always folks who see an opportunity and take it, which is unfortunate." A few weeks after we meet, she tells a ra-A few weeks after we meet, she tells a ra-A few weeks after we meet, she tells a ra dio show she had heard people on the Tube gossiping about her. "Why would she have surgery on her face?" is what they said. (She has said she did not have surgery -- "not that it's anyone's business".) "She doesn't look like herself," the commuters added. 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