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Keri on Backstage Cover

Keri Russell, star of the FX series “The Americans,” graces cover this week, and she chatted with Backstage about her new romantic comedy “Austenland” out Aug 16. Pick up a copy of the latest issue on newsstands on Thursday, and check out a sneek peak of the feature below!

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Keri Russell On Having Audition Nerves

Even the woman who kicks convincing ass on “The Americans” is terrified of auditioning—but she’s gradually coming to terms with it.

“The most soul-stealing experience of my lifetime,” Russell calls it. “I still get so unbelievably nervous that it sort of stuns me from doing anything, which is a wonderful asset as an actor, just being mute and numb.” She says that she’s finally, grudgingly, accepting that she will always get nervous and that her nerves will always be a part of the process.

“I try to find one moment that I can click into. Just one. I don’t have to find every moment,” she says. “And I stopped beating myself up about it because I’ve been in the room enough where I’ve seen the process, and a lot of the times it’s not about the perfect read. It’s just what fits. Maybe that person’s voice goes well with that one. It’s not always who’s the best actor or who’s prepared. You have to give yourself a break. You go in, you do the best you can, and then you let it go. I think being nervous is ok. It means you care. If you’re not nervous, you don’t give a shit.”

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Keri Russell Exclusive: Austenland Interview

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Keri Russell talks Margo Martindale and ‘The Americans’ season 2

Keri Russell is having something of a career renaissance. Not only is she starring in the new romantic comedy “Austenland” opening in limited release on Friday, but she just wrapped filming “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” which is under the direction of her old “Felicity” co-creator Matt Reeves (it looked fantastic when previewed at Comic-Con last month). The real feather in Russell’s cap, however, is her role on the critically acclaimed hit FX TV series “The Americans.”

The ’80s period drama finds Russell playing Elizabeth Jennings, a KGB agent who has been living undercover in the United States as a spy for over a decade. Elizabeth has a complex relationship with Phillip Jennings (Mathew Rhys), a fellow agent she has “married” and had two children with for the sake of their mission. The first season found their relationship at a crossroads as the Cold War heats up in the first years of the Reagan administration.

Making the Phillips lives more complex was their difficult relationship with Claudia, their KGB superior on the ground played by the always impressive Margo Martindale. In fact, Martindale was so good in her 10 episode stint she earned her second Emmy nomination for her performance (one of a disappointing low two the show earned this year). On any other series you’d be looking forward to learning more about the mysterious Claudia the next season, but Martindale surprised everyone by landing a leading role on the new CBS comedy series “The Millers” alongside Will Arnett and Beau Bridges. The producers left it open ended that Claudia (Martindale) could return at the end of “The Americans” finale, but nothing has been confirmed on her status (if it’s even possible) to date. Continue reading Keri Russell talks Margo Martindale and ‘The Americans’ season 2

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Meet The Filmmakers: “Austenland”

Keri attends Meet The Filmmakers: ‘Austenland’ at the Apple Store Soho on August 13 in New York City.

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Keri Russell Talks ‘Austenland’ and ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’

IAR Los Angeles correspondent Heather Newgen speaks exclusively with actress Keri Russell about her new film ‘Austenland,’ which opens in Los Angeles and New York theaters on August 16th, as well as the upcoming sequel ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,’ which is scheduled for release on July 18th, 2014.

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Keri Russell Learns About Jane Austen Fight Club, LARPing, and ‘Hey Girl’

In the costume comedy Austenland, a super-obsessive Jane Austen fan (played by Keri Russell) more inclined to spend time with her Colin Firth–as–Mr. Darcy cardboard cutout than a real life man blows her savings to go on an immersive Jane Austen–themed vacation, in the hopes of meeting her own Mr. Darcy (or at least putting that fanciful notion out of her head once and for all). While on this vacation, the female guests wear corsets and empire-waist gowns, play croquette, and are wooed by the words of actors taking their cues from the etiquette of the period. Russell chatted with Vulture about letting out her inner Austen fangirl, showing off her breasts, and stealing Margo Martindale back for The Americans. And we taught her a thing or two about memes. Continue reading Keri Russell Learns About Jane Austen Fight Club, LARPing, and ‘Hey Girl’

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Austenland NYC Premiere

Keri attends The Cinema Society with Alice and Olivia screening of Sony Pictures Classics’ ‘Austenland’ at Landmark Sunshine Cinema on August 12 in New York City.
Later Keri attended the After Party for Sony Pictures Classics’ Austenland.