Rooney Mara Would Rather Commit This Crime Than Do Press for a Movie

The cast of Lion – Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara, and Dev Patel – take the cover of Variety magazine’s new issue.

Here’s what the cast had to share with the mag:

Harvey Weinstein on Rooney’s dislike of press tours: “You work with Rooney on a movie, and she’ll sweep the set. She’ll do anything. But if I ask her to do ‘Jimmy Fallon,’ she’ll hold my family hostage.”

Dev, on life after Slumdog Millionaire: “It’s a blessing and a curse, that film, for me. It put me on the map and did great things, but you’re fighting against it. To lots of people, I’m the dude from ‘Slumdog.’ You have to go out there and earn your stripes and prove more than that.”

Nicole, on the movie’s adoption storyline: “It’s about saying, ‘You and I were meant for each other, however we came together – whether it’s through birth, whether it’s through adoption – I’m your mother.

For more from the cast, visit Variety.com.