Amy Hargreaves is an actress you may know best as Maggie Mathieson on Homeland. You may have also seen her in films like Michael Clayton and Blue Ruin. Currently she stars in Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why, which our Alan Sepinwall describes as a “haunting, slow-motion drama.” Additionally, Hargreaves will star in the upcoming thriller Super Dark Times which will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 20th. Hargreaves was nice enough to make time to participate in our 20 questions questionnaire series recently.
1. You walk into a bar. What do you order from the bartender?
This has to be a seasonal answer: Spring — Sancerre or a margarita rocks/salt. Summer — rosé. Fall — that Belgian beer they float the orange slice in, I forget what it’s called. Winter — pinot noir.
2. Who’s your favorite person to follow on Twitter and/or Instagram?
My kids on IG. I lurk. That’s just responsible parenting in 2017. Twitter- I’m still crushing on @laurenduca.
3. What’s currently waiting for you on your DVR or in your streaming queue?
The Walking Dead, Project Runway Junior, Call the Midwife, Peaky Blinders.
4. It’s your last meal — what are you going out with?
Probably a couple slices from L&N Spumoni Gardens in Brooklyn eaten at the parking lot picnic tables.
5. What websites do you visit on a regular basis?
NY Times, Dlisted, IMDb, Curbed, DNA Info.
6. What’s the most frequently played song on your mobile device?
I’ve got the Oscar Peterson Pandora station stuck on top for a while now. But when I’m walking to the subway it’s MJ: “Rock With You” or “Off the Wall.”
7. If you could go back and give your 18-year-old self one piece of advice what would it be?
Set boundaries. Put your foot down. Be patient.
8. What’s the last thing you Googled?
The weather in NYC. I’m in sunny LA right now and I felt the need to confirm the rumor that it is cold and pouring back home.
9. Dogs or cats?
Dogs. Or rather dog- my sweet dog Fred.
10. Best concert of your life was…?
All of the ones I went to with my friends at Jones Beach in the summers when I was a teenager. INXS, Berlin, Paul Young, The Thompson Twins, Rod Stewart….
11. What book are you most likely to give as a gift?
Collum McAnn’s This Side of Brightness, or Gary Shteyngart’s Absurdistan.
12. What’s the nicest thing anyone has ever done for you?
Some very fine doctors and nurses delivered my 2 children — that was quite nice of them.
13. South Park or Family Guy?
Family Guy.
14. You have an entire day to do whatever you want. What would you do?
Relax in the shade — poolside — someplace warm (the South of France?) with a great book. My kids are nearby but not being pains. Someone else makes a beautiful lunch that we all eat together, then that same someone else does the dishes. Then I take a nap.
15. What movie can you not resist watching if it’s on?
Splash.
16. The sports team or teams you’re most passionate about?
The Brooklyn Cyclones because minor league games are more fun.
17. Where did you eat the best meal of your life?
Lespinasse in NYC. Now closed.
18. The last movie you saw in a theater?
The latest Star Wars. Fun.
19. Who was your first celebrity crush?
Roger Taylor, the drummer from Duran Duran. There were many posters. There were real actual tears at the concert. It was weird.
20. What would you cook if Nic Cage were coming to your house for dinner?
A chicken with lemons and garlic, roasted potatoes with rosemary, green salad with a shallot vinaigrette, and an apple cake for desert. That’s just a good classic menu, which I think he would appreciate. Hope he’s not vegetarian.
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