Jennifer Aniston knew she had to do 'everything I possibly could' to get her 'hat in the ring' for the lead role in Cake.
Jennifer Aniston in Cake
Aniston is back on the big screen later this month with Cake and it is a movie that has already seen her win critical acclaim and award nominations. However, it was a role that she still had to fight for as it was offered to other actresses before she fought to put herself in contention for the role of Claire Bennett.
Speaking to Collider, the actress said: Cake tops my list of experiences, and I've had some extraordinary experiences. It wasn't a knock-down, drag-out fight, but it was offered to other actresses that you would expect a part like that would go to.
"It just really grabbed me hard, and I just knew that I wanted to do everything I possibly could to just get my hat in the ring. That moment happened when I could sit in the room with (director) Daniel [Barnz], and I said, "I will take no shortcuts. I will go to the moon and back. I know what this requires." And god love him."
Aniston has already picked up Best Actress nominations at the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild for her performance in what is being tipped as the movie that will change the course of her career. Sadly, she couldn't make it a hat trick of major nominations as she missed out on an Oscar nod.
Cake marks the first time that she has teamed up with director Daniel Barnz, while Anna Kendrick, Sam Worthington, Felicity Huffman, and William H. Macy are some of the other names on the cast list.
Cake is the first time that we have seen Aniston on the big screen since Horrible Bosses 2, and she is set to show a very different side to herself with this role. The movie sees her play a woman who is left in chronic pain after a car crash that killed her child. She becomes fascinated with the life of a woman in her support group who has recently committed suicide and befriends the woman's husband and young son.