Words Cliff Joannou
Renée Zellweger had a simple solution to tackle the responsibility — and trepidation — that came with playing Judy Garland. “Denial. Lots of denial,” she says, eyes squinting as her petite pout curves into a smile. “I never really thought of it as a formal undertaking or stopped exploring the possibilities. It was an exploration, and we kept adding things,” she elaborates of the process that led to her rather impressive take on one of cinema’s greatest icons.