Evan Rachel Wood is one of Hollywood brightest young talents, with the ability to access a depth of emotions and demonstrate poise well beyond her years. Since her role in the critically acclaimed drama Thirteen, written and directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight), the 21-year-old from North Carolina has worked with some of the biggest names in the business. And, she counts Darren Aronofsky, her director for the Fox Searchlight drama The Wrestler, starring Mickey Rourke, among the best.

Wood recently spoke to MediaBlvd Magazine about making The Wrestler, trying comedy for the first time with Woody Allen, and taking on Broadway in 2009 for the musical version of Spider-Man.

MediaBlvd Magazine> You’ve worked with some very distinguished directors. What was it like to work with Darren Aronofsky?

Evan Rachel Wood> Amazing! He was on my Top 5 list of directors that I wanted to work with, so I would have been an extra. He came to me and said “It’s not a huge part, but all the scenes are really important for the story and for Mickey’s character, so I need somebody to really bring it. And, we don’t have a lot of money. It’s going to be handheld. I think you can do it.” It was great! He was wonderful. He really worked very closely with me. He bases the characters off of who you are. He wants to get to know you and where you’re coming from and work on a back story, so when the day comes, he knows how hard to push you, and when to stop and let you breathe.

MediaBlvd> What was your favorite movie of his, prior to doing this?

Evan> Requiem for a Dream. The first time I saw that, I was in the middle of filming Thirteen, and I’d just never seen a movie like that. It made me up my game, definitely.

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We’ve been hearing quite a bit lately about the love-it-or-hate-it “Spider-Man: The Musical” — from news that it will be the most expensive Broadway production in history to Bono describing his score to the stage production as “a hallucinogenic experience for theatregoers” — but little has been heard from Evan Rachel Wood, thus far the only cast member announced for the show.

That said, Sci Fi Wire recently caught up with Wood, and let’s just say that her silence wasn’t for lack of excitement about the musical. “I’m doing ‘Spider-Man’ on Broadway, starting in June,” said Wood in the Sci Fi Wire story. “I’m really excited. It’s Julie Taymor, who did ‘The Lion King’ on Broadway, and she’s really kind of doing the same thing. [She] takes it to this whole other level. It’s awesome! It’s really spectacular. They’re using new technology and wirework.”

Meanwhile, Wood dropped plenty of hints about what fans can expect from the show.

“It will pull some things from the films, but it’s based more on the comic book and the origin of Spider-Man,” she said. “There’s going to be old villains and new villains. Wait until you see the villains. I wish I could tell you who the villain is. There’s one [new villain] that is more of a Greek mythology kind of thing.”

And as far as seeing the Friendly Neighborhood Wall-Crawler belting out showtunes while wearing the costume, “Spider-Man never sings in tights, only as Peter Parker,” Wood said. “A man does not sing in spandex, so that was a big deal.”
- Source: Splash Page MTV

She broke up with Marilyn Manson last month, but Evan Rachel Wood insists she’s not ready to wade back into the dating pool.

“I’m not really looking for any kind of guy now,” she told PEOPLE Monday night at the premiere of her new film, The Wrestler. “I just got a new boy cat. He’s the only man in my life right now.”

What’s his name? “Nicodemus, after the king of the rats in the Secret of NIMH,” said the actress (who recently denied rumors linking her to costar Mickey Rourke). A cat named after the King of the Rats. He’s all I need right now.”

Wood also had nothing but kind words for her rocker ex – and says she has no regrets about the relationship.

“I’ve learned so much about myself and even had deal with the outside world,” she added. “I’m just so much stronger. … I’m ready for the next chapter.”
- Source: People

Evan Rachel Wood wants to write movies.

The 21-year-old actress says she hopes one day to move behind the camera to further pursue her hobbies of writing and photography by making her own films.

She said: “I write short films. I’ve started trying to get some practice in by trying to adapt some short stories, and things like that, into short films.

“I’d like to become a film maker, eventually. More than one person – more than one director has kind of told me that I have to, or they’re going to kill me. I feel like I could do it.

“I’m starting to really get into photography, and starting to get visual about things. So, we’ll see. I don’t think it’ll be soon though.”

Evan also admitted she is nervous about having to sing on stage when she appears as Mary-Jane in a Broadway production of ‘Spider-Man’ next year.

She added to movie website Moviehole: “I think it’ll be scary the first night, but I’ll probably just want to cry after the first time I sing alone on stage.

“I haven’t done that since I was – I started off in musical theatre, and I haven’t done that since I was little.”
- Source: My Park Magazine