Laura Linney random trivia

Gained 30 pounds for her role in Kinsey (2004), mainly by eating Krispy Keme glazed doughnuts. Laura Linney was given the script for The Squid and The Whale by Eric Stoltz while they were filming The House of Mirth in 2000. She agreed to do the film immediately, but it took four years to raise the financing. Her father is respected Off-Broadway playwright Romulus Linney.