Anne Hathaway: A Princess Gets Edgy

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As the late morning sky continues to cloud over, Hathaway's older brother, Michael, drops by the patio to remind his sister that it's time to head to a photo shoot. The actress excuses herself momentarily to enjoy ''a nice, mushy moment'' with her dog, a chocolate Labrador named Esmeralda. In a few days, she and Esmeralda will check out of the hotel and move into an apartment. Needless to say, Hathaway is looking forward to settling into her new life, eager to close the book on last summer's drama. ''I feel like I've come out on the other side of a lot of things, not just the obvious — what's in the press,'' she says. ''A lot of baggage that I carried around for a long time, even before I was in the situation that I was in, has been cleared away.'' She breaks into a half smile. ''I don't know, maybe that's what people call growing up.''

In the living room of the West Village brownstone being used for today's shoot, Hathaway considers her trajectory. ''I hope this doesn't sound conceited, but when I turned 25, I realized I was never going to be precocious again,'' she says. ''And I was really happy about that. I was a highly motivated, driven young actress — precociousness just kind of goes with the territory. Now I feel like I can just be an actress.'' Various beauticians are fussing over her at the moment. One paints her toenails. Another coifs her hair. Hathaway closes her eyes. She seems perfectly relaxed. ''I'm a firm believer in, You're always where you're supposed to be in the good moments and the bad.'' Then, as if willing happier times to come, she says, ''This is a good moment. And I like that.''

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Originally posted Sep 18, 2008 Published in issue #1013 Sep 26, 2008 Order article reprints

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