Fan have been clamoring to take a trip back to 1960’s New York and wander the halls of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce on AMC’s “Mad Men,” but their wait will continue until March 2012, something star Christina Hendricks says will pay off in big ways.

“I know it’s been a little bit of a wait, but it will be worth it,” the actress, who plays office bombshell Joan Holloway on the series, told Billy Bush and Kit Hoover on Tuesday’s Access Hollywood Live. “We’re already shooting our tenth episode.”

Viewers last saw Joan in the middle of a pregnancy pickle, not knowing if the father of her baby was husband Greg Harris (played by Sam Page) or the child of her boss and former flame, Roger Sterling (John Slattery). But Christina stayed tightlipped on who her character’s baby daddy might be.

“It wouldn’t be fun if I told you, you gotta wait!” she said with a smile. “There’s some really great storytelling. You’ll have to wait and see.”

Some of the stories in the upcoming Season 5 will be directed by co-star Jon Hamm. Continue reading »

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Sadly Christina Hendricks didn’t win last night at the 63rd Prime-Time Emmy Awards, she lost against Margo Martindale. But Mad Men won its fourth consecutive Emmy as Outstanding Drama Series. Congratulations to the cast and crew!

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Christina Hendricks looks gorgeous on the red carpet of the 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards wearing a Johanna Johnson silk satin gown. More photos will be added throughout the day so be sure to keep checking back!

Christina Hendricks began as a guest star on “Mad Men” — she was in only two scenes in the pilot — but her Joan Holloway (now Joan Harris) quickly became one of the most recognizable characters on AMC’s perpetually praised midcentury drama.

The role of Joan grew when the series creator Matthew Weiner became interested in the dynamic between Ms. Hendricks’s character and Elisabeth Moss’s striving Peggy Olson, Ms. Hendricks said in a phone interview this week. “It’s hard to imagine a Peggy without a Joan and a Joan without a Peggy,” she said.

Ms. Hendricks took advantage of the longer-than-anticipated “Mad Men” hiatus this year, performing in a concert staging of Stephen Sondheim’s “Company” at Lincoln Center in April and in several movies. Two films, the thriller “Drive” and the light comedy “I Don’t Know How She Does It,” open on Friday.

Recently she has been back in “Mad Men” mode. The series resumed production last month, and on Sunday she’ll appear at the Emmy Awards, where for the second consecutive year she’s a nominee for best supporting actress in a drama.

Ms. Hendricks, who was in New York this week for the premiere of “I Don’t Know How She Does It,” called on the way to the airport to discuss her special Emmy date, that Wonder Woman rumor and how Joan’s distinctive style has bled into her own.

Q. So “Mad Men” has finally resumed shooting?
A. We’re back. We’re already on our fourth episode.

Q. What can you tell me about next season?
A. Absolutely nothing [laughs].

Q. The season was delayed by contract negotiations. What’s that like for people who work on the show? Are you just reading the reports like everyone else?
A. To a certain extent, yes. I’ll get phone calls from my dad, and he’ll tell me what’s happening [laughs]. But generally I’ll just call Matt Weiner and say, “Hey can you clear this up for me?” and he’ll fill me in on what’s going on.
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“I thought it was interesting to see some of Joan’s power be taken away,” revealed Christina Hendricks about her character’s arc on the fourth season of “Mad Men.” In a video chat with senior editors Rob Licuria and Chris Beachum, she explained, “These new guys come in and (do) not respect her or understand her position in the company. I feel she was threatened a lot this year and had a lot of challenges in that way.”

Hendricks has played Joan Harris (nee Holloway) on “Mad Men,” the reigning three-time Emmy champ for Best Drama Series, since its 2007 debut. As the office manager of the advertising agency, Joan is looked upon as second class by the men and that sexist attitude is the focus of Hendricks‘ episode submission, “The Summer Man.”

Explaining her choice, Hendrick said, “I thought there were some really intense scenes in that particular episode for Joan. Her being so threatened and so conflicted … reaching this boiling point. She never really just expodes; everything is very contained so that all of this fury that you have to control comes out in this fiery damaging way.”

Hendricks received her second consecutive bid as Best Drama Supporting Actress and is competing against last year’s winner Archie Panjabi (“The Good Wife”), Emmy champs Christine Baranski (“The Good Wife”) and Kelly Macdonald (“Boardwalk Empire”), and Emmy rookies Michelle Forbes (“The Killing”) and Margo Martindale (“Justified”).

As the fourth season of “Mad Men” ended, Joan’s husband Greg (Sam Page) had shipped off to be a medic in the Vietnam War, she found out that she was pregnant through an affair with her boss Roger Sterling (John Slattery), and she secretly decided not to have the abortion they arranged. Regarding the fifth season, which starts shooting this month after a longer-than-usual delay, Hendricks revealed, “It just seems like a natural progression actually for the the character, and it’s going to add some really rich dimensions.”

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Huge congratulations to our lovely Christina Hendricks for winning as Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series at the 2011 Critics’ Choice Television Awards held at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Monday (June 20). Also both “Mad Men” and Jon Hamm won respectively Best Drama Series and Best Actor in a Drama Series.

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