At Friday night's screening of "Helen," star Ashley Judd talked about her method of preparing for the role of a successful academic who struggles with severe depression. And it seemed particularly fitting that her research involved reading five books, since the screening was held, appropriately enough, according to Judd, at the Park City's Library Center Theatre.

A couple of the books on her nightstand included William Styron's famed memoir, Darkness Visible, as well as Andrew Solomon's Noonday Demon and Kay Jamison's Night Falls Fast.

The actor was happy to talk about her newest reading material, which is proving to be a bit more uplifting: Van Jones' Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems.
— Ben Fulton

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