00:00I was terrified by the idea.
00:03So I, which, so I was so, I kind of,
00:07I had three days prep to do this role
00:10and I looked at it and I looked at the breadth of it
00:12and I thought, we need to shoot this in 18 days
00:15and she's in every scene apart from four.
00:17So that's a lot of learning and it's a very clunky script.
00:22And I thought, I'm terrified of this, I'm gonna do it.
00:26I don't know.
00:27And I felt like, I felt like I loved the fact
00:32that she was unhinged and I wanted to play her
00:37as an optimist, someone that wants to escape her life
00:40and find a new life and find a way and has a, you know,
00:44has this belief in herself really, you know,
00:49through her AA meetings.
00:51And I kind of, there was something about her I loved,
00:55her dorkiness, obviously she's very brittle,
00:58she's very malleable, she's really easy to push around,
01:02but at the same time, she has a fighting spirit.
01:04And I think where I relate to Laura as a woman
01:10is when I find things terrifying, I jump at them.
01:14I kind of go, right, I'm gonna give this my full attention
01:17and all of my heart and all of my everything
01:20and see if I can make it work.
01:22And I think that that was kind of how I saw Laura.
01:27It's like, you know, there's no time to hesitate.
01:30There's a very strong realization that, you know,
01:33you're a woman and life is short.
01:35And if you don't get out there and grab it
01:37and do the things that need to be done,
01:39then they won't be done.
01:40Lovely, lovely actors.
01:43John was amazing.
01:44I mean, John Boyd's a legend and he, I mean,
01:48he wrote all of his scenes, which was brilliant.
01:53And he, you know, felt a real connection, I think,
01:55to his role, because he's a real sort of father figure.
01:58And I think that was very personal to him.
02:02But he was, you know, he's a very gentle
02:04and very immediate and present actor.
02:08So it was wonderful to work with him.
02:10And Jamie's extraordinarily bright
02:13and it's just with you, you know,
02:15you kind of try and discuss things
02:16and try and figure out ways of making things work,
02:19you know, and he's on board, you know,
02:22he's a great actor.
02:23There wasn't any time to prepare for anything.
02:26It was literally a matter of looking at the words
02:30and hoping that I know them and saying them.
02:33It was like doing a cold rehearsal, every single take.
02:38So I kind of used the adrenaline of that,
02:40but also because of, we didn't have time
02:43to do multiple takes on anything.
02:46So because of the setup, they would shoot me first
02:50and then by the end of it, I'd be like,
02:52but now I know how to do the scene.
02:53They'd be like, too late, we're moving on.
02:54I'd be like, damn, you know, but I just went for it.
02:58I think he really, really enjoyed
03:01having such an experienced crew.
03:04The crew that we have in Sophia,
03:06they were just unbelievable.
03:10I mean, the cameraman was, he never put the camera down.
03:14He was there, he was on it, he was with it.
03:16His lighting was extraordinary.
03:19Everybody was working, you know, quickly trying,
03:22we're trying to do costume fittings
03:23in between offline camera.
03:25I'm trying to learn stuff and trying clothes on
03:27and taking off a bra and putting on another one.
03:30And it was just, I mean, it was like a circus performance.
03:33It was ridiculous.
03:33And Tony, you know, managed to keep cool and keep calm
03:37and keep things going.
03:38And I'd be like, just one more, one more take.
03:41He'd be like, no, it's fine, let's move on.
03:42I'd be like, okay.
03:44So I just had to trust with him, you know.
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