00:00When we did Daredevil, they thought I was a ninja, so we didn't rehearse.
00:04And I was like, these guys don't know what they're doing.
00:09It was an audition, it was like a multiple round of auditions actually.
00:15If I remember, I didn't know at the beginning what I was auditioning for.
00:19Yeah, it was like a blind audition.
00:21Yeah, they sent like two scenes, very well written.
00:24And I was like, oh, I'm excited by that.
00:27So yeah, this is how it started.
00:29And then I ended up with Charlie Cox to do the test with him.
00:35The showrunners, they described her as like a sociopath.
00:40So I was like, ooh, that's interesting.
00:42It was very appealing to me.
00:44And then I did my research and checked the comic books,
00:48and it just happened to be like this crazy, interesting, multi-faceted character.
00:57So I was very excited by that.
00:58I first came across Elektra Assassin, which was nuts.
01:05It was like a crazy, crazy, you know, piece of art.
01:10So I was really, really, you know, excited by that.
01:16He's amazing.
01:16You often hear that and I'm like,
01:18are you lying when you say your partner is so generous?
01:20But Charlie is like a wonderful human being.
01:23We're not close friends, but every time we're on set,
01:27it was just like pure chemistry.
01:29Like really, it started like this from the test.
01:32And we always had this thing.
01:34So I was always very excited to work with him.
01:36It's the end of a chapter.
01:38Who knows, you know, what's going to come next.
01:40I think we were all very grateful to have been part of this adventure.
01:45So yeah, we're a bit sad, of course, but also, you know,
01:50content and grateful that we've done that already.
01:53And, you know, that's also just good in itself.
01:56I don't know. I have no idea.
01:58I would love to, because I think she's such an interesting female character.
02:02You know, we're always talking about strong female character,
02:04but I think she's also someone who's just out of the norm
02:09and broken and very complex.
02:12So it'd be very interesting, you know, to see that.
02:14I would love to.
02:15It was a great arc.
02:16Every time I've been very lucky to have so much to play with
02:20and to see her evolve and just like, you know,
02:24finding my different, you know, parts of myself every time
02:29as she was evolving, you know, in the storyline.
02:32It was a great journey.
02:34I enjoyed it so much.
02:35I had to do everything, basically.
02:38And it's so funny because when we did Daredevil,
02:40they thought I was a ninja.
02:42So we didn't rehearse.
02:43And I was like, these guys don't know what they're doing.
02:46They got lucky that I had, I'm a black belt of karate.
02:48I've always done like a lot of martial arts and trained for projects.
02:52So they were lucky.
02:54But when Defenders arrived and I was like,
02:58OK, guys, you're telling me I'm going to do twice as what I've done before.
03:03We need to train.
03:04So then I had a proper training like I would have had on a movie set,
03:08you know, like a month before.
03:09And because, yes, Lauren Kim, my stand-up, she's the best.
03:16And she would do the, you know, all the crazy kicks
03:20and the wiring and stuff like that.
03:23But I would still have to go through all the choreographies.
03:26So, yeah, I trained a lot.
03:28I play the queen of this imaginary land where my daughter is.
03:39So the princess is kind of a rebel
03:43and she doesn't want a monarchy anymore.
03:46She thinks it's not democratic.
03:48And I'm like, OK, OK.
03:52And I sent her to a camp because she's a bit of a rebel.
03:55But it happens that she is a superhero.
03:58And we have a purpose here, which is protect our people and our land.
04:02And so it's about the conflict that, you know,
04:06teenagers can have with parents at some point.
04:08And it's a really fun world.
04:12That sounds like a departure for you from your other roles.
04:15Yes, very much.
04:17It was the first time that I played.
04:19It's so funny how things happen in life.
04:20Like I became a mother in the last two years.
04:23Yeah, but my baby is 19 months.
04:26And I just been given on screen like a 14-year-old.
04:32So I've learned that, you know,
04:33the teenage years of my daughter are going to be potentially a bit hard.
04:37So I'm prepared now.
04:38Yeah, lessons learned.
04:39Yeah.
04:39Great. Thank you so much for your time.
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