Lily James: "I'm A Dating Mogul!"

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Lily James is playing the role of the lady who founded Bumble after experiencing sexual harassment in the workplace. She is Whitney Wolfe Herd in Swiped on Disney+ and told us all about how it felt to play such an influential female at the European Premiere in London's Mayfair. Report by Jonesl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00I want to contribute to that conversation if I can.

00:02Oh, now I'm a dating mogul.

00:04Swipe right.

00:06Hello, Lily. You look so beautiful.

00:08Thank you so much.

00:09You play the one woman wrecking ball that is Whitney.

00:12How much does she inspire you as a woman as well?

00:14Yeah, I've been incredibly inspired by Whitney.

00:18I find her story to be both empowering on a professional level,

00:24as kind of that entrepreneurial zeal,

00:26but also as a woman and what she overcame and how she carries herself.

00:31So I really was very proud and honored

00:34to be able to kind of step into her shoes and tell this story.

00:38Well, you know it was about taking on the role,

00:39talking about sexism and things like that in the workplace.

00:41Was that a scary prospect?

00:43That wasn't so scary, to be honest,

00:45because I think it's super important to have those conversations.

00:47So much has changed, but we've got so much further to go.

00:49You know, I think Whitney's story highlights a shift

00:52in when women were beginning to speak out.

00:54And, you know, be honest about their experiences

00:57and that needs to continue and women need to be heard.

01:00And the whole theme around women being silenced

01:03is something that I think is really important for us to kind of...

01:06I want to contribute to that conversation if I can.

01:08Have things changed since the film, do you think, since that day?

01:11Well, this was pre-Me too, so a lot has changed,

01:14but we've got a long way to go.

01:16And just finally, what's love got to do with it?

01:18You said to me you didn't have any dating advice.

01:20Do you have more dating advice now that you're an expert?

01:22Did I say I didn't have any? No!

01:24Oh, now I'm a dating mogul.

01:26Swipe, right.

01:28I met my husband on Bumble, so there you go.

01:30There we go, there we go.

01:31My best friend met her husband on Bumble too.

01:33There you go.

01:34We'll get you.

01:35I will go.

01:36I will say yes.

01:37A guest on Bumble, so lets you look.

01:38Let's go.

01:39I want to be here.

01:40If your friends and family are ready to go.

01:41I don't know anything else.

01:42I'm going to miss you.

01:43I don't know what to do, but I'm going to miss you.

01:44I want to be here.

01:45I want to be here.

01:46I want to be here.

01:47Go ahead and answer the questions you want.

01:48I'm going to get to the questions.

01:50Let me ask you.

01:51Let me ask you.

01:52I know what to do with the questions.

01:53Can I tell you again?

01:54And do you?

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