You never see a normal spot, a bag under the eye or an unplucked eyebrow, because that’s not how Hollywood works.
FLORENCE PUGHWe actually did perform it in front of all those thousands of people. And just beforehand, we had a little dress rehearsal, and there were all these famous wrestlers going around and watching as well. Terrifying.
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I was acting with all my childhood heroes: Meryl Streep, Saoirse Ronan, all of those amazing women.
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During the Me Too breakthrough, I was hanging out with Emma Thompson and Emily Watson – two people I’ve looked up to my entire life. Talking to those women was so empowering.
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The whole wrestling art, it’s a whole form, is performance, and that’s what makes it so exciting to do.
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It’s always shocking when you see a modern woman in a period story line. It doesn’t make sense.
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The biggest thing about ‘Lady Macbeth’ is the fact that people are so surprised that this woman is so amazing, and really, it shouldn’t be so amazing that this incredible character is on our screens.
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Why shouldn’t there be more epic, brilliant female characters onscreen?
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I have learned how to wrestle. You end up battered and blue – but so happy.
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The Silence of the Lambs’ is my favourite book, favourite film.
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If you ever want to be interrogated, get Michael Shannon to do it. He’s an amazing man. I loved working with him.
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I grew up in a very loud family where you had to fight to get your voice heard, in a good way.
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With ‘Lady Macbeth,’ I had two other things offered to me, and they would have also been very fun, but you just have to figure that out. And then you do it.
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I know that my way of tackling a character is very different.
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What’s important is to listen before you react.
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I always did a lot of singing and dancing, so I am glad it worked out that way. I would like to study stage acting at some point, though.
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I suppose, used a different language or a different etiquette, but ultimately, these are still people that loved and breathed and lived and ate and weed and pooed just like we do now.
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