I first got into acting when I was about 12. I started doing speech and drama lessons. All my friends were doing it at the time and my dad encouraged it. He encouraged any extracurricular activity.
BELLA HEATHCOTEI kind of liked all the creeping stuff [in Fifty Shades Darker], like when they’re sleeping and there’s me just standing behind the bed. It was great.
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I have a bit of a lava lamp fetish. They are kind of hideous, but there is something so therapeutic about them.
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I think there is something about L.A., fortunately: once you get one role people think, ‘Oh well, someone employed her, so maybe we can.’ I mean, that’s my idea of it, anyway. ‘She can put one foot in front of the other and say a line.’
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All my stuff is men’s fashion. It’s always oversized shirts, boyfriend blazers and trousers.
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I was a huge nerd in high school. Sure, I socialized – but I was definitely a nerd.
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Acting is different all the time. When you’re on set, different films, or just even in between, it’s never the same. I think that’s one of the things I love about it.
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I think the thriller aspect of this film [Fifty Shades Darker] is what excited me most.
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Physically stalking as opposed to Instagram stalking, which was kind of great. Leila [from Fifty Shades Darker ] puts my Insta stalking into perspective.
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I’m always listening to music to pump myself up.
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[Christian from the Fifty Shades Darker] is definitely a good person. I mean, he’s flawed like all of us, you know? And I guess all of his wounds or his trauma, he acts out sexually. Which is pretty normal. People have different wounds, people act different things out.
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Particularly on social media, there is that level of detachment, some people feel like they can say whatever pops in their head .
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All on-set kisses are weird, no matter who it is, especially with people standing around coughing and sneezing. It’s very uncomfortable!
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In Australia, everyone gets a nickname and people started calling me “Izzy” and I hated it so I just adopted Bella.
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I was always into performing and dancing as a kid and acting was a safe place to have all my feelings, which is good as a child.
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I definitely don’t get recognized so I don’t have to deal with that.
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[Fifty Shades Darker director] James Foley directed Fear. And that’s what I love about this film, because it has a real sexy thriller element about it.
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