I think for me, home needs to be a sanctuary. I need to feel like I’ve escaped the day when I get home.
BELLA HEATHCOTEI 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.
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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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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 did dancing and singing when I was little, and then when I was 12 years old my friends were taking speech and drama at school. They were private lessons, and I started doing that. Over the years everyone else dropped out and I just kept going. I loved it.
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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 did get a letter which was pretty alarming once. Well, it was sent to the Fifty Shades production office. And it was pretty … I’d say interesting. I don’t really want to go into that. But otherwise the response has been good, thankfully.
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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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I think the thriller aspect of this film [Fifty Shades Darker] is what excited me most.
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I collect skulls; I think that a beautiful skull is a really good gift for a guy.
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I’m just a psycho myself. I loved playing Leila [from Fifty Shades Darker], taking on [a character] who’s completely unhinged. I saw her as a girl who’s grief-stricken and she just doesn’t have the tools to cope. Grief and heartbreak, it makes you do some pretty crazy things.
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My style icon has always been my mom. I feel like she was always sophisticated and effortless and looked really well put together without trying too hard.
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I don’t really cook meat. I eat a bit of seafood but I’m not really into meat and the idea of cooking it is pretty intense.
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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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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 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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