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 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 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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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.
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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’m always listening to music to pump myself up.
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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’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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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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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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I think working in the industry, I’d be pretty nervous to have a celebrity crush. I’d be pretty nervous if my boyfriend did as well because inevitably you’d end up working with them and then it would feel very suspicious.
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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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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 working in the industry, I’d be pretty nervous to have a celebrity crush.
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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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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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