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.
BELLA HEATHCOTEIn 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 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 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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I think working in the industry, I’d be pretty nervous to have a celebrity crush.
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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 was a huge nerd in high school. Sure, I socialized – but I was definitely a nerd.
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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 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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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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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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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 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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I’m always listening to music to pump myself up.
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I usually have a drink before a carpet because I find them really nerve-racking. Usually a tequila. An upper!
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