The Falling’ was a big, flashy, bizarre experience. I kept on saying at the time it was a fluke because I did the audition, and I didn’t think anything would come of it.
FLORENCE PUGHI wrestled at the Staples Centre at ‘Monday Night Raw’ when I was 21 years old.
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What I’ve noticed about Hollywood is, if you go out there shouting about who you are, they will love you for it. But if you go out not knowing what it is that you’re representing, and you are just a canvas, they will make you into the thing they need you to be.
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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 grew up in a very loud and dramatic household, and we loved being in the spotlight.
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What we don’t realise when we watch a normal film is how many times someone has run in just before a shot quickly to wipe away that sweaty moustache.
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Something that I’ve always been really keen on representing is some honesty with the way that we view ourselves.
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That’s something I’ve always appreciated watching actors that I’ve looked up to, is when they look like you and me, or they have a funny elbow, or they have, you know, a hairy face.
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And I’m a very physical person: I talk with my hands. And I felt how the clothes took that away from me. And that was the idea, I think. It was a way of limiting women.
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We’re learning things every decade we grow through, and ultimately, you do end up with a different way of looking at things.
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That, for me, actually is the most important thing about doing a period film is trying to make these people as lovable as they are back then.
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As beautiful as cinema is, it’s a massive part of the problem of why we look at ourselves in the way we do.
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Playing Paige, I felt I had to train to wrestle.
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What audiences love with series is that they can invest in characters for such a long period of time, and it’s the same for actors. You can truly tell your story; then it’s done.
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I love watching faces as they grow up. It’s the difference between so many strong British actresses compared to what America does to women.
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I don’t want to feel like I have to change myself or my image.
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I know that my way of tackling a character is very different.
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