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.
FLORENCE PUGHI used to reenact ‘Titanic’ all the time.
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We actually did perform it in front of all those thousands of people. And just beforehand, we had a little dress rehearsal, and there were all these famous wrestlers going around and watching as well. Terrifying.
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I wanted to go to drama school, but when I got the part in ‘Falling,’ I got an agent, so it seemed a good idea to work.
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I’ve been told to be skinny before – it’s already happened, but it’s up to you to either listen or say no. I’m not listening.
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We tend to kind of write women out of history.
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There was one moment when I was in L.A., and he was teaching me a move. I just looked at him, thinking, ‘Oh my God, I’m being taught to wrestle by Dwayne Johnson. What the hell?’
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What’s important is to listen before you react.
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My characters do have some fantastic taste in men.
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Every time ‘Lady Macbeth’ and everyone involved in the film gets nominated, it’s amazing.
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My dad still collects newspaper clippings about me.
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You never see a normal spot, a bag under the eye or an unplucked eyebrow, because that’s not how Hollywood works.
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In ‘Fighting With My Family,’ there’s a scene where I have to wrestle; I have to do the famous fight between Paige and AJ Lee.
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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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I can definitely hold my hands up and say wrestling wasn’t something that I grew up watching.
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I hope to create characters that people want to watch – and they either want to be or are, or it’s something that they recognize.
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It’s always shocking when you see a modern woman in a period story line. It doesn’t make sense.
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