British actress Carey Mulligan shared through interviews that she was a non-professional actor, from self-doubt in the early days of entering the film and television industry to accepting people's imperfect mental journey.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > busy life under the epidemic</h1>
Carey Mulligan has two children with her husband, Marcus Mumford, a musician, who lived a nomadic life until 2020; the family either toured with Marcus Mumford's orchestra or moved around with Carey Mulligan's films.
However, the emergence of the epidemic has restricted everyone's movement, and Carey Mulligan, 35, said that this is the first time she has felt rooted in a place and found a sense of belonging since she became an actress at the age of 18. At this time, wearing a turtleneck sweater and gold-rimmed glasses to cover half of her face, "I have never had the opportunity to join a local book club before." After the epidemic began, many people began to learn to knit, and I bought some knitting tools when I was just locked down; I tried it once, but in fact I didn't have time to use it and I didn't have time to learn new things, so I was busy making my children happy and full, and then I went to bed and started again the next day." Carey Mulligan said.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > willing to challenge</h1>
After the lockdown, Carey Mulligan was just getting ready to start promoting the movie "Girl with a Bright Future". The film sparked a more heated discussion after its release than expected. The film's director, Emerald Fennell, executive producer and screenwriter of Killing Eve, and Cassie, the protagonist of Carey Mulligan, plot to avenge her sexually assaulted friends; on weekends, she deliberately pretends to be drunk in a bar to attract men to take advantage of her, and then wakes up at key moments and questions each other. These men appear to be upright, but they violate women when they are clearly vulnerable, and Cassie's first target of revenge is the lawyer who defends sexual assault.
"When I first received the script with my agent, I was quite confused. I thought, how could the director ask me to play this role?" Such a role and film theme are beyond Carey Mulligan's comfort zone, but she can't resist the desire to try and challenge new things, so she takes over the role. In the past, Carey Mulligan, which everyone saw, participated in period dramas such as "The Great Gatsby", "Women Suffragette", and "Far Away from the Hustle and Bustle". In the past, she has played roles that can arouse empathy and empathy; such as the sad widow Edith Pretty in the movie "Ancient Treasure"; with a little pain, exhaustion, and a mysterious emotional life, she can only communicate through a shallow smile or an eyebrow-raising look, which is one of the typical roles that Carey Mulligan will play in the past.
Cassie in "The Girl with a Bright Future" is very different, she is arrogant and has a hot personality. Carey Mulligan gets excited at the thought of interpreting a character who doesn't want to be a good person and whose behavior might even resent the audience. Carey Mulligan had a relationship with director Emerald Fennel, who was impressed by the director's witty remarks and his fashionable pants, and the second time the two met, it was to talk about business, "I said to Emerald, 'I like this script very much, let's finish this film!'" What happened next was more fun than expected." Carey Mulligan recalled.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > how to get into a role</h1>
Before Carey Mulligan had children, she spent months preparing for the role. Before filming The Marvelous Gatsby, she traveled to Princeton City to study the correspondence between F Scott Fitzgerald and Ginevra King, the archetype of the Daisy character. Carey Mulligan said that when he first did academic research, it was like to prove that he was qualified to become an actor, "I did not go to drama school, I felt that along the way, it seemed like luck, so I had to be more serious about preparing to act." 」 But now it's different, I have two children under the age of five, just to be able to memorize their lines and show up on the set on time, thankfully." She said with a smile.
During the filming of "Girl with a Bright Future", Carey Mulligan interpreted the character of Cassie through a dialogue with Emerald Fennell; together they thought about Cassie's experience and story, and found inspiration from the director's setting of the whole play. The end result is That Carey Mulligan wearing a pastel and neon-dyed blonde wig, conveying a dark, angry atmosphere in the play. Emerald Fennell even set up a set of music playlists to shape the character, including songs by British singer Charlie XCX, American celebrity Paris Hilton, and two different versions of "Toxic" by Britney Spears. Carey Mulligan also took a moment to get used to Cassie's outfit, referring to a tight and revealing outfit that wouldn't work: "I haven't worn a dress like that in my life, and I probably won't."
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > former hidden anxiety</h1>
When it comes to clothing, Carey Mulligan admits that for several years, he felt remorse and anxiety about the clothes he wore after seeing photos taken in magazines or red carpets. Now, however, she will first tell the stylist not to wear jeans and not to show clothes above the knee. Carey Mulligan thinks it's much simpler. It would take some time to make such a request with confidence, and it was a turning point in her acting career.
I can't imagine any actor who looks at his past so rigorously as Carey Mulligan. In past interviews, Carey Mulligan has spoken of her mistakes from time to time, and it took her time to turn that self-doubt into creativity, which she says is thanks to the actor and Director Paul Dano of "Wild Life."
At the time of filming, Carey Mulligan's character Jeanette was in a state of collapse, and she always thought she was not doing well, and kept saying on the spot: "Ka! I'm sorry Paul, I'm sorry." The director replied: "Stop shouting cards yourself!" Don't think about acting perfectly, but let the character reveal his true feelings." Paul Dano's words were very important to her, and later when Carey Mulligan put on the miniskirt that used to make her anxious in "Girls with a Bright Future", she could also appeal to the characters for this uncomfortable feeling. Insecurity is no longer an obstacle to Carey Mulligan's performance, but a motivator.
Girls with a Bright Future bear similarities with two recent female-written and produced albums, Namely Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Dirty Girl and Michaela Coel's I Can Destroy You. Not only is the content related to the events that occur after female friendship and sexual assault, but the heroine of the play also has a personality that is not accepted by most viewers. "We finally learned that the heroines that audiences want to see don't always have to be good people, and even then, you'll support them and care about them, both in Dirty Girls and The Day My Life Changes." The behavior of these heroines is really uncomfortable, but you will still choose to be on her side." Carey Mulligan said.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > embrace change</h1>
Carey Mulligan recalls that when she first started, female film creators and playwrights rarely had the opportunity to create such works. She believes the key to the change is Woody Allen's 2013 Blue Jasmine. The lead actress is Cate Blanchet, who won an Oscar for the film. Carey Mulligan said: "I remember thinking that there were finally a lot of great and complex roles for women. But this is not the case. The whole film industry seems to have taken one step forward and then two steps backwards." (Woody Allen has been controversially accused of sexual harassment multiple times.) ）
It wasn't until recent years that Carey Mulligan really felt that the entire film industry had taken a turn for the worse, with women playwrights and directors gradually being seen and getting the support they deserved, which is why characters like Cassie were created. When asked about working with Emerald Fennell, did it spark her desire to direct a film? Carey Mulligan admits, "It won't be now. If I spend too much time on something, or think about the red tape behind it, I'm not very willing to get involved." Part of the reason is that Carey Mulligan thinks the children are too young to spare time. Still, she enjoys acting, "I think professional actors are on set, do their jobs, and leave."
During the filming of "Ancient Treasure", she rented a house near the set so that she could come home to freshen up and rest after work. The move represents not just Carey Mulligan's attempt to strike a balance between family and work, but also indirectly reveals her personality— she likes to maintain a sense of mystery at work; she says her dream is to receive a great script, concentrate on making a movie, and disappear after the shooting is complete. She didn't want to analyze the footage or watch the rough films she had, and she had no intention of participating in behind-the-scenes productions except to play her own role. "I'm very self-aware of this; I enjoy being simply an actor, I like to play my role well, and the rest is left to other people." 」