In modelling, it’s someone’s art being placed on top of you. They are just completely different things. But it’s not like I moved from modelling to acting: there’s no relation between them. I know it’s going to be hard for me to get away from this question, because I modelled in a big way for a long time, so it’s always going to be a part of who I am. I don’t think I sleep as much as I used to, but overall, I love it.ĪL: They don’t compare. and reading! I never thought I loved reading so much. I love the research that goes into roles and doing auditions. I thought I was going to keel over and die of boredom when I was a model. SK: You sound like you’re really creatively fulfilled at the moment.ĪL: Oh my god, completely.
I just feel like I can put everything, every little bit of my being into it. But when I discovered acting, I was like, ‘Fuck! This is what I’ve been looking for’. With everything, I’d get to a certain place and I’d always feel like something was missing. I’ve dabbled in music, in modelling, in art, in writing – in all of those things. Have you always had a need to express yourself creatively?ĪL: My whole life I’ve explored different ways to express whatever it is that I need to express.
SK: You’re a bit of a polymath: modelling, acting, music, art. Some of that history lives inside us, and every Elizabeth has the memory of the one before her, so she’s a little wiser, strong, and tougher each time. I kept thinking about the idea of osmosis the sense that our ancestors before us pass on experiences they’ve had, without us even knowing. So I worked really hard on building up the original Elizabeth’s character, trying to imagine what sort of upbringing she had, and her relationship to Henry when she was young. ĪL: Because I’m playing more than one version of myself, I really had to go back to the beginning and choose a clear back story for the character, that would inform the clones I play. SK: Elizabeth Harvest must have been a difficult role to get right, because you’re playing so many different versions of the same woman. I’d listen to British radio and watch YouTube videos of Emma Thompson interviews, or listen to Claire Foy speaking. With accents, I think it’s like a muscle you have to work at. Like, I’d say ‘privacy’, but in an English accent, they say ‘ privacy’, so Ciarán would say it the same way as me, to help me out. ĪL: The amount of times I slipped up and would say something wrong, you wouldn’t believe! Ciarán Hinds would save my arse. SK: You really nailed the British accent in Elizabeth Harvest. I hear you’re living in London now – how are you finding it?Ībbey Lee: I love the theatre here, and I’m in this amazing acting study group with really like-minded people, so I’ve definitely got a good reason to be here. Ciaran Hinds is always going to be strong in the scientist role, with Carla Gugino in the mentor figure and assistant that works well with Matthew Beard doing everything needed for his shining moments in the later part of the film.Sirin Kale: Hi Abbey, thanks for talking with us. Performances – Abbey Lee takes on the leading roles of Elizabeth, each one is slightly different which shows how the science has continued to improve through the versions, this comes out in her performances as somebody who becomes riser as the film unfolds. Oliver works around the house, he is blind and has been waiting for his chance to learn about the work within the house. Claire is the scientist hired to help Henry with his clones, she doesn’t agree at first before learning just what this could mean for science. Henry is the husband that has been bring his new wife home for the household, he has been planning this for years, with his clones being used to complete his perfect world, the deeper the story goes, the more we learn about his decisions. Characters – Elizabeth is the new wife ready for her life of luxury, she is delighted with the number of clothes she has, the size of the house, but she isn’t prepared for what she finds in the forbidden room, a clone of herself, she spends the film learning who she is and why she is being cloned.
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