Carey Mulligan admitted that he tried to find time for her while “keeping the children entertained” in the blockade.
In the March issue of Harper’s Bazaar, the 35-year-old actress – who shares a five-year-old daughter Evelyn and a three-year-old son Wilfred with the husband of 34-year-old singer Marcus Mumford – confessed that she “could not learn how to knit” because she was preoccupied with maternity duties.
The Skylight star also discussed the emergence of the “fun” role of dropping out of school Cassie in her new film Promising Young Woman while posing in a high-fashion accompanying film for the publication.
“I couldn’t learn how to knit!” Carey Mulligan admitted to trying to find time for her while “keeping kids entertained” in a new interview
About how he coped during the coronavirus pandemic, the thespian said: “I did knitting things at the beginning of the blockage and I tried once and I was like,“ I don’t have time to knit. .
– I cant do this. I can’t learn anything. I will simply entertain the children and then go to bed and do it again. ”
The screen star went on to detail her initial thoughts on Emerald Fennell’s dark comedy thriller and how she spends months preparing for her critically acclaimed moments.
The mother of two children, Carey – who did not attend drama school – shared: When the script came to my agent, I didn’t know what to do with him. I thought, “Why would Emerald ask me to do this?”
“I just want to entertain the children”: in the March issue of Harper’s Bazaar, the 35-year-old actress confessed that she was concerned about motherhood throughout the pandemic
Long-term: star Skylight shares her five-year-old daughter Evelyn and her three-year-old son Wilfred with the husband of 34-year-old singer Marcus Mumford (photo in 2018)
“I said, ‘Em, I just need to tell you, I like it so much, please do that. “And since then, it’s been just super fun.
“I didn’t go to theater school, I kind of felt like a driver, so I thought I had to do a lot of homework to be allowed to be here.
“It makes me feel very self-aware. I just like being an actor. I just like to show up and do my job and then leave them.
“The reality of my life now is that I have two children under the age of five and I’m lucky to be able to learn my lines and show up.”
‘It was super fun!’ The Skylight star also discussed the use of the role of school dropout Cassie in her new film Promising Young Woman (in the film with Bo Burnham as Ryan)
Promising Young Woman, released in the UK later this month, plays on the idea that women are as violent, ruthless and angry as men.
Already torn for an Oscar, the production was described as “Thelma and Louise for the #MeToo generation”, after the 1991 film, which showed two women who took the law into their own hands after a sexual assault.
Coming soon: Read the full interview in the March 3 issue of Harper’s Bazaar
Cassie, a 30-year-old girl who left university prematurely, has the mission to avenge the rape of her best friend and the subsequent suicide.
During the day, she has a stalemate in a cafe, but at night, in various bars and clubs, she pretends to be drunk to pick up men who see her as an easy target, before releasing her. weight own harsh justice.
When she dressed in eccentric ensembles for her performance, the stage actress said, “I’ve never worn a dress like that in my personal life, probably ever.”
The Shame star also expressed her thoughts on the evolving perception of women taking on more experimental roles in film and TV.
Carey said: “We finally understand that the public wants to see stories about women who are not necessarily always pretty. You’re still rooting, you still care about them – it’s brilliantly done in Fleabag and brilliantly done in I May Destroy You.
“Some things that both characters do are totally questionable and morally unpleasant, but you are 100% behind them, to the end.
“It’s very funny to see people misbehaving. I certainly didn’t feel any activity in the first decade I was working. ‘
The March issue of Harper’s Bazaar has been on sale since February 3, 2021.