Eleanor Tomlinson

If you have a 25th hour to every day where you wouldn’t be tired to dedicate to one activity, what would you spend the time on? My family are the most important thing to me so if there was a 25th hour to every day, I would spend it with them. Which film or television character did you relate the most to growing up? I don’t know if I particularly related to a character growing up however I was captivated by Vivien Leigh’s Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With The Wind and watching her certainly influenced my longing to become an…

Amy Manson

Your next project Edie is about a kind of journey or pilgrimage up a mountain, what was the most crucial Point A to Point B of your life? The transition from a small town in Scotland to the UK capital when I was 17 for a dream that only I believed in. My time at drama school was a period of self-discovery but I think it had an adverse effect and stripped me of a sense of self. It was one of the loneliest periods of my life, trying to conquer the city, study and hold down four part-time jobs…

Lucy Chappell

Who was your first favourite actor? Dakota Fanning. I watched Hide and Seek and War of the Worlds over and over when I was 12 and I remember thinking, “I want to do that’. Act twisted and run away from aliens. I wanted to experience those things. I made up a lot of my own stories when I was younger and would act them out by myself, but after watching her I realised you could do it on a much bigger scale, and it was a job. It was a done deal after that. What was the last book you…

Elisa Lasowski

If aliens exist and they abducted you, would you rather be in an alien zoo or an alien circus? Alien circus! I did a bit of acrobatics once upon a time for fun. It taught me something valuable about performance, which is that you just have to go for it. If you prepare to do a flip and you’re about to jump but you don’t fully commit to the move, you’ll break your neck. Also, I love clowning. I believe learning how to be made fun of and appearing ridiculous is really important for actors… It’s a good life skill in…

Lucy Boynton

If you had to pick any job in film other than actor, what position would you pick? I would definitely be a casting director. It’s always been the production element that I’ve been most interested in. I cast every book I read. You star in the upcoming coming-of-age film Sing Street. If you could form a band composed of any musicians who would you pick and what would they play?  I would have Paul McCartney and John Lennon on vocals, and although it feels sinful to tamper with their unmatchable harmonies I’d love to have Bowie in there too. Jimi…

Jing Lusi

Where is your favourite place to read a new script? In bed. I am prone to emotional outburst when reading scripts, whether it be crying or hysterical laughter. I used to take myself to cafes, parks and other quaint public places to make a day of it, but I have learnt that in order for others to not think I am mad, it is best to stay within the privacy of my own walls. What/who do you think you’ve photographed more than anything else? My dog Nori. Before Nori, it was food. You appeared in Stan Lee’s Lucky Man, if…

Sarah Winter

Do you think it would be easier to play someone you met/know or someone historically well-known but where there is very little information available about their personal life? Playing someone historical definitely gives you a bit more freedom to play and invent the details of their personal life, though I think you have a responsibility to not go too overboard. I would love to play someone I know too as I love emulating voices and accents, but I would need that person’s permission to fail! What was the most interesting aspect of filming in Versailles in Versailles? Seeing George Blagden…