She continued, “And especially at the beginning, there were a lot of first- and second-time filmmakers that we wanted to work with, and you can’t get something greenlit without a bankable name attached and I’m so lucky to fall into that bracket. But I’m not right for every role. I felt that way about Promising Young Woman.”
“I was like, ‘I think I’m who people would expect to be cast in this,'” she detailed. “But the most delightful thing about Promising Young Woman is that it takes you by surprise, and I just felt like I wouldn’t be that surprising—me doing these kinds of things with people’s perception of who I am and the characters that I’ve played.”
The star praised the movie’s lead, Carey Mulligan, saying she’s, “an actress that has this air of prestige around her. She’s in period dramas. Throw her in Promising Young Woman, and people’s minds get blown.”
At this time, the film is still in the running to win the Oscar for Best Picture and Best Actress in a Leading Role, among others.
