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“When everyone knows you’re a monster, you needn’t waste time doing every monstrous thing.”

SHADOW AND BONE SEASON ONE

“Once he arrived in Budapest, he and the cast quickly became close — especially after he made it abundantly clear that although he was a decade or so older than most of them, he still wanted to hang out. In fact, he sent the Steve Buscemi GIF from 30 Rock — you know, the one where he has a backwards cap and a skateboard and says “how do you do, fellow kids” — as an ice breaker to the group chat. “I was circulating a GIF of it because I was like, look, we’re all here by ourselves and just because I’m 15 years older than all of you doesn’t mean I don’t want to come for dinner and have a nice time,” he said. You’ll be happy to know that it worked, and he and the rest of the cast are all close friends still. They haven’t been able to see each other in person because of Covid, but they eagerly await their reunion someday soon.”

After theater, it seems you jumped right into Shadow and Bone. Can you share a bit of what you went through when you learned you got the leading role of Alina Starkov? I was here at home when I got the call, and I think it was one of those moments when I was very slightly confident that I got the job. In my last round of auditions, they said, “hey, we’ve got a few days to talk things through, but just hold tight.” So, I was just waiting for the call, and thinking, don’t get too excited because it might not happen… and then I got the call and just swore a lot and was very excited. I didn’t really know what to do with myself for the rest of the day. I think I ended up going to IKEA because I think I just lost my brain a little bit that day. I just wandered around IKEA, not buying anything because I didn’t know what to do—I don’t even like IKEA! I was so excited, and obviously, there were a few months between getting cast and going out and filming, so it was the longest summer of my life, just waiting to go out to Budapest, slowly meeting the rest of the cast and falling in love with them all. It was a strange summer, 2019, of waiting around excitement.

SHADOW AND BONE - Season 1

“Are you planning to follow a career in Magical Law, Miss Granger?” asked Scrimgeour. “No, I’m not,” retorted Hermione. “I’m hoping to do some good in the world!”

NO MOURNERS.