Carey Mulligan has admitted she struggled to find time for herself while ‘keeping the children entertained’ in lockdown.
In the March issue of Harper’s Bazaar, the actress, 35 – who shares a daughter of Evelyn, five, and Wilfred’s son, three, with singer Marcus Mumford, 34 – admitted she couldn’t She learned how to ‘knit’ as she took an interest in maternity duties.
The Skylight star also considered entering the ‘fun’ role of Cassie who is dropping out of medical school in her new film Promising Young Woman as she was in a high-fashioned photo shoot. was accompanied by the publication.
‘I couldn’t learn how to knit! ‘Carey Mulligan admits she struggled to find time for herself while keeping the children entertained’ in a new interview
Commenting on the course of coronavirus pandemic, the spokesperson said: ‘I got a knitwear at the start of a lock and tried it once, and it was like,’ ‘there is no time f * **** g for knitting.
‘I can’t do this. I can’t learn anything. I’m just going to entertain the kids and then go to bed and do it again. ” ‘
The screen star went on to detail her first impressions of the dark comedy thriller Emerald Fennell, and how she spends months preparing for her acclaimed films.
Carey shared, mother of two – not attending drama school: When the script came to my producer I didn’t know what to do with it. I was thinking, ” Why would Emerald want me to do this? ‘ ‘
‘I’m just going to entertain the children’: In the March issue of Harper’s Bazaar, the actress, 35, admitted she was pregnant with a mother throughout the pandemic
Length: Skylight star shares daughter Evelyn, five, and son Wilfred, three, with singer Marcus Mumford, 34 (pictured in 2018)
‘I said,’ ‘Em, I just have to tell you, I like it so much, let’s do this.’ ‘And since then, it was just fun.
‘I didn’t go to drama school, I felt like a cancer, so I figured I had to do a lot of homework to be allowed to be here.
‘It makes me very self-aware. I just like being an actor. I just like to show up and do my thing and then leave them to him. ‘
‘The reality of my life now is that I have two children under the age of five, and I’m lucky if I can learn my lines and show up.’
‘It was a lot of fun!’ The Skylight star also looked into the role of school leaver Cassie in her new film Promising Young Woman (pictured with Bo Burnham as Ryan)
Prom Young, released in the UK later this month, plays on the idea that women are just as brutal, ruthless and full of anger as men.
Already slammed hard for an Oscar, the production was described as ‘Thelma & Louise for the #MeToo generation’, after the 1991 road movie that showed two women taking the law into their own hands after a sexual assault.
Coming soon: Read the full interview in the March issue of Harper’s Bazaar, out on 3 February
Cassie, a 30-year-old who left university prematurely, is on a mission for revenge on her best friend and subsequent suicide.
During the day, she has an endless job in a cafe, but at night, in several bars and clubs, she pretends to be drunk to pick up men who see her as an easy target, before she deprives him of his own gross justice.
Dressed in bizarre ensembles for her portrayal, the stage actress said: ‘I’ve never worn a dress like that in my personal life, probably ever. ‘
The Shame star also expressed her views on how women are increasingly taking on more experimental roles in film and TV.
Carey said: ‘We finally understand that listeners want to see stories about women that aren’t always nice. You still root for them, you still care about them – it’s brilliantly done in Fleabag, and brilliantly done in I May Destroy You.
‘Some of the stuff that those two characters do is completely morally questionable and unpleasant, but you’re 100 percent behind them, all the way through.
‘It’s a lot of fun to see people behaving badly. Of course I didn’t feel this kind of activity for the first decade I worked. ‘
The March issue of Harper’s Bazaar is for sale from 03 February 2021.