I wish to take it again to the start. What intrigued you initially a few character like Ciri?
Once I bought the audition, I feel what made me wish to play the half was the truth that I googled it and was like, “Yo, that is going to be massive.” It was bizarre as a result of I assumed that earlier than, after which I filmed it and was like, “I don’t know what it’s going to be. Perhaps it’s simply not going to work out in any respect.” There have been so many individuals who have been followers of [the story], so I used to be like, “Certainly, even when it doesn’t do properly, folks will watch it.”
I used to be on the age when you’re making an attempt to get in there. … I wasn’t going to be like, “No, I’m not going to play Ciri.” … That may be a bit psychological. However even when I had all the selection on this planet, I used to be particularly into the thought of being in a fantasy present or film. Once I was 14, one of many films that I actually cherished… I don’t know what it was about it, but it surely was Snow White and the Huntsman. So once I noticed the function of Ciri, I used to be like, “Oh my God, that’s type of like an analogous factor, a princess who escapes and turns into a warrior. After which I googled her, and he or she simply appeared tremendous cool, so why wouldn’t you wish to play her? I keep in mind seeing the function and being like, “That is my dream function.” And I keep in mind pondering… Whenever you’re an actor, you’re at all times too small, or you’re too blonde or no matter, however with this, I used to be like, “I look proper for it. That is the one.” I felt very keen about getting it.
How does a personality like Ciri problem you each as an actress and personally?
With each function, there are at all times challenges, and it’s virtually at all times the identical problem, which is you’re problem-solving the entire time and deciding which path to take one thing. There’s lots of chatter about “Oh, properly my character wouldn’t do that,” and I’ve bought myself saying that, however in the end, we do stuff that’s out of character daily each day. So I feel having that selection of “I might do that scene on this path or that path” you study to simply go along with your intuition. When you embody the mentality of the character, then the instincts as to what you do inside the context of a scene comes approach faster should you get the thoughts of them.
To be trustworthy, challenges with season two have been simply that we didn’t shoot so as in any respect. We have been in all places. It was like episode one, then episode 5 and episode three and episode seven and episode 4. It’s exhausting sufficient to maintain up with The Witcher [story line] anyway, not to mention taking pictures muddled. In order that was positively a problem.
Personally, a problem I had with regard to season one was that I used to be going by way of that stage in my private life the place I used to be turning into a girl. Having a present come out the place I appeared so younger and no make-up—in reality, not simply no make-up however white paste on my face and grey hair and bleached eyebrows—doesn’t make you’re feeling significantly good about your self. So I went by way of just a little chapter the place I used to be having a disaster of like, “Oh my God, this present is popping out, and I really feel like I’m getting older, however everybody goes to see me as this 12-year-old.” I felt a bit insecure about it.