class=”abCity”> HOLLYWOOD. Rebecca Ferguson was just 15 when she broke through in the television series “New Times”.
– almost exactly 15 years later – she is our new, great acting exports.
She has starred in three giant bets in Hollywood.
– I’ve barely had time to digest it myself. All happened in the space of eight months, she says.
After being grilled by more than 50 international journalists she puffs out with a cigarillo at the Four Season Hotel terrace in Beverly Hills.
– I was super nervous the whole time. What was your impression? she asks Nöjesbladet posted.
She need not worry. The question is whether any Swedish sometime charmed seasoned nöjesmurvlar just as Rebecca just made before the U.S. premiere of the lavish television series “The White Queen” on August 10.
High expectations
– It’s the first time I’m in LA. Three weeks ago I was in New York. It was also the first time.
There’ll be more trips to the United States. In New York, she was photographed for the monthly magazine Vanity Fair.
attention is just a sign of the industry’s expectations of her. It is reminiscent of when Noomi Rapace first came to Hollywood.
Now it’s Rebecca is involved.
In “The White Queen”, a television series on ten sections based on the best-selling historical novels of Phillippa Gregory , she plays Queen Elizabeth .
King Edward portrayed by Max Irons , the son of Hollywood star Jeremy Irons .
– We filmed in England for six months. It was extremely demanding. I was almost in every scene the first two months, says the actress.
The celebration will have to wait
one for the international audience unknown actress gets lead role in a big production hears far from common.
– It has certainly been a journey, says Rebecca, who grew up in Sweden with a British mother and a Swedish father.
– I had just made a Swedish movie (“We”, editor’s note.) and started working with an agent in London. “The White Queen” was the first role of the test they sent me on.
She laughs when she thinks back on it, as if she can barely believe it myself.
– Everything was very new and scary for me. When I came in I was met by producers, rolltillsättare and Max Irons.
– But it went well. Four meetings later I got the role. It was on a Tuesday. On Thursday, I moved to Bruges to start filming.
How did you celebrate?
– I’ve still not done. Shall we do it now? (Laughter)
series contains several nude scenes, something she understands.
– We tell you a love story about two people and it would have been boring without sex scenes. But there are two people with power – so it’s good sex (laughs).
Playing against “The Rock”
– Filming scenes like that is like a dance. From stage to stage, we knew exactly where we would be. When they said, “Camera against Rebecca’s breasts” I used to say, “Okay, hands up now.”
She laughs.
Although the public has not yet seen “The White Queen”, the television series has already made an impression in the industry.
It is thanks to Rebecca received one of the leading roles against Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in “Hercules.”
The film is currently playing in Budapest, where Rebecca yesterday returned after lightning visit visitor in LA.
– I’ve been there a month. The production is huge. I play princess. John Hurt play my dad.
it, her starring role in “The Vatican,” a television series about power plays and intrigues within the Catholic Church.
directed by the Oscar-winning director Ridley Scott .
Ridley Scott rang up
– I had sent in a scene test and met a rolltillsättare. Then he called me. I got a call in which a voice said, “Mr. Ridley is on the phone for you”.
– I was in my hotel room and jumped up and down in my bed.
She laughs.
– He said he liked what I had done and asked if I wanted to play the lead in his television series.
– We recorded the pilot episode in May.
It’s not the first time Scott gives a Swedish lead role. When he did “Prometheus” was Noomi Rapace confidence.
– We were talking about her. I think she has opened many doors for us Scandinavians internationally.
Despite the success Rebecca does not plan to leave Sweden and home Simrishamn.
– Many people say that I should do it. But it’s not just about jobs, says Swede who has a six-year son.
– I’m not 20 anymore. If you have family, you can not just pull away. Moreover done many works in Europe.
And, she might add, so far it’s worked.
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