![]() I knocked him out and he went down and I went down with him. I knocked Aaron Taylor-Johnson out by accident. It's harrowing and I exerted a lot of energy. ![]() HB: Did this role ever make you say, "Okay, if I can do something like this, I can do anything onscreen"?ĮB: Yeah, absolutely. I downloaded the audio of that whole film and listened to that. For creating the Texan accent, I would listen to Sissy Spacek and watch her in Badlands. For me, I remember going back to my hotel and rather than being drained, I was like, "Wow that was so cool that I just experienced that." The challenges were going there and experiencing that every day. But I also think bringing that emotion was intense. Can you talk about some of the challenges of playing this character?ĮB: It was intense all of the time and I think that was a challenge in itself. I think if anyone else was in that situation and loved someone that much, they would probably do the same thing.Īs India Hastings in 'Nocturnal Animals' Merrick Morton/Focus Features Then, reading about breakdown is really sad, and how it affects him, and how he feels so powerless. In fact, I even remember at Toronto, when that scene was finished, and I'm in the back of the car, there were audible gasps. HB: You read the script and started crying-what elicited that reaction?ĮB: I mean, it's shocking what happens. I was like, "Well, I'm not gonna say no, am I?" Harper's BAZAAR: What led you to audition for this role in the first place?Įllie Bamber: I got the tape through my agent, and I looked at the sheet and it said, Tom Ford, Jake Gyllenhaal, all of these people. Below, the rising star opens up about her harrowing role, getting naked onscreen and indulging her in her passion for pizza-at a Chanel show, no less. She admits to being a fashion chameleon and isn't afraid to take risks, veering from unexpected prints to a slick LBD with the confidence of a red carpet veteran. ![]() A major player in the fashion sphere ( just named her to its list of new style icons for 2017), Bamber is a muse of Chanel and, of course, Animals director Ford-she wore his body-hugging gowns exclusively for the film's press tour. The 19-year-old Brit is equally as arresting on the red carpet as she is onscreen. But despite the brutality of her storyline, Bamber appears to have taken delight in her scenes' logistics, admitting the stunts pumped her up-so much so that she accidentally knocked out Taylor-Johnson during a take. "I think if anyone else was in that situation and loved someone that much, they would probably do the same thing," she says of his dramatic trajectory. Bamber cried when she read the script, both for her India and her father, Tony (also played by Gyllenhaal), who vows to avenge his wife and daughter's deaths. Bamber is chilling I left the theater with the image of her naked, lifeless body entwined with Fisher's burned into my memory. As the book's scenes play out onscreen, India-spoiler alert!-is brutally raped and murdered, alongside her mother (Isla Fisher), by a gang of vicious, carjacking delinquents led by Ray (Aaron Taylor-Johnson, in a performance that will make your skin crawl). India is a character in the book sent to Adams' character, Susan, by her ex-husband Edward (Gyllenhaal). Though her time onscreen is relatively short in comparison to co-stars Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal, Bamber's portrayal of India Hastings will leave moviegoers shaken to their core. I sense she could talk about pizza all day, but we turn the conversation to Bamber's role in Tom Ford's latest film, Nocturnal Animals. The conversation with her manager (her mother) and rep ensues for several minutes as she weighs the possibility of white vs. Specifically, the kind she's going to order for a lunch. When I walk into Ellie Bamber's hotel room for our interview, she's talking about pizza. Welcome to Girl Rising, our recurring interview series featuring our favorite newcomers on the verge of stardom.
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