In an interview with The Independent, the star of Cinderella and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again said that he always gets emotional when he sees the film again.
The actress lily james (In Rhythm of Escape) revealed that he is always surprised every time he watches the classic Alien, The Eighth Passenger (1979), from Ridley Scott (Gladiator 2). The reason? The voice of the Nostromo ship’s onboard computer, known as motherwas played by none other than her grandmother, the actress Helen Horton.
In an interview with The Independentthe star of Cinderella and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again He said that he always gets emotional when he sees the film again: “I was watching it recently because I thought about Sigourney Weaver as inspiration for a role I wanted to play. And every time I stop and think, ‘Oh my God, this is crazy, that’s my grandmother!‘”
Even in a voice-only role, James says that her grandmother left an unmistakable mark: “Her voice was magical. She had that rich, almost British tone, like the big movie stars of that time.” The actress also revealed that she used this curious connection to impress the director Edgar Wright during the filming of In Rhythm of Escape (2017):
“The only time I actually played this card was to impress Edgar. I said: ‘I don’t know if you know, but my grandmother…’. And, being the movie buff that he is, he thought it was simply great!”
In addition to Alien, Helen Horton He had a solid career in British theater and television. Graduated from Northwestern University, she shared the stage with Patricia Neal and took on the role of Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire in London production, after the departure of Vivien Leigh.
In an interview prior to Harper’s Bazaar, lily james had already mentioned the importance of his grandmother in his life and artistic career: “She had so much elegance, a bone structure to die for, and an American accent so old it sounded British. The stories of her life as an actress were legendary in our family.”
Source: E.W.
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