Emma Mackey between shadow and light
2023 is the year of contrasts for Emma Mackey. The French-British actress, revealed in 2019 in the series Sex education from Netflix is in fact showing two films: Emilia by Frances O’Connor (March 15) e Barbie by Greta Gerwig (expected on July 19, after a visit to Cannes?).
In the first she plays Emily Brontë in a biopic that moves away from the usual codes to explore the complex brain of the mysterious author. This results in a gothic feature film sometimes looking at the supernatural. A project that contrasts with Barbiein which he gives the answer to Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.
He’s just haloed by BAFTA of revelation 2023 for her portrayal of Emily Brontë that we met her in Paris.
Become Emily Bronte
It was after several rehearsals that director Frances O’Connor offered the role of Emily Brontë to Emma Mackey. A role very far of the image that the actress had of the author discovered in high school:
I had to get rid of what I had read (…) I had a hard time letting go of the historical side, I had to drop all of that. Frances’ story is biased. I was surprised when I saw that the film was an ode to creation and imagination. We see someone come to life thanks to her brain. She tries to decipher the mechanisms, how her imagination of her works, with its share of pain and fears that this can cause (…)
The six-week shoot in isolation in Yorkshire allowed the film crew to fully immerse themselves the atmosphere imagined by Frances O’Connor. Six weeks that marked Emma Mackey a lot, who chose to take a break after filming:
I didn’t get rid of the role very easily. It was very intense and cost me a lot. I also learned a lot. I chose to take a break after filming. I knew I had to take my time and struggled to find a script I liked, right down to Barbie. It was what I needed, pink and joy, after Emily’s darkness.
A remarkable sequence
It’s dark, there is in Frances O’Connor’s film, especially in a suggestive scene, in which Emma Mackey hides behind a mask and finds herself possessed by the spirit of her late mother under the astonished eyes of her brothers and sisters. A moment as intense to film as to watch:
It was really like a theater scene for us. We shot it for several days and almost every time in sequence. This scene haunted me (…) is really the turning point of the film, where we understand that it will not be a simple period biopic. It is a real bias, between the supernatural and the real. It’s the only time we see his brothers and sisters break down barriers and become children again. They never talk about this mourning that unites them.
Emma Mackey director?
After filming under the direction of Frances O’Connor and Greta Gerwig, both actresses before becoming administrators, Emma Mackey admits she was inspired by these trips. Realization, she thinks about it:
I’ve always had this desire to reach out. I like the production aspect of a film, being at its conception, finding the right people to build the puzzle (…) I love my job but I find being at the genesis of projects more complete. This was the case with Barbie. Greta Gerwig had surrounded herself with the best people, and we were all dedicated to making her proud, whether it was me or Margot Robbie, or Ryan Gosling (…) A brain like hers inspires. But I still have a lot to learn, and all the better.
Source: Cine Serie
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