EntertainmentHow Hendrix and Led Zeppelin inspired Riley Keough to make Daisy JonesActress preferred to be inspired by men than women when giving life to the character, a famous singer in the 1970s yesterday at 23:37

There’s no lack of heavy rock reference for Riley Keough. The actress is simply the granddaughter of Elvis Presley – and although she wasn’t born when the singer died, in 1977, she certainly knows the whole trajectory of the star, in addition to having “inherited” his blood.

However, she sought other inspirations to build the character. Daisy Jones on the Serie Daisy Jones & The Six,based on the book of the same name by Taylor Jenkins Reid and available on Amazon PrimeVideo.

In an interview with Porter,Keough quoted the guitarist Jimi Hendrixand the band Led Zeppelin as influences of the fictional singer, who, in the plot, joins an already formed group and gets involved in a troubled relationship with the guitarist, Billy Dunne (Sam Claflin).

Interestingly, they are not female references. Although the 1970s (period in which the plot takes place) presented women relevant to rock music as Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie, Suzi Quatro, Patti Smith, Joan Jett and the sisters Ann It is Nancy Wilson, Riley preferred to rely on male figures.

“I was like, ‘I’m not going to exclusively look at women; I want to look at the Led Zeppelin It is Jimi Hendrix’. I pulled influence from men because I felt that Daisy was ahead of its time, in terms of how open and willing she was to step into a space and appear confident. I think that was very difficult for women in the past.”

For this, it was necessary to carry out a true research on rock music in the 1970s. Not only musically, but also aesthetically, with regard to clothing and body movements.

“I watched several videos of singers from that era to get a sense of their movements. There wasn’t the freedom that exists now for women – and it shows in the way they carried themselves on stage. It was much more restricted in the 1970s, so I struggled with that, because my body movements are inherent to my generation.”

Riley Keough, Daisy Jones and Drugs

Another point raised by Riley Keough during the interview was the approach she wanted to give to drug use by Daisy Jones. The character has chemical dependency issues, something the actress has seen happen in her family in real life.

“Since this is something I’ve experienced in my family, I wanted the moments where you see Daisy’s addiction to not feel glamorous. I wanted to make sure these moments have weight for everyone, to convey the idea that we are seeing humanity behind the closed doors of what people perceive as glamour.”

All episodes from the first season of Daisy Jones & The Six are available on Amazon Prime Video.