While promoting her latest horror film, ‘Relic‘, Emily Mortimer reflected on her cinematic beginnings in America, revisiting her roots with Angelina Tyler in ‘Scream 3‘ and the legendary Wes Craven.
“I did this audition, got the job, and it was Wes Craven. I truly owe him a lot. That was before ‘Lovely and Amazing‘, and I’m sure I wouldn’t have landed that role if I hadn’t already been in a movie and done an American accent; you know what I mean?” she shared with Perri Nemiroff from Collider.
“He was a real advocate for me, and I loved working with him. He was the most gentle, intelligent, quietly spoken person, yet possessed such great humor and insight. He was incredibly kind and, for some reason, he really took to me. After working with him on that, I went on to do ‘Paris, je t’aime‘. You know, they made ‘New York, I Love You‘ and ‘Paris, je t’aime‘, a series of shorts by different filmmakers. It was the first one, and he chose me for that project. I did a little short with him, and then filmmakers were invited to dress up their muses as famous movie stars. He dressed me as Audrey Hepburn for The New York Times.”
Want more? Watch her EW interview where she reveals her initial suspicion that her character was the killer.
