- Hello, I'm Karen Gillan
and we are doing the WIRED Autocomplete Interview.
Here we go.
[upbeat bright music]
Like what's going on out there?
Am I on that feet fetish thing?
Those are the types of things I want to know.
What does Karen Gillan sound like?
Like this, like a Scottish person
that's maybe been on holiday in America.
It's very rare that I'm acting in my natural accent
and honestly, it's gotten to the point now where
I'm more comfortable acting in a different accent.
I'm really comfortable in an American accent
and sometimes I'll even use it to like a spam caller
and I like to keep them on the phone
for as long as possible,
I'll be American on those calls as well.
What character does Karen Gillan play in
it's not finished, "Avengers"?
My character is Nebula,
she is a bald blue alien who started
in "Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 1"
and she is a daughter of Thanos
the worst guy ever and sisters with Gamora.
And she's one of my favorite characters
that I've ever played actually,
she's kind of like this scapegoated sibling
in a terrible toxic family dynamic
and all this stuff I love to play.
What or is this all one thing?
I guess we'll find out,
what race is Nebula in "Guardians of the Galaxy"?
I don't know, I thought she was Kree
and then someone corrected me
and said part Luphomoid,
do I know what a Luphomoid is?
No, I don't.
What if Karen Gillan, what if Karen Gillan did what?
I dunno, what does it mean?
Who would ask this type of question?
Leaving us all hanging like this.
Okay, when did Karen Gillan join "Doctor Who"?
I was 21 years old so a baby
that was the big break of my career,
I went from not working very much
as an actor to being in a very beloved show in the UK.
And I miss it so much actually.
Will Karen Gillan return to "Doctor Who"?
Never say never, if I was asked, I would be really
really interested in Keane.
Oh, he would be really amazing,
I would like to do it with Matt Smith
and Arthur Darvill if I was gonna go back.
Who was Karen Gillan in "Call of the Wild"?
I played the dog, no I didn't,
so I played a character called Mercedes.
She was like a drunk woman trying to get some gold
and she wasn't very nice,
that's probably why she's not in the movie very much.
It felt like every time I have been drunk actually
was just now research.
Who was Karen Gillan stunt double in "Jumanji"?
Okay, so my stunt double was called Jahnel Curfman
and she is an incredible stunt woman.
We call her the real Ruby roundhouse
because she's the one that's actually doing roundhouses.
Okay, I'll tell you the truth,
you know what we do?
I will just turn around and I won't even lift my leg
and then they will CGI my leg in.
It's incredible, so yeah, she makes me look really good.
So thanks, Jahnel.
Thank you, is Karen Gillan a Karen?
No, no, I am not that type of Karen,
I think this is gonna be the death of the name Karen.
I think we're gonna be extinct,
maybe it's for the best.
Okay, is Karen Gillan a model?
Don't mind this question, no, I'm not, I'm not
I'm an actress.
When I first moved to London, I went
to drama school and then I dropped
out of drama school because I got one acting role
and then I just didn't have any acting work after that.
And then someone said,
"Oh, you could do modeling because you're a giant"
so it was more like graduate fashion week where
it would be like fashion students doing really weird things
with arm holes in weird places
and then I'd walk down the catwalk.
Is Karen Gillan in "Harry Potter"?
No, I do get confused with Ron Weasley a lot though,
but no, that's not me.
Is Karen Gillan in "Game of Thrones"?
No, I'm not in "Game of Thrones,"
actually remember I auditioned for "Game of Thrones"
and then got "Doctor Who" like right after that.
A few people have come up
to me and said that I look like Sophie Turner
which is a massive compliment and I'll take it,
but there was one guy that was like,
"Oh my God, I've just realized where I know you from
it's those electric blue eyes
that gave you away, Sophie Turner."
And like, he was looking at me
and I don't even have blue eyes.
Just wanted it to be Sophie Turner.
Okay, is Karen Gillan in "Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker"?
No, why do you think this?
I'm sorry I wish I was,
this is just reminding me of all the things
I don't have parts in.
What where the things I do have parts in?
- [Crew Member] These are just statements.
- I'm scared of the statements people make about me,
okay, Karen Gillan, how tall?
Okay, this is a question disguised
as a statement, 5 foot 11, weirdly tall.
Karen Gillan, Batgirl, I'm not Batgirl,
it's another role that I don't have, thank you.
Karen Gillan, "Gunpowder Milkshake" jacket,
that jacket is really cool,
the one that I wear in "Gunpowder Milkshake,"
it's orange, it's a bomber jacket,
kind of like Ryan Gosling's jacket in "Drive"
and I have the jacket, I own it,
it's mine and it's in my wardrobe.
Karen Gillan, Van Gogh,
I'm in a room full of Americans who are like, it's Van Gogh.
But in Britain we say Van Gogh, that's what we say.
I know why this is here,
it's because there is an episode of "Doctor Who"
we're we meet van Gogh and people love it, including me.
Karen Gillan funny, this is just a true statement,
this is just a fact.
Karen Gillan, "The Party's Just Beginning."
Okay, so "The Party's Just Beginning" is a film
that I wrote and directed.
It was a lot to be in something while directing it
next time maybe I'll just be behind the camera.
Next card, thank you.
Oh no, can Karen Gillan sing?
I used to sing a lot actually, when I was younger
a lot of musical theater,
but I don't really do it as much as I used to,
it used to be like one of my main things
and now it's just something that happens in the shower.
Can Karen Gillan fight?
Well, yeah, I mean, I don't know,
it's never been put to the test in like real life,
I've done a lot of action sequences now
so I've definitely gotten better.
Well, I like to think,
oh, you would pull out all the moves
that you've been taught on the films
like, get them into this hold and this thing,
but the sad reality is probably, I'm a possum.
Can Karen Gillan swim?
I can sort of swim, like if I was in the ocean,
I would definitely die.
Like I can get from one side of the pool to the other,
this has come up a few times.
So many times actually that my friend wrote a song
called Karen can swim and she raps on it.
Does Karen Gillan drive?
Ah, what is all the transportation?
No, I don't drive, I'm a woman in my 30s
and I can't transport myself on water or on roads.
Does Karen Gillan have siblings?
No, I'm an only child,
I think it would be fun to have siblings
but I don't have any and that's also fun
'cause I got so much attention growing up.
Rapid fire, rapid fire let's go.
How did Karen Gillan, this is really glued on
become famous?
I think that I became more known when
I got the part in "Doctor Who"
that was my big break and I went from nought to a hundred
in the space of an hour of that news being released
and it was a wild ride.
- [Crew Member] Can you read that line as Nebula?
- How did Karen Gillan get cast as Nebula?
I did an audition and got a call back, had to read
with James Gunn the director and then do a screen test
where they made me bald and blue
and then burst out crying during the screen test
but it was fine 'cause it made sense
in the context of the scene,
and then they gave me the part.
Was Karen Gillan in a soap opera?
No, wish I was though, love a good soap.
Where is Karen Gillan now?
I'm here with WIRED, reading this out.
It's good to be here now, this is good
I feel like I've landed in a good spot.
- [Crew Member] What did you learn about yourself today?
- I am a tall person who really needs
to learn how to drive
because this is just getting embarrassing at this point
it's being Googled by people.