and you've overcome a
real problem with reading and I don't know if you've been diagnosed
with Dyslexia
I was. When I was six, um,
They found I couldn't read at all and so I was diagnosed with Dyslexia at about six and a half or something
but you don't get a statement when you are six, they kind of wait
so um, I had asked for an agent when I was three and
and my mom said, "no. Absolutely not" and finally
she said. "ok, if you work with me every single day for the summer holiday and come to me with a
with a smile on your face I will at the end of it, get you an agent.
From then on, as long as I kept my grades up
Then I was allowed to work during the Summer Holiday. So the acting was really
like my carrot. Do well at school
So by the time I was 11, I had a lot of help from my parents, amazing teachers and great tutors as well
i pretty much have overcome it.
and its not a problem now
Why is it important
to you to research and read and know this character
do you really need to get inside her? I just enjoy it.
I think many people do it in many different ways. I just think it it was based on such a
wonderful biography by Amanda Foreman, such a beautifully written book that
it sort of you know
it's wonderful to be able to have that much background knowledge to be able to
come to pick parts of her actual life and i think that's really help them we can use this and we can use that
I find that really helpful.