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By springs end, the series will have concluded and itll be out of her life.
Thats all fine by her shes more than ready to discuss other things.
Headey plays the formidable Sweet Saraya, a source of matronly care and windpipe-crushing clotheslines in equal measure.
Early 1980s, unhealthy local gentlemen in tights.
When you see the big nights, the WWE events they kind of own that realm.
But weve got all these great, colorful characters.
Just smashing the shit out of each other, someone bleeding by the end.
This was commonplace at home growing up?
Home for me is Yorkshire, very similar to Norwich.
I liked that, that we get a clear and personal impression of Norwichs character.
In films about the U.K. coming from Hollywood, theres usually this vague, generalized idea of Englishness.Yeah!
Yorkshire was the county, Huddersfield being my actual town.
Pubs, loads of pubs.
Big mining community that got shut down, all the work fell away.
Simple, honest living.
Unless thats what youre asking me?
In which case, uh, justdontpull the foot back?
Theres the great scene where Florence Pugh gives the other girl a receipt after taking a hit for real.
Did such a situation actually arise during filming?Not once, because Florence is amazing, superhuman.
To be completely upfront, I must confess that I do not watchGame of ThronesOh, thank God!
Which is why I canvassed some friends for their burning questions.[Laughing.
]You were about to be the only one!
1: Theres been a steep spike in consumption of incest-themed pornography in the years sinceGame of Thronesdebuted.
Sorry to say there hasnt been an awareness, but now there definitely is.
Always good to be influential, though.
This will be a legacy of great honor.
Hey, share the love!
Fucking hate the Turnip.
Cant wait to be rid of her.
Didnotbring that one home with me.
How do you think its aged?I hadnt thought of it until right now, in all sincerity.
Mostly, my hope rewatching it would be thatIveaged well.
But I can definitely see the relevance, of course.
Ive enjoyed thePurgemovies, particularly the first one.Well, the first oneisthe best one.
What would you do on Purge night?Oh, God.
Well, I wouldnt kill anyone.
I dont think I have that in me.I couldnt do it!
Steal everything I could possibly get my hands on.
One night, whole new wardrobe.
Id want to ride a police horse.
Get on one, and just ride it down Sixth Avenue.
Could present a problem.
Theres going to be competition for the horse, isnt there?
You think youre the only person whod want to ride it?
Wherever the horses are, that will be a hot destination on Purge night.
Do you have different variations on the American accent?I do.
Are you going to test me?
Not much point to that, this is going to be in print.I see.
I can do California.
Nice try.Do it like Mary Poppins if youve got to.
Say something uh, say, The phone is ringing!
[Disastrously] The phone is ringing!You sound like Julia Child.
it’s possible for you to feel it.
Its a smell in the air.
Its not that in the moment, youre thinking,Oh, wow, this sure is shit.
you’re able to tell when somethings got legs.
The simple theme of socially accepted murder, you could go on with that forever.
Well, now theyve got the TV show, so I guess they are.Really, a TV show?
Is there something going on there?
[Pantomimes locking a key sealing her mouth.]
Last thing, then: wrestling names.
No one would expect it!
Wouldnt even have to touch my opponents and theyd already be down.
