Florence Pugh Interview Lady Macbeth Premiere

Thrilled to be back, but of course part of it is being back with the film that I'm really, really proud of. We filmed it last year, it's been completed in a year, and I'm here two years after The Falling, so I'm pretty chuffed that we've dished this out, and I'm fingers crossing that everybody likes it, to be honest. She's a kick-ass girl in 1865 who decides that that's not the life that she wants to have, and I don't know who would be crazy enough to turn down a role like that, specifically in this time, right now, and she's incredibly inspirational. That was the part of the role that really inspired me to do her and do her correctly, because, well, it's important. I tell you what, to do with the intimate moments, it really helps when you have someone who's as feisty as you are. There's nothing worse than doing a sex scene when someone doesn't go the full 100 per cent, because you're there being like, sorry, can I touch you? 100 per cent with a ball bag, but it's not like 100 per cent, 100 per cent, is it? No, no, no, no, I'm talking about... It's 100 per cent with cloth in between. I'm not talking about 100 per cent, 100 per cent. I'm talking about, you know, the... Emotionally. Yeah, the confidence that it takes for two people to do it, and it's so helpful to have someone that's at the same level as you who just wants to put their all into it, and then of course the embarrassment is gone. You just get into the scene and try and make it work, and then there's no embarrassment. So those intimate moments were incredibly helpful to have someone like Cosmo, who wanted to find the moment every time that we tried, so, yeah. What do I want the audience to gain from this film? Oh God, I don't know. That, yeah, that was, that's, that's... But yes, you totally agree. I totally agree with what Will said. I think also just to see a change in period film. You know, every time we sit down and watch a period film, we see the same girls getting abused by a marriage, and she's kind of doing the same things that we see in every other film. This is different, and I really love the fact that audiences so far have really found that thrilling, and that's exactly what we set out to do.