I find more interesting roles for women in period pieces. I do personally like watching period films; I think you can really get lost in the fantasy of them.
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I love period pieces. It's where my skill sets lie, with the horseback riding, the sword fighting and the accents. I love that world, and I love working on those big, epic shows. That's what I hope to find myself in, in the future.
I come from theater, and doing period stuff is so whimsical and imaginative and so outside any frame of reference than I have ever had so I prefer that just in terms of fun factor.
I've dabbled in period films in my career, and I've enjoyed each one.
I know I'm as comfortable doing period as I am contemporary. I suppose we grow up with it in a sense, in the theater. We get to put on costumes and play a lot of period dramas or plays so we're exposed to it a little bit more I think because of our theatrical background.
I've done a lot of period dramas, but I love modern productions, too.
As much as I love period movies and especially more swashbuckling movies, I think that sometimes they tend to be, umm... it's hard for the audience to relate to them.
I love period pieces. But it's hard to get money to make costumed dramas, so we'll see.
The only reason I would stay away from a period piece is because sometimes the women are painted in a very stereotypical weakling, wallflower way - that's something I don't want to do. I want to show strength in the women I play, and a journey of some sort.
A lot of period dramas can appear quite arch to most people, stuffy.
It's important that period films aren't seen as just a lovely visual exercise.
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