Kristin Scott Thomas details her fury at a director who told her to try and be more ‘appealing’ as she admits it made her feel ‘so cross’
She’s one of the UK’s most prolific stars, thanks to roles in award winning films such as The English Patient and Darkest Hour.
But Kristin Scott Thomas revealed a director once told her to be more ‘appealing’, a comment that left her blood boiling, as she discussed her prolific career with Town & Country on Wednesday.
The actress, 59, detailed the situation, without naming the filmmaker in question, to the publication, and admitted: ‘I was so cross!
Angry: Kristin Scott Thomas detailed her fury at a director who told her to try and be more ‘appealing’ as she admitted it made her feel ‘so cross’, in an interview on Wednesday
‘That really rubbed me up the wrong way. It kicked something off in me. Why the hell should I be appealing?
‘Why should I be pretty, and sweet, and kind, and nice, and have everybody love me? Why? I’m incredibly grumpy about lots and lots of things.’
While she expressed her dismay over the interaction, Kristin gushed about working alongside Phoebe Waller-Bridge on the Golden Globe-winning show Fleabag.
Frustrating: Without naming the filmmaker in question, Kristin said: ‘That really rubbed me up the wrong way. It kicked something off in me. Why the hell should I be appealing?’
In the incredibly moving monologue, her character Belinda talks in detail about how women are ‘born with pain built in’, compared to men who seek out pain elsewhere.
Of the scene, Kristin said: ‘I knew this was something that a lot of women were just longing to get out there, because I was too.
‘What’s so clever about Phoebe is she articulates these really buried feelings – she expresses what we’ve all been thinking about for ages.’
Kristin, who is next set to grace our screens on Military Wives, added that she is keen for viewers to become attached to her characters.
She explained: I want people to like my characters because they can identify with them in some way, because of the naughty bit, the bad bit that is recognisable in each of us. I think it’s sort of fun.’
Read the full feature in the spring issue of Town & Country, which is on sale from Thursday 20 February.
For more: Read the full feature in t he spring issue of Town & Country, which is on sale from Thursday 20 February