What is clear from speaking with Smith is his genuine pride and admiration for the film and being part of its cinematic adaptation. Smith was on his way home from the Victorian capital when he immersed himself in Owens’ book, first as an audio book listened to at “one and a half times speed” and then read on the plane home, where he found himself so overcome with emotion a stewardess checked on him to make sure he was ok. “They're such welcoming, kind people and very fun.” From sunny Los Angeles, he tells us he recently spent some time in Melbourne filming Blacklight with Liam Neeson and developed an affinity for the country. It is my hope to give my future kids a better understanding of their Dad through the years.Smith is affable to speak with, a warmth radiating through our pan-pacific call at 7am AEST.
I like photography, capturing moments of me and my friends, riding my Harley to clear my mind, and I journal every day religiously. She changed my life that night, I’ll be forever grateful to her.ĭo you have a favorite hobby or hidden talent that you practice in your spare time? I was incredibly nervous, and 15 minutes into the class, Pam made me come up to the front to “dive into the salsa,” as she says. Pamela Shae was teaching, and I was the youngest kid there, by a long shot, surrounded by mostly adults. I remember in my first acting class, I hid in the back seats trying to disappear. I was at a crossroad in my personal journey, and God showed me something foreign, scary, and beautiful that ended up being exactly what I needed. I think that if I had always dreamed of becoming an actor, it would have never happened. Can you tell us about that day? Do you think your career would’ve grown so far if it wasn’t for that? Your career blossomed after you filled in for your younger sister in an acting class. I think it originally was my mom, who didn’t care when I was a kid if I watched R- rated movies, as long as it was good storytelling and writing, and her consistent call to “Tell the truth, Taylor.” I owe my brilliant mom the world and then some. Any genre that dabbles in character driven stories, I’ll be a sucker for. Thank you to Gillian Flynn for your brilliant writing and to Amy Adams for making each take feel exhilarating and special.įrom all your films, would you say you acting in genres like action and thrillers are your favorites, or could you possibly see yourself maneuvering into a new direction in the future?
It had such a strong impact on my heart, and I felt myself not being able to shake John Keene when I went home. I feel like I related to John Keene the most at that time in my life.
In SHARP OBJECTS, Jean-Marc Valle was beyond brilliant in helping me understand myself within my character. Andrew Bundermann whom I had the honor of playing, and I felt a great sense of patriotism, wanting to do justice to the brave soldiers who gave so much on that deployment. In THE OUTPOST, I felt a deep responsibility to the Gold Star families, especially to Lt. For SHADOW I feel like our brilliant director, Roseanne Liang, made all the technical stuff and direction such a breeze so that our incredible ensemble of actors could just show up and start playing without feeling any strain. They all brought something so beautiful and different that it’s impossible to choose. That means transforming my body more into Tate’s, learning the dialect, and immersing myself in that time and place in history.įrom Shadow in the Cloud, The Outpost, to Sharp Objects, which production did you relate the most to and which one did you most enjoy being a part of? And after a ton of my friends and family came out of the woodwork to tell me how much the book meant to them, I knew it was a special opportunity I had to get right. I’m incredibly excited about it not only because I get to work with the crazy talented Daisy Edgar-Jones and Olivia Newman, but because the book really struck a chord with me. WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING is the next film I’m prepping for. I have a huge newfound respect for stuntmen and stuntwomen and what they put their bodies through to tell a great story. There was a ton of training every day for about a month (even over Zoom during my two weeks in quarantine) to get these fights as perfect as they could be. The amount of work and creativity put into these fights by Mark Vanselow, our stunt coordinator, was insane. This was my first-time doing stunts for a film. We play deep cover FBI agents in search of the truth. I just finished filming an Action/Thriller in Australia with Liam Neeson. Could you tell us the roles/characters that you play and how you prepared for these roles?
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