00:00you know, it's a stunning role, it's a wonderful role in that it's got a great kind of journey
00:07within it. And, you know, selfishly as an actor, there's a, you know, that's kind of what you're
00:14looking out for. It just felt very real to me, the story, it felt, the characters felt very
00:20plausible, the period felt very accurately depicted. And, yeah, it's a story that's just
00:28full of humanity, I think, and full of hope, even though these kind of terrible traumas
00:34inflicted upon this village. So, in a way, you know, they all do, all the characters go
00:42through this journey. And I think that the film spends time allowing the audience to get to know
00:50them, which I think is important. We sort of, we get to know who they are before the world
00:57tilts and changes. And they're all good people. And they're all just trying to get on with their
01:02lives. And they're all, you know, dealing with the same kind of worries and concerns that we,
01:10you and I might be dealing with on any daily basis as regards our children or about our work
01:14or about our futures, whatever, and then their world is turned upside down. So, yeah, it's a
01:20lovely, touching story, I think, and screenplay, certainly, like, Sash, when I read it, I kind of
01:27thought, yeah, I'd love to be a part of this. And I was just so impressed with how the filmmakers
01:34put the whole piece together. He completely gave me freedom. You know, if you're honest,
01:40when you work with a first time director, it's a little bit of a leap into the unknown, you don't
01:45quite know how things will unfold. But he was very open to ideas. He was very open. Every time
01:53we kind of set up a new scene, we, you know, it was for us to kind of find out how we wanted to,
02:00you know, make it manifest. And well, first of all, it's the script, it's the story itself,
02:06because that's, that's where we start from as actors. And I, I just felt like it's such an
02:11important story, and beautiful, poignant story, but still, you know, like, an extremely important
02:18one. I always feel that films that touch on subject of war, you know, like loss, that
02:26as a, of course, films are entertainment, of course. But it's also a fantastic reminder and
02:32kind of a lesson of do not repeat this, stay strong, you know, good will prevail. And I found
02:39all of this in the script, and that it was extremely beautifully written. You always learn
02:45something, you know, when, when you play a character, but I guess when it came to Louise, and
02:51and a lot of time, like, during, during filming, when I was like, Oh, my God, this girl, this girl,
02:58what she's going through, but the fact that she found this strength inside of her, you know, and
03:04she was a, in the beginning of the story, she's a very delicate little flower, you know, she
03:09I don't think she ever, like, held anything heavier than a loaf of bread or something, you
03:14know, she and the fact that she herself, this girl found the strength to go on to trust people to
03:21still have hope and love. That's something that I remind myself every day, you know, like that,
03:27that's what as humans, that's what we live for. And that's what we kind of thrive for, you know,
03:31to, for good to prevail for us to find a reason, no matter how they always find a light, no matter
03:40how dark it is. I learned, I learned from Adrian that love conquers all, you know, we all have our
03:52own relationship with love. But it just, you know, it just highlights that it's, you know, it's the
03:58most powerful emotion of them all. And we will go to whatever lengths it takes to protect the ones
04:07we love. And I think it's a really beautiful thing that the film expresses. It was really
04:14refreshing working with a director who, whilst he had a very clear vision, he was very open to
04:21suggestions. It didn't really matter how we got from A to Z, just as long as we got there one way
04:29or another. So it felt like a very collaborative sort of vibe on set, which I feel like is quite
04:37rare to find in filmmaking. It's usually something you find in theatre. So that was, that was really,
04:44that was really wonderful. Something I really cherished about the job. Yeah.
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