The movie’s star, Hannah Murray on fame, being a student and the Cannes Film Festival
Hannah Murray is one of the nation’s most adored young actresses who first shot to fame as Cassie in Channel 4 drama Skins. With a sweet personality and cute smile she has brains to boot (she’s studying English at Queens College), and this actress proves there’s no excuse not to follow both your professional and academic passions.
Since the age of 17, Hannah’s been breaking the mould in the acting game. Now at 21, she talks about growing up inside her Skins character, through to her latest film Chatroom – a story that follows teenagers who meet online and encourage each other’s destructive behaviour.
For your first acting appearance in Skins, did you feel really nervous the first time you were on set? Yes, the whole thing was completely unexpected for me. I was 17 when I started, so the fact that my character was the way she was – dippy and damaged – was a scary thing as well as because it was all so new to me.
Regarding the role of Cassie, arguably the most adored cast member by the majority of Skins fans, do you feel she was a test? Was there anything you’ve discovered about yourself growing up? Yeah, I think I learnt loads because it was two years of my life and I grew up a lot along the way while doing it, not just because of acting, but also in general.
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What do you think about the issue of young people, like Cassie, who suffer from low self-esteem? Everyone goes through periods of low self-esteem. I definitely have had moments of being really insecure and I guess I still do. I think that’s why Cassie is a character that a lot of people can relate to, even if they didn’t have problems that are quite as extreme as hers. But everyone knows what it’s like – not being sure about yourself and doubting yourself. There are people who come across as really confident, but they also have issues, so it’s more about learning to deal with it and to overcome your fears and not let it take over your life.
You’ve developed a promising career. How would you encourage youngsters who have talent to push through their fears into the unknown like you? I think life in generally is pretty terrifying, so doing new things is always quite a scary prospect, but not in the same way as falling in love is scary or university is scary as those are both exciting at the same time. You need to be focused and go for it, because it’s sad to hold back just because you’re worried things will go wrong. Life is about making mistakes too, so you learn things. Even if you try but fail, the main thing is knowing that you tried.
What have you been up to lately? I’ve just finished filming for The Tamed Ones, which we
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Interview by Saima Azam
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