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Melia, for someone who didn’t want to be an actress you are having a pretty busy time of it! Does it now feel like it’s what you were always meant to do? Yes, yes, surprisingly, yes. It’s strange it happened. I mean I worked for it, I didn’t just wake up one morning and decide to do it, but it wasn’t from a young age like it was for a lot of people. But it’s quite strange to find myself here... [giggling]
Your mother and godfather encouraged to try acting. They must love watching you at work – with a certain level of satisfaction and ‘I told you so’? [laughing] Yes, well actually I don’t think they pay too much attention, I think they’re just happy I’m making a living. I think they knew I’d be super happy my whole life, but I don’t think they knew I’d be in films, but I think they are just super happy that I can keep up with my electricity bills! [laughing]
You’ve played several temptresses, from the seducer of Jeremy Irons in The Borgias through to Bathsheba; quite tough roles to cut your teeth on… I think we all have a bit of everything in us, so I think the tough part might just be getting in touch with the element inside of you that might not necessarily be at the forefront of your personality most of the time. So I’m not a temptress or anything, [laughing] it’s just a matter of getting in touch with that side of you to intrigue someone and draw them in I guess. Once you tap into that it should feel pretty easy, we all have a bit of everything inside of us I think!
LEFT TO STUDY IN ENGLAND AND EVEN NOW I GO BACK AS MUCH AS I CAN. THERE IS SUCH A
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VIBRANT ARTISTIC COMMUNITY IN ATHENS, WITH EXHIBITIONS AND NEW PLATFORMS TO
SHOWCASE ALL SORTS OF ARTS IN THIS CITY AND IT’S DEFINITELY ONE OF MY TOP PLACES TO BE
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You’re half Greek and were educated in Athens, that’s quite an inspirational place to be schooled for someone in the arts like yourself?
I ADORE ATHENS. I GREW UP THERE MY WHOLE LIFE UNTIL I
Yeah, it is, I adore Athens. I grew up there my whole life until I left to study in England and even now I go back as much as I can. There is such a vibrant artistic community in Athens, with exhibitions and new platforms to showcase all sorts of arts in this city and it’s definitely one of my top places to be in terms of art and especially in terms of cutting edge ideas, you know. They really push the envelope here and the backdrop of such things as the Acropolis, that’s incredible.
It must hurt you now to see how Athens and its people are struggling? Yes, it’s very hard. It’s heart breaking – and I say that with all the Greek sentiment that I can muster – it’s truly heart breaking. It makes you want to cry and scream at the same time, but I think that if anything in terms of the artwork here it will push a lot of people and I can see so many of my friends working ten times harder and just really chasing after their dreams and doing their absolute best. One of the most admirable things I’ve noticed is that no one’s giving up in terms of their dreams, what’s heart breaking is that it’s really a lot harder to get those dreams to manifest now.
Let’s talk about Tyrant; I was addicted to the first series! Great! Can you tell us much about the second series, which is eagerly anticipated here in the UK, without giving away some of the story line, as it’s yet to air in the UK? Oh yes of course! It’s definitely faster and more dangerous and includes a far bigger world outside the palace; the first series was definitely setting the foundation for what’s to come. It really allows the audience to get into the presidential family in
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