disappear and blend in. So I did spend a long time working with a coach and working with people locally, as well. And it was up there among the hardest accents I’ve ever done, the top three, for sure. But it adds so much to Mare, to the character. I didn’t want to come up with something that was sort of generalized and make a few kind of token sounds that were a nod in the direction of the Delco dialect. I wanted her to really feel as though she had been born and raised there. So I just did the work and kept doing it and kept doing it. Then finally, on the last day of the shoot, I was like, ‘Oh, I think I’ve nailed this now.’
Finally, it’s obvious by your roles that you love challenges but what do you do if you’re given a part that you really don’t think you can do? Panic! I mean it’s such an interesting question because I will say yes to something and then spend the entire time having said yes up to shooting it, telling myself I can’t play this part. Why did I say yes? Why did they even ask me? This was such a terrible idea. I mean actors are quite weird like that, and I’m definitely no exception. I go through this strange like questioning process and I’m a very good procrastinator as well, so I can think and think for a long time. And then the pressure hits and it’s really happening
and I know I have to knuckle under. And then I just can’t think about anything else. So the way that I think I deal with fear is just to really try and honestly face it; try very hard to just face it and do the work. It doesn’t matter how long I’ve been doing this job, you just can’t ever rest on your laurels. My dad has said to me my whole life, ‘You’re only as good as your last gig, babe.’ And I really believe that to this day. Plus we live in a world now where there are so many incredible actresses and it’s so exciting to see this.
But it does mean we all have to contribute. We’ve all got to stay in the game. You’ve got to work hard. You’ve got to deliver on integrity every time. No matter how much experience I’ve had, maintaining that sort of high standard of work ethic and integrity is really important to me. I think audiences can tell if you’re lazy or you haven’t quite learned your lines properly and you’re a little bit sort of skirting over the top of it. I think audiences need to be respected fully because, if it weren’t for audiences, then none of us would have a job. Being part of ‘Mare of Easttown’ really sort of hammered that into me. When it’s television, you’re going right into somebody’s home and entertaining them in their front room, you have to honour that place and you have to deliver. So I just try and work hard through the fear.
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