The gorgeous and talented Natalie Dormer covers the Fall Fashion issue of Los Angeles Confidential magazine.
In the feature the stunning actress, most known for her roles in Game of Thrones and the Hunger Games, opens up about her controversial Game of Thrones scene, being recognized by her fans in public, her plans for the future and more.
Highlights from Miss Dormer’s interview are as follows:
On her controversial Game of Thrones liaison scene with a 12 year old (played by a 17 year old actor):
“After what we’ve done on this show—the rape, the incest, the child murdering—it baffles me that two people in a reasonably good, reasonably affectionate relationship is what gets the wide eyes and the questions.”
On her fans and being recognized in public:
“Recognition can be a many-times-a-day occurrence. I get oil paintings from fans, computer-generated art from fans, fans approaching me in the toilet, fans approaching me in the sauna. It’s a Champagne problem, but I really can’t go anywhere without a ‘Wait. Aren’t you…?”
On her plans for her future:
“My five-year, no, 10-year, hell, my 55-year take is that I’m going to keep doing this as long as I can keep doing this. You look at my countrywomen like Judi Dench and Vanessa Redgrave and Diana Rigg—they’re gonna drop doing what they love to do. That’s where I’m heading. Someone’s going to have to carry me out.”
On being known for her roles in period pieces:
“…I’ve actually only done three corset dramas in 10 years. Kate Winslet’s spent more time in a corset than I have. Helena Bonham Carter has spent more time in a corset than I have. What Americans tend to forget is that I can carry a semiautomatic weapon and run around in jeans and t-shirts, too.”
On why she stays off social media and how her closest friends are those she’s known since childhood:
“I’ve been busy enough playing four different roles in the last four years…and I don’t have energy to put out some perfect image of Natalie Dormer that’s not the real me anyway. Most of my closest pals have nothing to do with the industry. They watched me struggle financially. They know my sob stories and the roles I missed out on and the nights when I never thought I’d work again.”
On keeping her private life private:
“I’ve been busy enough playing four different roles in the last four years and I don’t have energy to put out some perfect image of Natalie Dormer that’s not the real me anyway.”
On how she didn’t think acting was an option for her growing up in Reading, England:
“I didn’t know any actors and had no idea how to get into the profession, so I kept really quiet about it.”
On how her grandmother inspired her career in acting:
“She would take me to see Shakespeare’s tragedies in the ruins of the Reading Abbey, knocked down by Henry VIII and Cromwell, and my eyes totally opened up to the possibilities.”
On her trademark smile:
“I have a lopsided smile; what can I say? And if that message filters down to some girl looking in the mirror who feels she’s not completely symmetrical, then I am glad to have helped in some small, albeit ridiculous way.”
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