Esme Creed-Miles

Chanakya Neeti - Eleventh Chapter , English Proverb , Manning Barish , Arabic Proverb , Chanakya Neeti - Third Chapter

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It's so liberating to just have absolutely no filter and say exactly what's on your mind because you don't know otherwise.

Esme Creed-Miles
liberating , just , absolutely
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'Hanna' has grown up in wilderness. It highlights humanness and animal-ness in humans. She has an interesting take on gender and love.

Esme Creed-Miles
grown , up , highlights
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I was never a sporty kid. Then I discovered my physicality and running and endorphins.

Esme Creed-Miles
never , then , discovered
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Young action heroines feel in service of male gaze, rather than being the full complexity of a human being.

Esme Creed-Miles
young , action , heroines
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Sometimes punching a bag for half an hour was pretty cathartic and pretty necessary.

Esme Creed-Miles
sometimes , punching , bag
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Fight prep, boxing, cardio, stretching. It's almost like dancing, you have to learn to dance and keep practicing it.

Esme Creed-Miles
fight , almost , like
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I never wanted to be an actress. Acting wasn't in my mind. It wasn't in my calculations.

Esme Creed-Miles
never , wanted , acting
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What was really special about 'Hanna' as a character is her pursuit of agency.

Esme Creed-Miles
really , special , character
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'Hanna' doesn't maintain social norms. She doesn't have those boundaries. She speaks her mind and is very physical and funny.

Esme Creed-Miles
maintain , social , she
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I've never been someone who'd done any sports.

Esme Creed-Miles
never , been , someone
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I thought 'Hanna' was an opportunity to explore a character whose femininity was so raw and unconditioned by the modern world.

Esme Creed-Miles
thought , opportunity , explore
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It was so cool to be listening to, I don't know, some Cocteau Twins song while I was running through the Slovakian wilderness.

Esme Creed-Miles
cool , listening , some
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It's lovely to escape myself and play someone who actually inspires me and gives me strength.

Esme Creed-Miles
lovely , escape , myself
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I wish we did, in a way, grow up in the forest and we didn't all just post bikini pictures and work out just to look good.

Esme Creed-Miles
wish , grow , up
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I had to learn martial arts.

Esme Creed-Miles
had , learn , martial