I personally find it more exhilarating to get into the antagonist’s arc. I want to understand what a person is protecting, what they’re hiding, and what happens when their motives pull them in different directions.
Psychological thrillers and character-led stories are where I’d like to go further. I’m interested in roles that leave room for contradiction, and stories that keep changing how we understand someone.
I write too. Writing has been central to how I’ve grown as an actor. To write a character, I need to feel their core and their arc from the inside. That work follows me into a performance.
Arcs I see myself in
Personal reference points, not production credits or claims of affiliation. Use the controls, arrow keys or swipe to move through all thirteen.
I shoot my studies in a single take to stay with the emotion and the character’s arc. I’m learning to direct myself as I go.
The notes sit beside the work: what I wanted to try, what challenged me and what I learned. My current studies draw on Basic Instinct, Anna, The Idol and Lucy, with three approaches to Lucy’s “I feel everything” scene.