Chris Pratt is starring in the new adventure film “The Electric State.” At the movie’s premiere, the actor spoke to Access Hollywood’s Scott Evans about the film and also shared how he helped Patrick Schwarzenegger run lines for his “The White Lotus” audition.
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When it comes to her rising stardom, Aimee Lou Wood has plenty to smile about — with her real teeth.
But as "The White Lotus" actress has navigated a career working opposite some of the biggest stars in Hollywood, she admitted that it initially came with quite a culture shock.
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WATCH HERE“These people live in Hollywood. I live in my little flat in South East London," Wood, 30, told The Hollywood Reporter in an article published Feb. 26. "I’m so British in my sensibility that I wasn’t sure how to handle being around so many people who are so front-footed and confident. All I ever do is take the piss out of myself."
She added, "Even the way [White Lotus fans] are talking about me and my teeth — that I don’t have veneers or Botox — it feels a bit rebellious."
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SIGN UP However, the "Sex Education" alum has gotten used to the American approach, explaining that she has since learned to speak her mind, too.
“I would be more confident now to talk to a director about an idea I have," she explained, "or just to make s--- happen.”
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Her newfound confidence also helped her to score the role on the anthology series, of which she was initially a huge fan. When her former "The Electrical Life of Louis Wain" director became involved in the show, she decided it was time to throw her hat in the ring.
“The show was a complete hyperfixation of mine, and it was all I would talk about,” she said. “And then, on season two, Will Sharpe turned up, and I know him and I thought, ‘Maybe I could be in this?’"
Indeed, she could, as she scored the role of Chelsea, joining cast members including Patrick Schwarzenegger, Leslie Bibb and Parker Posey in the Thailand-set third installment of the HBO series.
But as for her biggest takeaways from the experience of working in the industry, which has now taken her all over the globe, it’s been learning to take pride in her roots.
“I spent a lot of my life worrying about being weird,” she added. “Now I’m realizing it could be my superpower.”
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