Lily James has said that her latest role, as Mrs. de Winter in the Netflix remake of Daphne du Maurier’s classic Gothic novel Rebecca, left her with panic attacks as she struggled to extract herself from the character’s “difficult headspace”. “I found it really hard to let go of the character [de Winter]. She’s really bullied and gas lighted, she lives in a difficult headspace. I kept having panic attacks after it finished, I couldn’t shake it off,” she commented, adding that she expects the Ben Wheatley-directed film to be “very different” from Alfred Hitchcock’s Oscar-winning 1940 adaptation, though she hasn’t viewed a cut yet. James was speaking in a BAFTA masterclass held at the 2019 International Film Festival & Awards Macao (IFFAM). During the talk, in which she charmed an attentive audience of local and international delegates, she also discussed how the cast of Downton Abbey had influenced … [Read more...] about Lily James On Why Latest Role In Netflix ‘Rebecca’ Remake Left Her Having “Panic Attacks” – Macao
