Actress Mia Wasikowska stated she left Hollywood behind for her native Australia as a result of she “didn’t entirely like the lifestyle” of doing film after film, which made her really feel “disconnected” from her group.
“I want to do more things in life other than be in a trailer,” the Jane Eyre actress revealed to IndieWire in an interview printed Friday.
Not so way back, Wasikowska was a Hollywood “it” woman, starring in blockbuster motion pictures like Disney’s Alice in Wonderland and Crimson Peak. But she stated after residing the fast-paced life-style since she was a teen, she was prepared for a change of tempo.
“I didn’t entirely like the lifestyle of going back-to-back-to-back. I felt really disconnected from any greater community,” she stated.
“I was doing it since I had been 17 — well, more like 15 — but really working a lot from 17. I spent 10 to 15 years, completely like, new city, new country, every three months. And it’s like starting school again every few months. Especially when you’re younger, when you don’t have that base. I found that really hard.”
The 33-year-old stated that led her to need to discover a place the place she may put down roots.
“Maybe if the pay-off is good and you feel really great doing it, then that’s OK. But I didn’t. So, I wanted to establish that for myself on a personal level and have more of a sense of somewhere I belong that’s not just on a film set that ends every few weeks,” she stated.
Wasikowska moved again to Sydney just a few years in the past and, since then, has been engaged on Australian unbiased initiatives like Blueback, a drama about an oceanographer advocating for coral reefs towards poachers, which got here out final yr.
The Alice Through the Looking Glass actress stated she’d prefer to work on Hollywood movies sometimes however doesn’t see herself shifting again to Los Angeles full time.
“I’m pretty content,” she stated. “If I can have the best of both worlds, which is dip in and out of it occasionally, I’d be really happy. But I wouldn’t ever be in that place where I was just on a treadmill.
“I want to do more things in life other than be in a trailer. It’s great, and there are lots of great things, [but] the perception of it is quite different from the reality. And it didn’t suit me as a person. You can really lose perspective because you’re treated quite strangely. When that’s your only reality, it’s quite strange.”
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