Interview with Stylist

December 2nd, 2011 • By Tayna • E-Articles, Kaya, Press, Wuthering Heights

Stylist has just posted their interview with Kaya, which you can read below:

Kaya Scodelario is a woman in transition.

At 19, she is on the cusp of both adulthood and international fame and was recently plucked from teen drama Skins to appear in Andrea Arnold’s big-screen adaptation of Wuthering Heights.

Not only that, she took on the lead role of Heathcliff’s Cathy, with no formal drama training and having never read the book (“our school didn’t do that,” she explains).

Not that any of this phases Kaya. In fact the up-and-coming talent of British cinema seems remarkably composed when we meet in central London to discuss her latest film.

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Out of Her Skin

November 18th, 2011 • By Tayna • E-Articles, Kaya, Press, Wuthering Heights

Now that my computer is back from repairs, here is a new interview from the Irish Times:

IF YOU THINK those Jane Austen fans are hardcore, doubtless you missed last year’s tweet storm – that’s a flame war in old-world net speak – down by Kaya Scodelario’s official Twitter feed. Emily Brontë fans were forced to reach for the smelling salts as the Skins star shared her good news: “I’m gonna be in the new Wuthering Heights film!” wrote Scodelario. “As Cathy! Should probs read the book…” She never did. Director Andrea Arnold forbade the young actor from reading the source novel and from watching any older adaptations. Hours before the film’s London premiere, Scodelario has yet to crack the spine on the third Brontë sister’s only surviving tome.

“I read a lot, but never came across it,” says the 19-year-old. “And I’m quite a technical person. I like to research. It was hard to stay away. But I understood. She wanted us to be very raw. Actually, I never read a whole script. The first time I found out what happened to the characters was when I saw the film.”

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Little White Lies Interview

November 16th, 2011 • By Tayna • E-Articles, Kaya, Press, Wuthering Heights

Little White Lies has posted a new interview with Kaya today, where they talk about filming Wuthering Heights. You can read it below:

Since finding her acting feet in British teen soap Skins, Kaya Scodelario has notched up roles in a low-budget British sci-fi (Moon), a mega-bucks Hollywood blockbuster (Clash of the Titans) and now an art-house period drama. LWLies sat down with Scodelario recently to discuss the gravity of taking on the female lead in Andrea Arnold’s atmospheric Wuthering Heights.

LWLies: Have you seen the film yet? What did you think?

Scodelario: I really liked it! It was weird because I never received a full script, we were given the lines the day before shooting. So watching the film was the first time I knew what was going on in the rest of the film! So it was really cool to watch. I took some friends as well, who I know would never have gone to see it if I wasn’t in it. They’d think, ‘That’s not my thing,’ and they really enjoyed it. It was nice to know that a younger generation enjoyed it.

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Kaya Featured In Tatler Magazine

November 14th, 2011 • By Tayna • Magazine Scans, Now Is Good, Press, True Love, Videos, Wuthering Heights

Kaya is featured in the latest issue of Tatler magazine, and also here is a new interview where she discusses Now Is Good and Love Life, and working with Dakota Fanning and Billie Piper. Enjoy!

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“Wuthering Heights” Exhibition

November 12th, 2011 • By Tayna • Other, Press, Production Photos, Videos, Wuthering Heights

To celebrate the release of Andrea Arnold’s radical adaptation of Wuthering Heights, Curzon Renoir cinema is hosting an exhibition of film stills and photos taken on the set by Agatha A. Nitecka. Those who purchase a ticket to see Wuthering Heights, will also be offered a free photoessay, which you can see below:

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