The new actress who played the "best role" in "Death on the Nile" was auditioned for the role of a maid.

The big attraction of the visualization work of Agatha Christie's novel is that it has a super luxurious cast. Even if you know who is the culprit through the original work and past works, you will definitely want to see it again.

Kenneth Branagh's "Death on the Nile", which was released in Japan on the 25th, was also directed by Gal Gadot, Annette Bening, Russell Brand, Sophie Okonedo (although it had a negative image in a personal scandal). Famous places such as Armie Hammer are available. However, the most delicious role of Jacqueline is Emma Mackey, who will make her debut in a major studio movie.

Born in France to a French father and an English mother, McKee is now 26 years old. She said in a telephone interview with the author that she wasn't going to aim for one of the three main characters, Jacqueline, in auditioning for this movie, and she was in a different role. Revealed.

"It's the role of a maid. She was set to be French. I had auditions a couple of times, but if I didn't get a reply all the time, I got a call asking me to take the role of Jacqueline again. At the audition, I was acting against Kenneth Branagh (who also starred). I couldn't believe I was acting with a big veteran like him. That was a special experience. But I got a role. I couldn't believe it more (laughs). It wasn't until I entered the shooting scene that the camera started spinning that I thought this was true. It was. "

Branagh explains why he chose McKee, "because it was the purpose from the beginning to make a surprise among the famous stars." In the meantime, he was looking for "a smart actress who can always show explosive emotions such as love, anger, and jealousy." She was McKee.

Especially at the beginning of the movie, Jacqueline shows too much love for Simon (Hummer). Simon is the destined person she met. However, when introduced to her friend and rich lady, Lynette (Gadot), Lynette steals Simon and quickly celebrates her wedding. Exactly expressing the feelings of Jacqueline who experienced such humiliation was very important in this work with the theme of "dangerously intense love".

However, McKee says that Jacqueline and himself have very little in common.

"That was the hardest part. Jacqueline acts intuitively and leaves it to the emotions. It's the first time I've approached a character so technically. I've also received voice training to change my voice a bit. I also studied my behavior. I thought about where I met Simon, when I was friends with Lynette, and the back story. I tried a lot of that kind of research. "

In the 1978 version, Mia Farrow plays this role.

"I've seen that movie in the past, but I haven't reviewed it for this time. In this script, she's written a bit differently and I don't want to base it on what someone did. That movie was great, but it's different now. The scale is big, the costumes and hair make are very nice. Now that I've experienced a pandemic, people want to see it in the theater. I wonder if it is. "

McKee himself spent a pandemic lockdown at his parents' home in France. She moved to England at the age of 17 and studied at Reed College, so it didn't seem that bad for her to spend a relaxing time with her family for the first time in a while.

"I went to the market with my parents, bought fresh vegetables, cooked. I spent those normal days. I know there are a lot of people who have had a very hard time in a pandemic. Knowing that I was blessed, I tried to be as positive as possible. I think our view of things changed with this pandemic. When we got out of this, the community became stronger than before. I hope that everyone is a better person. I am considerate of others and trying to reach out. I also cherish the earth more. Some of me There is plenty of hope, especially for people of my generation. I believe our generation will strive to heal ourselves and the planet. "

"Death on the Nile" is being screened only at the movie theater.

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