This article has been translated from french to english by me. Do not take it without permission.
In this Ritz suite, Kaya Scodelario clashs a little among the mouldings and armchairs in blue satin: something in her gesture and in her almost aristocratic headwear blends very well with the decor, but her look says something else. Brut, almost severe. No tongues.
In the British drama ‘Skins’, where she played Effy, the sensitive teenager who fascinated all girls her age, Kaya Scodelario is always where we don’t expect her to be. At just 27, the beautiful Anglo-Brazilian already has 16 feature films, a wedding and a child on the clock, and she has no plans to slow down the pace. This year, she is once again moving the cursor with Extremely Wicked, shockingly Evil and Vile, Joe Berlinger’s biopic on serial killer Ted Bundy, which is just coming out on Netflix. She plays Carol Ann Boone, the murderer’s last wife before he was executed in 1989 in Florida, and got pregnant with him while he was already on death row. To prepare for the role, Kaya sees rare interviews with Carol Ann: “She voluntarily disappeared after her husband’s execution, I never got to talk to her. It’s complicated because I had a responsibility to her, I had to represent her honestly. With the archives, I was able to learn his body language and understand his voice.” She also met several women who had become infatuated with criminals while they were behind bars: “They have always fascinated me, there is something so human in it.”
On May 23, Kaya Scodelario and her husband Benjamin Walker attended the Outer Critics Circle Awards in New-York. UHQ pictures have been added to the gallery. Enjoy!