THE GUARDIAN – As well as an eight-year-old son and a two-year-old daughter, Kaya Scodelario is the dedicated parent of a 10-year-old French bulldog called Arnie. She is hiding from at least one of them during our video call, and says it’s the dog.

She is in the cosy and, crucially, locked spare bedroom of her home in north London, where she sits cross-legged on the floor. The mood is decidedly wholesome, and spiritually a million miles away from the place where audiences first encountered her, on Channel 4’s landmark teen drama Skins. Her character, Effy Stonem – sister to Nicholas Hoult’s Tony – uttered barely a word in series one and two; by series three she was the lead, captivating the boys of Bristol’s Roundview sixth form, not least by challenging them to sniff glue and start fires in return for sex with her. All the while, she was slipping deeper into trauma and depression.

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I’ve compiled under the cut the most interesting interviews Kaya Scodelario has done in order to promote The Gentlemen, enjoy !
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BEHIND THE BLINDS – So, let’s talk Susie Glass and The Gentleman! You play this smart, scary, cockney gangster who runs her father’s weed operation with an iron fist. It’s so refreshing to see the gangster genre making a woman the main protagonist, especially as it’s one of the least progressive genres of the modern era in terms of female agency and representation.

Were you excited when you got the script to see what Guy Ritchie’s vision was for Susie in this male-dominated universe?

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WONDERLAND – Since bagging the role of Effy Stonem at the age of 14, Kaya Scodelario’s tenacity has got her places. From gritty to grueling, her indelible performances have made her a household name – with her new role in Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen pulling her back into the buzz. But Kaya’s complexity also lies in her desire to unpick Hollywood’s fabric. Skins co-star and long-time friend, actor Nicholas Hoult, finds out why.

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