Carey Mulligan has discussed her thoughts on #MeToo, life before children and toxic masculinity in her new film Promising Young Woman in a new interview.
Talking in the latest issue of NET-A-PORTER’s digital title, PORTER, the screen star, 34, revealed she noticed the positive changes within the TV and film industry when she was given a code of conduct for the first time back in 2017.
The award-winning actress, who shares Evelyn, four, and Wilfred, two, with husband Marcus Mumford, 33, also insisted she’s content with juggling her career with her role as a mother, sharing: ‘I haven’t been in a bar in ages, and I’m very glad of that’.
Candid: Carey Mulligan has discussed her thoughts on #MeToo, life before children and toxic masculinity in her new film Promising Young Woman in a new interview for PORTER
Carey has been keeping busy promoting her new movie Promising Young Woman, which follows the story of her character Cassie, a barrister who feels unfulfilled in her life.
In a bid to lift her spirits, the medical school dropout lets loose at bars every week, where she becomes intoxicated and on the brink of passing out.
During one raucous outing, men who pretend to ‘help’ her end up attempting to take advantage of her drunken state.
The thespian claimed her project, penned and directed by Killing Eve showrunner Emerald Fennell, highlights the importance of awareness surrounding topics such as sexual assault and toxic masculinity.
‘I was given a code of conduct’: Talking in the latest issue of NET-A-PORTER’s digital title, the screen star, 34, revealed she’s noticed the positive changes within the industry
Blonde beauty Carey said: ‘It’s funny, because the reaction I first had when I read the script was, “This is soooo romantic”.
‘[But] Emerald’s [point] was: if [you] take someone home and they are really drunk, and then that person reveals they are not drunk, and you feel guilty, then you know what you are doing isn’t right.’
‘What we reflected on, making this film, was the amount of real-life stories like this we know. A lot of this film is stuff that pretty much every woman I know has experienced in some way. ‘
#MeToo is a social media movement against sexual harassment which grew following a wave of allegations against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, who was found guilty of two of five felonies on February 24.
In character: The TV and film star has been keeping busy promoting her new movie, which follows the story of Cassie, a barrister who feels unfulfilled in her life (pictured left)
The Wildlife star revealed she witnessed her field was making a change for the better when she received a code of conduct document while starring in Dennis Kelly and Lyndsey Turner’s play Girls & Boys.
‘The first concrete measure I saw was doing a play at the Royal Court called Girls & Boys’, she recalled. ‘They gave us a document that was a code of conduct… I had never had that in my career.
‘If that had been going on when I started at 18, it would have felt different. Now, I really think it would be wild for something to happen on set. No one would turn a blind eye.’
Family first: The thespian shares children Evelyn, four, and Wilfred, two, with husband Marcus Mumford, 33 (pictured in May 2012)
When asked whether she misses her life before welcoming her kids, the mother-of-two, who wed musician Marcus in April 2012, declared: ‘Noooo.
‘In fact, every time we stepped into a new bar set, Emerald and I would both be like, “God, we haven’t been in a bar in a really long time”. And I’m very glad of that.’
Available now: You can read the full interview over at Porter
Carey has been able to identify with her on-screen characters, many of which have seen her portray a parent.
On switching up the narrative for Promising Young Woman, she said: ‘One part that really struck me was that, for the last couple of years, I have been playing moms.
‘I was a mother in Mudbound, I had a 14-year-old in Wildlife. And then I read this script where I am working in a coffee shop and have no dependents.’
The Doctor Who actress posed up a storm in a series of fashion-forward designer outfits for the publication’s accompanying shoot captured by critically-acclaimed photographer Rory Payne.
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Working it: The Doctor Who actress posed up a storm in a series of fashion-forward designer outfits for the publication’s accompanying shoot captured by photographer Rory Payne