Kaya Scodelario thinks she’s been “very lucky” in her profession.
The 33-year-old actress got here to prominence in Skins, the British teen drama, again in 2007, and Kaya was capable of make a seamless transition to Hollywood, as a result of American casting administrators took a liking to her accent.
The movie star advised The Impartial: “I used to be very lucky that within the States my accent didn’t sound widespread.”
The British-Brazilian actress believes that the nuances of Britain’s class system have been misplaced on casting brokers in Hollywood.
Kaya stated: “I simply seemed like a British individual. And so they embraced my being Brazilian in a approach that the UK by no means did – individuals wished me to be the English rose as a result of that’s simpler than having to say all of the vowels in my surname appropriately.”
Kaya discovered fame as a youngster and he or she truly “felt extra like an grownup” than she does now.
The actress – who has two youngsters together with her ex-husband Benjamin Walker – defined: “I used to be put into fairly a bizarre business and surrounded by grown-ups on a regular basis so needed to study in a short time easy methods to current like a grown-up in an effort to be taken significantly.
“However since I’ve hit 30 I’m actually having fun with not being the grown-up everybody needs me to be. I nonetheless have tasks and I like a whole lot of maturity – saying no to issues, and having my very own voice – however I additionally need to do karaoke in a dodgy bar at three within the morning with some mates I’ve simply met.”
In the meantime, Kaya lately revealed that she’s discovered “actual peace” since turning 30.
The movie star has embraced maturity since her milestone birthday in 2022.
Chatting with Stylist journal, Kaya stated: “Since turning 30, I’ve actually loved being an grownup.
“It is such a cliche however I’ve turn out to be OK with saying no to issues, not needing to exit on a regular basis, however prioritising what I need to do, feeling assured in my decisions, in what I am sporting or how I like my hair.
“I’ve discovered actual peace, which I by no means felt earlier than, as a result of I used to be on present from the age of 14. I do not really feel the necessity to examine myself to anybody else.”
Kaya defined that monetary safety for her household is considered one of her high priorities amid the uncertainty of the appearing business.
She stated: “Rising up with an immigrant mother or father (her mom is Brazilian), I all the time considered success as ensuring that, financially, all the pieces’s all proper and we will get by to the following week. So I’ve all the time had that work ethic of creating positive that I am secure in order that I could make my household secure and make my children secure.
“To achieve success creatively is tough in an business the place we’re not in command of what initiatives we do and nonetheless must pay the mortgage so I really feel very grateful that in the previous few years all of the work I’ve put in means I can discover success in little moments.”