'The Queen's Gambit' star discussed fame in a recent interview with 'The Sunday Times', explaining she doesn't need to know everything that has been written about her.
Anya Taylor-Joy Opened Up On Dealing With Fame
Recently seen in 'Last Night in Soho', Taylor-Joy opened up on having a hard time dealing with being followed around by paparazzi at times.
"There are definitely moments when I’m like, 'Am I going to become a recluse? Am I not going to go outside anymore?'" she said.
When it comes to media coverage, the actress said she is fine with her friends keeping certain things from her.
"You have to pick your battles. If everything was constantly bothering you, you’d be miserable. There are definitely times when my friends just won’t tell me something. They’re like, 'She doesn’t need to know that.' And I’m like, 'That works for me!'"
Now a global brand ambassador for Dior, the award-winning actress said the experience has been providing her with a "crazy education in fashion".
"I’m not very good at showing off. I look like a 12-year-old boy 99% of the time," said Taylor-Joy.
"When I was a teenager I would accrue clothes from my dad or brother because I wasn’t much of a shopper. I still wear one of my dad’s check shirts."
Anya Taylor-Joy On The Hardest Scene To Film In 'The Queen's Gambit'
Earlier this year, Taylor-Joy revealed what was the hardest scene to film in 'The Queen's Gambit', where she plays chess prodigy Beth Harmon.
Taylor-Joy has received a Golden Globe and other accolades for the role of Beth. The part included some emotionally wearing scenes, as the actress has revealed in a video interview with Netflix.
An adaptation of the novel by Walter Tevis, 'The Queen’s Gambit' sees Beth, an orphan in 1960 Kentucky, discovering a talent for chess. Determined to become a Grandmaster, Beth is on a steady path to international fame and recognition, but struggles with addiction and loneliness.
“The scene that I found potentially the hardest to separate from was Beth’s return to Henry Clay High School,” the actress said.
In one of the final episodes, an unhinged Beth struggling with addiction returns to the high school where she played her first chess tournament.
“When she’s been binging for a while and she shows up just because of that feeling of disappointing other people, of trying to appear as if you have everything together when in reality you’re falling apart… that day I just woke up and, as soon as I got out of bed, I was like, ‘Oh, it’s gonna be a hard day,’” Taylor-Joy said.
“Like, I know it’s gonna be tricky for me to separate and I’m just grateful that our beautiful crew and our cast they’re so supportive and lovely and they kind of understood that whilst I’m not [a] method [actor], Beth and I were very, very close,” she continued.