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ready for whatever knocks may come my way.'
For Naomie, the biggest 'knock' would come in
the form of inter-personal conflict.
'I hate the thought of upsetting
someone and I positively shy away
from confrontation,' she says. But
BELIEVE IT OR NOT,
that only seems to apply to her
I'M NOT SOMEONE
personal life because when it
comes down to business, she
WHO LIKES TO BE IN
admits she's like a dog with a bone.
THE LIMELIGHT, SO
'Dawn French said to me at the
IT'S BIZARRE THAT
beginning of my career, "Make
ACTING IS MY
sure you develop and maintain a
PROFESSION.
thick skin" and it's the single most
important piece of advice I've ever
been given. At the end of the day, it's my
career, and I need to look after it.'
And it's a tactic that seems be working, as
Naomie has gone from one box office success
to another. But it's not always about the next
Hollywood blockbuster; sometimes it's simply
because she feels a story needs to be told.
C HARAC TER D EVELOPMENT
Her latest project, Moonlight, is a powerful film
about a young boy's coming of age. She plays his
crack-addict mother in a gripping performance
she had to dig deep for. 'The part scared me
because it's everything I'm not,' she says. 'I don't
smoke, I've never taken drugs, I've never been
drunk - I don't even like the taste of alcohol, but
the script made me cry and I knew I had to do it.'
After the big-budget movies she's become
accustomed to, Moonlight was very different.
'I normally have a trailer with a bed and each
department has its own bus. But with this film,
everything was just piled in together and we
all had to queue to take turns on this one little
wobbly chair! It was a huge bonding experience
for everybody. We all knew why we were there
- and it certainly wasn't for the pay cheque. We
were there for the art and it was brilliant.'
While Naomie loves the creativity of acting, it's
the other side of the industry she finds difficult.
'Believe it or not, I'm not someone who likes to
be in the limelight,' she says, 'so it's bizarre
that acting is my profession. I love forming the
personalities of the characters I play, finding out
what makes them tick and who they really are.
But when it's just me, and I'm expected to put all
the make-up on, wear a posh frock and walk a red
carpet, I'm not at all comfortable. I often wish I
had a twin who could do all that for me.'
NAOMIE'S
FORMULA
FOR LIVING
WELL
22
FAMILY
Having decided to keep her personal and
professional lives separate, Naomie has yet
to be photographed on the red carpet with
anyone other than her male co-stars, who are
inevitably billed as her new love interest.
From Orlando Bloom to Chris Evans, Naomie
has supposedly dated them all, but she won't
reveal who the lucky man in her life today really is.
'My first publicist advised me never to talk
about my love life,' she says. 'She had another
client who declared to the world how in love
she was, only to be jilted at the altar. Nobody
wanted to know about her new movie, only
how she felt about being dumped.'
Naomie Harris
and her mum,
Carmen. 'We
are very close,'
Naomie says.
'I have a lot
to be thankful
to her for.'
A LEISURELY LIFE?
Naomie hopes one day soon she'll be able
to lead a more normal life; by leaving London
for the peace of the countryside, settling down
and enjoying life at a more leisurely pace.
'That's my happy-ever-after,' she admits. 'But
I honestly don't know if this insatiable drive
and ambition will ever leave me.'
Carmen nods and smiles knowingly... like
mother, like daughter. B
Moonlight is on general release from 21 October
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