I would love to know what you do to take care of your wellbeing, to deal with overwhelm from working in such an intense industry?
I have work out kicks, I like hot yoga or a hot Pilates. I love the heat. So there’ll be months where I’ll have a big kick, where I’ll be like, ‘oh my god, I’m feeling so good’. And then I’ll just stop. Right now I’m in the ‘I haven’t done anything in months’ phase. But we’ll pick back up again. But when I am doing [hot yoga and pilates], gosh, you feel like you can do anything. You feel so good. I love to cook, I think that’s really calming. I play tennis, which just gets you out of your head. I draw and sketch – I used to do that more, but I’ve gotten a little bit back into it.
Of course, as well as close female friends in Hollywood you have a fabulous ally in your sister Dakota. How does sisterhood and your relationship with her help you navigate your life and career?
I’m so lucky that I have that, especially as she’s four years older, so I’ve had this built-in role model to admire and look up to, and balance my choices against the choices she made. Ever since I was little all I wanted to do was just anything that she did – I just followed her everywhere.
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Also, what’s nice about our age gap [of four years] is that when you’re younger you’re truly sisters – and you’re kind of on a different wavelength and you fight a lot. But then as we’ve got older, the four years has just shrunk so much and we’re best friends, and tell each other everything.
She gives the best advice. She’s very wise. She’s very honest. Like she is very honest. So I know she’s always going to tell it like it is, I think it’s important to have that sounding board. And with work, she’s my interpreter because sometimes I’m the dreamy, kind of heady one that has all these concepts and she can see what I mean – but she can articulate it. She knows what I’m trying to say. And so she’s kind of a logistical one and can interpret my creativity for me.
You’re also set to star alongside Timothée Chalamet in Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown. What can you tell us about the character you played and what it was like to film?
So her name is Sylvie in the script, but she’s roughly based off of Suze Rotolo, who was on The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan album cover with him. She was an incredible woman, reading her memoir was really interesting, and just aspects of their relationship. I mean, she really was his first love.
It was great to form that relationship, with Timmy, he’s worked so hard for this part. He’s singing everything live, like he’s really like going for it. It was very special to watch him do that. And he’s been a friend for a long time. So yeah, I’m just happy to be a part of it.
Mastermind: To Think Like a Killer lands on Disney+ on 11 July.