Anya Taylor-Joy Covers British GQ

Anya Taylor-Joy is on the cover of British GQ. The actress is on the cover to promote her new film, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Highlights from her interview are below.

On her love of acting in fantasies and sci-fiction type projects: “I’ve always been very attracted to magic. I think sometimes when stories are too close to home, it exists within a space where people aren’t willing to question it. If it’s set in a galaxy far, far away and the themes are slightly removed, it forces you to confront something.”

On choosing defiant characters: “As a survival mechanism you learn to be self-effacing and self-deprecating. You bury yourself before anybody else does. What I’m coming to understand is: as long as you’re not causing anyone else harm, you have to stand your ground.”

On unlocking her female rage in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga: “For all my championing of female rage, I’ve never been an angry person. For a long time the only time I ever got angry was on other people’s behalfs. I’ve always internalised this thing of ‘I’ve done something wrong. If you treat me badly, it’s because I am the problem.’ And I’m so grateful for Furiosa, because there was a real moment where I started getting angry for myself. My husband was like ‘I’ve never heard you be like this.’ I was like, ‘I’m glad! I’m glad that I’m angry!’ If someone steps on me now I’m like, ‘Hey, fuck you!’ That makes me feel good.”

You can check out more from her interview here. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga opens in theaters on May 24.