Claire Foy, the British actress finest identified for her position in "The Crown," stars in a brand new movie that had a therapist on set as actors and crew grappled with materials she mentioned was "very triggering."
The movie, "Girls Speaking," follows a bunch of girls inside an ultra-religious Mennonite colony who uncover males have been sexually abusing them of their sleep. It's loosely based mostly on true occasions that occurred in Bolivia from 2005 to 2009.
"All of us sat round, really, and talked sooner or later about how the issues that we have all portrayed in movies or in TV reveals have been deeply harrowing and fairly onerous for us to take," Foy informed "CBS Mornings." However "that is the primary time that we have ever had somebody on set who's principally safeguarding the actors and ensuring they're OK."
Foy mentioned there have been "a number of moments" the place forged and crew members needed to take a break, "and it was superb to be in that sort of supportive setting."
The movie, which was directed by Sarah Polley and has a largely feminine forged, offers with themes of kid abuse and rape. As a mom of a 7-year-old woman, Foy mentioned needed to get herself right into a state of mind the place she might go away "that" at work and never convey it house.
She additionally acknowledged that she and others are "simply" actors.
"We have been portraying one thing that had really occurred, and I believe you've got simply received to have a respect and understanding that you're simply an actor portraying one thing, it is probably not about you feeling it within the second and taking it an excessive amount of on your self," she mentioned.
Foy mentioned that in taking part in the position of Salome within the movie, she needed to put herself in a special state of mind from when she performed Queen Elizabeth II within the first two seasons of "The Crown," a Netflix drama collection based mostly on the British royal household.
"Each character is a leap, actually," Foy mentioned. "I believe the whole lot is sort of a leap of religion, and in addition you get to discover totally different elements of your self, and I've gotten to do this so typically in my profession."
Foy famous that she herself is "very not like" Queen Elizabeth II — "Persona-wise. Class-wise. All the pieces."