Anya Taylor-Joyis opening up about some of the more difficult aspects of fame.The 25-year-old actress broke into Hollywood with her role in 2015’sThe Witch, but really shot to stardom last year after starring in Netflix’s acclaimed series,The Queen’s Gambit.In a recent interview, she toldTatlerthat the newfound attention she faces in public can be overwhelming and, at times, frightening.“Most people are sweet and kind and just want to have a conversation, and I love that,” she said. “There are other times when you’re just one person facing off against 20 and that’s just physically not safe. It can be very frightening when there are whole bunches of men with cameras attached to their faces running after you down the street.“Taylor-Joy went on to describe how she handled an onslaught of paparazzi afterhostingSaturday Night Livein New York earlier this year, sharing, “I went home and cried, but then I figured it out.“Dia Dipasupil/WireImage"The next morning I went out and I said, ‘Hello, my name is Anya. Let’s lower down the camera and let’s meet,’ she recalled. “I am not prey. I don’t want to run. I’d rather be like, ‘I understand this is your job and I hope that you can understand that I am a woman of a certain size and I feel intimidated right now, so can we make it work so you can do your job and I can feel less frightened?'“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Taylor-Joy haswon both a SAG award and Golden Globefor her performance asGambit’s orphaned chess prodigy, Beth Harmon, and has beennominatedfor anEmmy Awardin the outstanding actress in a limited series or a movie category.Ahead of next month’s award show, shetold PEOPLEthat she’s looking forward to being at the Emmys following last year’s virtual awards season.Anya Taylor-Joy.Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage"I haven’t done an awards show really ever,” she said. “I’m looking forward to it, but also semi-terrified because my whole awards run this year [until now] has been in front of a computer. Then I mute myself and run around my bedroom and be a psycho, essentially.“She added that she’s excited to simply be in one room with her cast and crew.“The team behindQueen’s Gambithas never been together. We’ve never actually been all in the same room and able to celebrate,” Taylor-Joy said. “So Emmy night will be the first time that we’re actually in the same room and [hopefully] get to hug each other.“She continued of the series, “It was such a beautiful group of people that treated each other with such kindness. I’ve never played a character that was that close to me before that I had to give so many of my mannerisms to.”
Anya Taylor-Joyis opening up about some of the more difficult aspects of fame.
The 25-year-old actress broke into Hollywood with her role in 2015’sThe Witch, but really shot to stardom last year after starring in Netflix’s acclaimed series,The Queen’s Gambit.In a recent interview, she toldTatlerthat the newfound attention she faces in public can be overwhelming and, at times, frightening.
“Most people are sweet and kind and just want to have a conversation, and I love that,” she said. “There are other times when you’re just one person facing off against 20 and that’s just physically not safe. It can be very frightening when there are whole bunches of men with cameras attached to their faces running after you down the street.”
Taylor-Joy went on to describe how she handled an onslaught of paparazzi afterhostingSaturday Night Livein New York earlier this year, sharing, “I went home and cried, but then I figured it out.”
Dia Dipasupil/WireImage
“The next morning I went out and I said, ‘Hello, my name is Anya. Let’s lower down the camera and let’s meet,’ she recalled. “I am not prey. I don’t want to run. I’d rather be like, ‘I understand this is your job and I hope that you can understand that I am a woman of a certain size and I feel intimidated right now, so can we make it work so you can do your job and I can feel less frightened?'”
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Taylor-Joy haswon both a SAG award and Golden Globefor her performance asGambit’s orphaned chess prodigy, Beth Harmon, and has beennominatedfor anEmmy Awardin the outstanding actress in a limited series or a movie category.
Ahead of next month’s award show, shetold PEOPLEthat she’s looking forward to being at the Emmys following last year’s virtual awards season.
Anya Taylor-Joy.Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage
“I haven’t done an awards show really ever,” she said. “I’m looking forward to it, but also semi-terrified because my whole awards run this year [until now] has been in front of a computer. Then I mute myself and run around my bedroom and be a psycho, essentially.”
She added that she’s excited to simply be in one room with her cast and crew.
“The team behindQueen’s Gambithas never been together. We’ve never actually been all in the same room and able to celebrate,” Taylor-Joy said. “So Emmy night will be the first time that we’re actually in the same room and [hopefully] get to hug each other.”
She continued of the series, “It was such a beautiful group of people that treated each other with such kindness. I’ve never played a character that was that close to me before that I had to give so many of my mannerisms to.”
source: people.com
