You gave me a bit of a scoop, I think.

Inadvertently.

Yeah.

You mentioned something about the Harley Queen films.

I think your publicist was shaking.

Welcome back.

Mark Lilly's CEO.

My first returning Guess Congratulations on the huge honor of I will happily be your guest every time, Any time, because I'm the most involved.

I'm there.

Congratulations on the phone.

They Congratulations on the nomination.

I mean, it's just gone from strength to strength, hasn't it since Toronto.

It's like, Yeah, no, no.

Yeah.

We didn't know what to expect in Toronto, and then the feedback started coming back great and foot for both.

Like critics and the general public.

You know, for the most part, it was really good.

And and then it kind of escalated from there.

We can't quite believe the position we're in now in particular, I would love to talk about that scene in the mirror.

Oh, yeah, it really got me good staring in the mirror on that smile.

And there's so much to it.

I want to talk about the performance buying that and how you get to a point where you can do so much with just that Look, it's funny cause that wasn't in the script and it wasn't planned.

It was just something on the day that our DP you know, we're doing a shot of her before going out.

And obviously we've done this stuff in the hallway with the Birkin lace and putting myself in the mind set of being at the Olympics and the pressure of the world down and all that kind of stuff.

And then our DP just can she just do 12 camera has Okay, which I do makeup or whatever.

And I was trying to do like the clown face, you know, the like, just trying to put the mosque on.

It just kept cracking and trying to put it on.

It just kept cracking.

And it just like there was a lot, you know, we'd be filming for a while.

By that point, I all those emotions were kind of bubbling under the surface, and I finally had a release for it.

I didn't expect to release it in that saying in that way, but it just one of those things that kind of happens in the moment and ends up making it in the film sort of a lightning in the bottle.

Yeah, yeah, that wasn't scripted.

That's really, really interesting.

That just came out like magic, I suppose.

Yeah, I left to find the character yourself, and she is such an interesting character and you're playing someone real.

So that's obviously a different.

There's a different approach going into that kind of performance, I would imagine yes and no.

I mean, there's obviously very conscious of the fact that it's a real life person who's still alive.

And who's going to see the film, also of real life person that everyone already know everyone But most people already know in a very pass judgment on So there was an extra level of intimidation, their responsibility and obligation.

But really, I just tried to put that out of my head and approached the character like I would purge any fictional character.

And I tried to keep real life Tanya in the character Tanya very separate in my mind so that I could let the character exist in its world and not hold back not trying.

I think that one of the main things we focus on is how people try and control their It's a very human thing to try and control your narrative.

That's where we have so many unreliable in the rate is telling the same story in totally different ways because everyone's trying to control the narrative and, you know, try and justify the way they behave at the time.

So for my character to not be controlling the narrative that were commenting on, I needed to be, I needed to separate it and let the character show the ugly sides and the tragic sides, as well as the funny and amazing and emotional side dialogue the sand track.

There's so much about it that's like, You know, you're laughing out loud and it's a riot and it's fast paced.

But also it's dealing with child abuse and domestic violence and the really heavy themes.

So how is it to like violence?

Those aspect was tricky to balance them both, and really, it came down to trusting her director and finding the right director in the first place.

Craig was the perfect person to do this.

He was the only person I really felt that could accomplished this specific time that I've seen him do in a way, in laws and the real girl film he did years ago with Ryan Gosling.

And, um, he thrives in that space.

I think approaching characters that other people might make fun of it.

He never does.

And he always searches for the truth in this scenario.

So it wasn't so much for me to decide how much to give.

It was about giving him all the options and letting him tell me when to dial it up.

Dial it back.

He never made us play for the punch line.

He's always like, No, I don't care if it's written funny right now.

What?

What would you actually do?

How you actually feeling?

Show me that, Um and I really appreciated that approach.

It helped us navigate the time film sides.

So much has happened since I last saw, You know, memories.

Yes.

You've got a production company.

We're just friends now.

Yes, obviously with the me to movement.

And with so much of that going on in Hollywood at the moment, to see a woman producing her own film and starting her own production company on dhe sort of operating stuff from behind the scenes as well as being on camera, is really, really lovely for the rest of us.

Good.

I'm glad that part of the decision that told it was just it was.

I mean, the point of the company was to promote women in films, whether that be the through thing about protagonist North female lead content or three female story.

Tell us.

I think we want to see a change in this industry.

We have to have more women in positions of power, and that's when things will really change and you'll get no more authentic version of a female story.

Sometimes not always that, Craig told the story directed brilliantly.

And I've worked with quite a few directors male directors who told female stories wonderfully because they don't see it as a male female story.

They see them as people.

But no, it was definitely the driving force behind our company to promote women in film and to also a chance to meet a kind of control my fate a little more and take matters into your own hands folded.

Going on the wing there soon it with the husband.

It's great.

Yeah, it's really great.

Yeah, I know, it's I know it's amazing.

It's it's we're all.

We're all friends at the company world.

Best friends.

And we've been friends for years.

And we will work really well together and nothing feels like Look, when you're doing with your friends.

I'm so true.

Yeah, I got to work with my friends quite long.

It is a lovely thing when you're on set for the day and never quite feels that success.

Last stop on my heart to you gave me a bit of a scoop, I think inadvertently, Yeah, you mentioned something about the Harley Queen film.

Think your publicist was shaking?

It's really hard to navigate the comic book.

Well, they can't everything.

So under wraps all the time don't trust so much speculation Floating about constantly.

It's a lot.

Has there been any developments?

I mean, I feel like it's not a scoop anymore, because I've seen stuff about this now.

But I could be right.

Been developing a Harley spinoff of sorts with the, you know, quite a few female characters involved because my point was in real life, I am constantly with others females my age and on screen.

I never am.

It doesn't make sense to me, So if that's the next thing that goes ahead, I'm not sure.

I think they're developing a lot of things because everyone's to see Holly back on screen myself included.

I can't wait to play her again.

I mean, shoot.

She was my favorite thing about the film and I said this to you last time as well.

I'd love to see her again.

It's exciting, but you'll have a few other female characters in there.

Well, hopefully I mean, it's still, uh, Scylla.

An inevitable ways to go.

It's not entirely separate, then from sort of everything else that's going on in the DC universe.

Is it like a whole other?

Yes and no.

I mean, it's everything in the DC universe is still DC Universe, DC characters and all that kind of stuff.

But, um, yes, something different.

I would leave it.

They're not trying to scoop anymore scoops.

I did it.

It's time, Robert.

Congratulations on everything.

Genuinely with the nomination and my region with production company, it seems like you've got so much going on.

I'm going through at the moment.

I'm really, really happy for you.

And thank you.

Thank you.