Naomi Ackie: "My Biggest Dream Was Making Blink Twice"
Naomi Ackie says she absolutely loved working with Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatum on brand new thriller, Blink Twice and admitted it's what dreams are made of at it's European Premiere in London. Report by Jonesl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00You're in your hometown, girl. How are you feeling? You've been in Premiere I think twice.
00:04Yeah, I'm feeling good. I was quite surprised by the amount of people, and I'm trying not
00:11to be giddy about it, but I am so excited but also quite nervous.
00:17Is this what dreams are made of right here?
00:18Yeah, totally. I mean, the biggest dream was making it. My love is being on set and being
00:25around amazing creators, and these are some of the best creators I've had the privilege
00:29of working with. It makes me so happy that we get to finally show it to the world and
00:35spread the message and get people talking, get people laughing, get people gasping in
00:40their chairs. I'm so excited.
00:41They will be gasping.
00:42They will be, right?
00:44Why did you say yes? I mean, obviously-
00:46You've seen it. How could I say no?
00:49Because of the script. Did it just blow your mind?
00:52It blew my mind. I was doing Whitney at the time and I was prepping for Whitney, and I
00:59was really hungry for- This is my favourite type of genre, and I was waiting for an opportunity
01:06like this to come, and when this came, I was like, this is even more than I could dream
01:10of. This is so juicy, and she gets to do so much, and she gets to experience so much that
01:17I was just like, I have to be a part of this.
01:20And why do audiences need to see this in a cinema?
01:23Because it's a communal film. It's really about bringing people together. I mean, the
01:27whole vibe of the film is it's a party vibe, and watching people chilling with the music,
01:33and then suddenly it's getting darker, and people's tension is rising, and it's being
01:39shared with people. You know, the sound editing, the editing itself, it's such a beautiful
01:45film. Zoe has called it- She's created a new genre, and it's called- What was it? Beauty
01:51Horror.
01:52That it is.
01:54And it is a beauty horror. It's beautiful, and it's horrible.
01:58And going from beauty, tell me about him. Talk to me about him.
02:01Oh, he's an awesome bloke. I love that man so much, and he's like- I mean, now he's like
02:06a big brother, but he's a great person, and I learned so much from him. He's so generous
02:10on set, and he's got such an incredible insight. He's been doing it for so long, so yeah, it's
02:15great.
02:16And one word, sum it up. Just one word.
02:20Extreme.