Anna Maxwell Martin: 'Loads of women's drama is really dumbed down'
The South Riding star on the dearth of funny roles for women, dance-offs and why she's only ever spotted in Waitrose
Did you have a nice Christmas?
It was lovely. We were at home in London and then up in North Yorkshire, where my best friend has just moved on to a pig farm.
What was your favourite present?
Oh… erm… I'm never that into presents. I don't mean to sound like a total martyr but I can't even remember what I was given. I got a vegetable strainer, which I quite like. It's yellow.
You are about to appear at the Hampstead theatre in Di and Viv and Rose, a play written by Amelia Bullmore, which features three strong, funny female characters. Is it rare for women to find original material like that to act in?
Yes, massively. Very few people are doing it. Julia Davis is a huge...
Did you have a nice Christmas?
It was lovely. We were at home in London and then up in North Yorkshire, where my best friend has just moved on to a pig farm.
What was your favourite present?
Oh… erm… I'm never that into presents. I don't mean to sound like a total martyr but I can't even remember what I was given. I got a vegetable strainer, which I quite like. It's yellow.
You are about to appear at the Hampstead theatre in Di and Viv and Rose, a play written by Amelia Bullmore, which features three strong, funny female characters. Is it rare for women to find original material like that to act in?
Yes, massively. Very few people are doing it. Julia Davis is a huge...
- 1/6/2013
- by Elizabeth Day
- The Guardian - Film News
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