Gwendoline Christie’s role in “Wednesday” was transformative.
The 44-year-old British actor is known for her roles as Brienne of Tarth in “Game of Thrones” and the First Order stormtrooper Captain Phasma in the “Star Wars” films, but it was starring as Principal Larissa Weems in the Netflix series that she said truly made her feel “beautiful on screen.”
Christie was handpicked by director Tim Burton to take on the role of the Nevermore Academy leader and then given the freedom to “do whatever with the character,” she toldThat offer proved to be an “unbelievable opportunity” that made her proud of her role. “It is the first time I’ve ever felt beautiful on screen,” Christie said. “I cannot express my extreme gratitude more heartily to Tim and Colleen and our hair and makeup team. Colleen Atwood is rightfully a legend, and what she does is close to witchcraft in terms of transformation. It is an honor of my life to work with Colleen and to work with Tim.”To prepare for the role she watched Hitchcock films, “to examine a different way of moving, of poise, elegance, and a more balletic stance.
When molding her Larissa Weems, she kept thinking the character was an outcast who went to a school for outcasts and “was always second best and was always in Morticia’s shadow,” Christie said. “What kept coming to me was this idea of this Hitchcock-style heroine, this screen siren, that maybe that young woman would look to our mystic portal, the cinema, to be an incarnation of her fantasies,” she said. “And weirdly, Tim had exactly the same idea and so did Colleen Atwood.”
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