Lee is in the midst of a banner year with the release of 'Problemista', 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' & the award season-bound, 'Past Lives.'
Greta Lee’s already accomplished quite a bit over the years, but 2023 is shaping up to be a banner year. Not only is she in Julio Torres’ feature directorial debut Problemista, but she also voices LYLA in the smash hit Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and leads the awards season-bound Past Lives from A24.
With the movie now playing in theaters nationwide, Lee joined me for a Collider Forces conversation to retrace her steps in the industry the far, beginning with one of her very first sources of inspiration. Here’s what she said when asked how she discovered she needed to become an actor: “I started out doing Broadway. I was in a show called Spelling Bee, and then I also did this play called La Bête with Mark Rylance and David Hyde Pierce, Joanna Lumley. And at the time, I kind of was just moving towards where the work was.
Yes, Lyonne’s hard work and professionalism should be recognized, but we also can’t overlook the commitment and creativity that must go into delivering the same exact line dozens of times. Wondering how many times Lee had to say, “Sweet birthday baby,” while filming Season 1 of Russian Doll? So was I! Here’s what she said about that:
“I'm still working on that. As a woman and as a woman of color, that is a constant battle and internal negotiation. How to correctly and to simply advocate for myself without the burden of worrying about, am I coming across as a diva? Am I taking up too much space? I really have so much compassion for other women, anyone who has felt any sort of outsider status at the workplace. It's just the reality of the job. I have improv to thank.
“I've had conversations with Celine about it. According to her, she initially had written this script with the final triptych of the movie ending with the characters, they were like 25, I believe. That’s because the story, the movie is semi-autobiographical, actually based on Celine’s experience. That was the age she was when she actually found herself flanked by two men at a speakeasy, one being her husband and one being her childhood sweetheart.
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