Anya Taylor-Joy talks “The Queen’s Gambit”, bringing “sexy” back to chess and more in a new interview with Vanity Fair. The 24-year-old, who plays Beth Harmon, talks rejuvenating the game of chess through her award-winning performance in the hit show.
Sales of chess sets soared by 125 per cent in the weeks after “The Queen’s Gambit” premiered on Netflix. Taylor-Joy jokes, “We used to joke on set that we were bringing sexy back to chess. “We didn’t really think that that’s what people would actually think.
I don’t think you can be an even kind of sane person and be walking around, like [she does a parodic hair flip of self-satisfaction and puts on a haughty voice to intone] I have reinvigorated the game of chess!” RELATED: Anya Taylor-Joy,
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