Rebecca Ferguson on Making ‘Silo’ While Claustrophobic, Tom Cruise’s Booty Exercises and Telling Hugh Jackman to Put His Shirt Back On
variety.comJenelle Riley Deputy Awards and Features Editor Rebecca Ferguson doesn’t mind people knowing she’s claustrophobic. “Expose it!” she says. “I’m quite happy people know because if they listen, they’ll be like, ‘Okay, good to know, she’ll take the stairs when she comes.’” The topic arose when Ferguson dropped by the Variety Awards Circuit Podcast and took the five flights of stairs up to the studio rather than get in an elevator.
She is also, in her words, “a human Jason Bourne” of sorts – meaning she assesses her surroundings wherever she goes and registers such things as which way the doors swing.
Today, she has already clocked that the doors to the room open inward, which means she won’t be able to kick it open if trapped.
So instead, we’ve left a little ajar. She adds that this extends to every location: “Going to public loos – it’s an issue!” There is an upside, however. “I think about butt exercise,” she reveals.
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