‘Sex Education‘ Star Aimee Lou Wood Excels At Life In Awards-Season Movie ’Living’ – Q&A
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Aimee Lou Wood describes the young woman she plays opposite Bill Nighy in the acclaimed movie Living as the film’s “character of life.” It’s a performance that’s been steadily attracting awards season buzz, and is recognized in the BAFTA longlist, announced today.
However, Wood says that her other gig, as schoolgirl Aimee Gibbs in Netflix comedy Sex Education, is a very different matter because she finds herself playing someone “frozen in time.” Wood’s laughs as she spells out the age of Sex Education’s Aimee, “she’s 17!” Grinning, Woods says, “I was 24 when I started doing it, and I’m 28 now.” With a sigh, she adds,”nearly 29!” RELATED: BAFTA Longlists: Netflix’s Record Haul For ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’ Is Another Triumph For International Movies But Things Are Quieter For Amazon & Apple She also pointed out that one season of Sex Education represents one school term in the show’s universe.
So the fourth term beginning later this year represents nearly four years of actual work. Each season, Wood explains, takes seven months.
Swathed in black, in the kind of leggings, T-shirt and sweater ensemble favored by dancers at a rehearsal, she appears far younger than 28.
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