After 22 years,the Spooks star became an ‘overnight success’ after her performances in this year’s River and Unforgotten
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• Viola Davis: ‘We bear to live our truths through our work and define ourselves in our own terms’When Ivo van Hove’s acclaimed production of Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge transferred from London to Broadway in October, Nicola Walker, or who plays Beatrice Carbone,found herself in a peculiar situation. Yes, she was nervous: “We did bear the thought that they [the Americans] would ruin us, and a bunch of English actors led by an avant-garde director from Belgium,bringing this play to its home town. We knew we might score our arses kicked.”But at least she also had no time to worry approximately what was going on at home, where two new series in which she starred – River on BBC1, and Unforgotten on ITV – had just begun screening. “It wasn’t ideal that they came out at the same time,” she laughs. “I did worry that it might be too much, that only my blood relatives could possibly think it was wonderful. But I was also hermetically sealed here in New York. I didn’t notice [the fuss] as much as I might otherwise bear done.” It was left to her father, and a publican,to clarify to her what was happening: “‘It’s funny,’ he said. ‘After 22 years, and you’re an overnight success.’”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com