Anya Taylor-Joy Asked Directors to Change Crying Scenes When Her Characters Were Actually ‘F—ing Pissed’ and ‘Angry’: ‘What Planet Are We Living On?’

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1. The character’s name is ‘furiosa’, right?

   Seems pretty obvious, but it seems like the actress would have some leeway in how she portrays the character.

2. Taylor-Joy is right. Having a single tear roll down your cheek when your life is on the line is ridiculous. People will fight tooth and nail for their lives.

3. I love this… so true. Women have visceral reactions to things too. They’re not always dainty. A single tear down the cheek when your date brings you to a dinner (to die) is silly.

4. It depends I will say. There are those that get heated and start tearing up, that’s their reaction. Their eyes get red and whatnot. It is what it is.

5. >She’d do it again during the making of “The Menu” when the script called for her character to have a single tear rolling down her cheek when she discovers that her date has brought her to lavish private dinner with the intention of having her die.

   >“What planet are we living on?” Taylor-Joy asked when she found out she had to cry during that scene. “I was like, ‘Let me explain to you: I am going to leap across the table and try and literally kill him with my bare hands.’”

   She was 100% right. Nicholas Hoult’s character was such a fucking ass and that rage from her is one of the most memorable parts of the film.

6. The Menu would’ve been straight ass without Anya.

7. “A single tear”. How cliché

8. Am I supposed to be one of those single tear people? Do I look like a double fucking rainbow to you?

9. Ohhhhhh, she thinks she is the world’s most important and serious actress, and she knows better than the directors. Got it.