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Camila Morrone, at least for the moment, occupies a strange space in the public consciousness.
Temporarily suspended somewhere between glittering Instagram celebrity and serious actor, Morrone faces an interesting, very 2019 dilemma.
Some spoilers forMickey and the Bearbelow.
I feel like I know a lot about your life currently, but not much about your origin story.
They moved to L.A. because my mom wanted to be an actress.
I got a couple commercials here and there, but wasnt really focusing on it.
But just being on-camera and having a scene to do was the best feeling ever.
I remember crying on the way home being like, I never want this to end!
For the rest of my life!
I took a few years off to finish school, and I was modeling for a few years.
When did you first realize you were good enough to make it?Oh, God.
I still dont realize that.
I dont think any actor really thinks theyre good.
I watch my own work and Im like,Oh God, this is terrible, thats terrible.
In L.A., you went to Beverly Hills High School.
It was weird my parents didnt raise me like that.
Even if they had the money which they didnt I wasnt getting a $100,000 car for my birthday.
So to grow up around kids like that is very disorienting.
But I had to work for my first car.
What job did you have?I was modeling.
Its being able to do both of those things.
I think its been a bit of a battle trying to break free of that model image.
Shed only seen my photos and had a certain idea of what I was.
Youre not even that cute in person.
you’re free to have it!Its been a recurring struggle in my career.
Its notoriously hard to make a transition to acting from modeling.
Not many people have done it successfully.
Ive never been on a yacht with Bella Hadid.
Maybe it was Kendall Jenner.
But you know what I mean!Yeah, a couple of years ago.
Its not my yacht.
I wish it was!
You dont make a lot of money doing these independent projects.
You do it because you love it.
For that to be looked down upon is frustrating.
But you have to find the ways youre similar.
You have to ultimately like them, or you wont do a good job at playing them.
What did you relate to specifically with Mickey?I relate to her independence.
I relate to taking on more than youre ready for.
I related to failed relationships in high school, poor choices in high school.
Theres so much that makes her real.
The fighting with your parents!
Youve been a 17-year-old girl, so you know what those years feel like.
The relationship she has with her dad is so complicated and upsetting.
We started to share those ideas about who we think we were our backstory prior to what youre seeing.
There is a lot of subtle, unspoken stuff between them in this movie.
What happens, in your mind?In my mind?
Its personal to me.
Her being like, This is no longer healthy for me and I have to leave.
Ultimately nobody knows [how it ends].
Even Annabelle was like, It doesnt matter where she goes.
It doesnt matter if she checks in on him or never looks back.
Its just about her choosing whats best for her in that moment, to protect herself.
Im dying to know what happens to her, though!I know …
But, really, we didnt go further than that.
Thats all Annabelle wanted to get across.
Mickey deals with her stress by sort of dissociating and zoning out in front of the TV.
How do you cope?Exactly like Mickey.
I isolate when Im stressed.
TV and film are my biggest outlets.
I can go through six movies a week.
Its such a meditative thing for me.
I get addicted, and it becomes a big part of my social life binge-watching.
What are you binge-watching now?I finishedFleabag.
I just finishedThe End of the Fucking World,Succession.
Now Im ontoThe Girlfriend Experience.
And movies: I loveCold War, Amores Perros, Casino, Goodfellas, The Godfather.
I love mob movies.
Period pieces.Sunset Boulevard, Splendor in the Grass, A Place in the Sun.
I love Rita Hayworth; I have a very weird range of movies.
I liked yourLauren BacallHumphrey Bogart photo, too.
It was a perfect response to all of it.That wasnt even thought about, either!
Can you tell Im impulsive?
I dont even put that much energy into things.
I wish I did.
I should probably think more about when I do things like that.
Its all part of the business.
You know what you were getting into.
Theres a lot of very positive things about being a working actor, and theres the downside of it.
But theres that in every career choice.
So its just about learning what works for you.
Some people like to be public and talk about things and some people dont like to talk about anything.
Its about protecting your personal life and your sanity, and not leaving it open for people to nitpick.
Its just a matter of finding the healthy balance.
And then I go back to work the next week.
I want to do more comedies; I want to do a period piece.
I want to do everything.
