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You’reclearlya bigsupporteroffemaleempowerment.

Completely.I wasraisedbymymotheronherown.She’sBrazilian,

andveryindependent.Shemovedtoa foreigncountryandraised

herdaughteraloneandshe’salwaysbeenmyinspirationforthat.

I’vealwaysneededtohavemyownpathinlife,andcreatemy

ownfuture,andworkhardforit.Andthat’swhatI wantthenext

generationtoseeinmymovies.Ihaveasonwhoistwoand

I wanthimtogrowupseeingmeplaystrongroles.Peopleask,

“Doyoudoit toinspireyounggirls?”,butI doit soyoungboyscan

beinspired,too.Theyneedtoseeempoweredwomeninrolesso

wegettoa pointwherethat’snormal.Because it is in real life.

Doesthatimpactthewayyouraisehim?

Yes. It’s such an important conversation we

should be havingwith youngmen now.I’m

goingtoteachhimaboutconsent,andthatjust

becausehe’sa man,hedoesn’thaveanymore

power than a woman or any other human

being.Withanychild,youneedtoraisethemto

berespectful,tobeempathetic.Tobewhohe

wantstobe,buttoalwayshavekeymorals,like

I grewupwith.[What]mymumpassed on to

me[is]whatI wanttopassontohim.

Are youinvolved in anyorganisations that

advocateforwomen’srights?

I havea groupI seeeverytwoweekswhenI’m

in London. It’s a bunch of women who get

togetherand[discuss]feminism,andwejusttalk

about our lives and how we see ourselves

progressing.Wealsouseit asacreative-writing

tool. We get women together to write their

storiesaspoetry that theyfeellike theycan

express their feelings through. And that’s

somethingI reallylove.Wedon’thaveaname

yet.We’restillbuildingit up,buthopefully it will

becomesomethingthat’swidespread.

Howdoyouchooseyourroles?

It’s interesting... WithMazeRunner, I wasn’t

allowedtoreadthescript beforeI said yes.

Ihadtokindofcommitbeforeknowingwhatit

was.ButI wasluckyenoughthat[it]hadahuge

fanbase,soI knew itresonatedwith young

people.Andthat’sreally wonderfulbecause

oftenyouspendsomuchtimebuildingcharacters

forhugeproductionsthatdon’treallyhavethefanbase.Andit’s

nicetoknowthat,withMazeRunnerandPirates, theywerethere.

Theywantedtoseethemoviesandalreadylovedthecharacters.

Who’sthemostcomplexcharacteryou’veplayed?

ProbablyEffy.BecauseI hadtimewithher,whichisa realgiftas

anactor,tobeabletofollowa characterthroughforfouryears.

It’swonderfultohavethattimewithher,towatchherevolvefrom

beingtheyoungersisterinthefirstgeneration,inthefirstcoupleof

series, and kind of taking over in the second generation and

becomingherownspiritandworkingoutherownmind.It was

alsothefirstcharacterI playedwherewedealtwithmentalillness,

whichwasimportanttome.It waswonderfultogettoexperience

thatwithherandtointroduceit intoyoungpeople’slives–that

it’sokaytotalkaboutit [because]it’ssomethingalotofyoung

peopledealwith.It’sbravetohavea leadingcharacterlike that.

What’sthehardestroleyou’vehadtoplaysofar?

ForthejobI’mdoingatthemoment[NetflixseriesSpinningOut],

! havetobea figureskater,andI couldn’tstandupinskatesuntil

a monthago.Sothephysicalityofthathasbeentough.I’mlearning

a sport at the sametimeasbuildinga character,thentryingtoput

themtogetherinthesamemoment.I nowhave

a profoundrespectforfigureskaters,because

it’sincrediblychallenging,incrediblyphysical.

They’re so strong, and just the idea of

competingconstantly,it’spsychologicallyso

intense.Soit’sbeenthehardestonesofar.

Is your Cartier partnership the first time

you’veteamedupwitha brand?

Yes.I’vealwaysmodelledandthingslikethat,

butthisis thefirsttimeI’vereallyjoinedupwith

abrand. Theyreally wanttocelebratemy

Brazilianside,whichisveryspecialforme.

I’venevergottodothatpubliclybefore.I feel

liketheyreallyunderstandI havethesetwo

sides:myBritishandmyBrazilianside.I have

myactresssideandI alsohavemyKayaside.

Anda motherside.See,complicatedwomen!

It wasexcitingtogettoputallthattogether.

Doyouhavea fondmemoryofthebrand?

Myhusbandactually bought me aCartier

LovebraceletforourfirstChristmastogether.

Hesaysit wasthenthatherealisedhewanted

tobuymeanengagementring,sohesortof

weirdly proposed with a Love bangle. So

thesepiecesaredefinitelysomethingI would

liketopassdowntomyson,if he’llhavethem.

Is it truethatyouwereobsessedwith Arnold

Schwarzeneggergrowingup?

That’s going tohaunt me forever. It’s true.

Havinganimmigrantmother, andamother

withadifferentaccent,it wasinspiringtosee

a moviestarwhohada strongaccent,andwho

hademigratedtoAmerica,madesomethingofhislifeandbuilt

acareer –threehuge, successfulcareers!Asachild,itwas

interestingtoseesomeonewhodidn’tsound like everyone else.

YousawtheTerminatorfilms 50 times?

Yes,probablymore.I loved the second one the most.

Haveyoumethim?

No,I kindofdon’twanttomeethim.Younevermeetyourhero.

It’salwaysa disappointment.He’sbusysaving the planet!E

Spinning Outis coming soon to Netflix

THREETOSEE

WHATTO

TUNEINTOTHIS

MONTH

NicoleKidman,SarahPaulson

andAnselElgortbringtolife

TheGoldfinch(youknow,the

PulitzerPrize-winningDonna

Tarttnovelthatwassobigyou

probablydidn’tfinishit).

In cinemas September 26

CarnivalRow, Cara

Delevingne’shotly

anticipatedreturntoour

screens.Thefantasyseries

alsostarsOrlandoBloom.

OnAmazonPrimeVideo

from August 30

TheTeresaPalmer-ledRide

LikeA Girl, inwhichshe

playsMichellePayne,thefirst

femalejockeytowinthe

MelbourneCup.

In cinemas September 26

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Interview:

Virginie

Dolata.

Additional

words:

Elle

McClure.

Photography: Gilles-Marie Zimmermann. Styling: Deborah Dutrain