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Anya Taylor-Joy Shared Her First Times, Including The Story Behind Her First On-Screen Kiss With James McAvoy
To celebrate the recent release of Emma, we had Anya Taylor-Joy swing by and tell us about her first times. BuzzFeed Here are just a few of our favorite first times Anya Taylor-Joy shared with us: 1. Anya’s first audition ever was actually for the role of Young Maleficent in Disney’s Maleficent. BuzzFeed / Via…
To celebrate the recent release of Emma, we had Anya Taylor-Joy swing by and tell us about her first times.
Here are just a few of our favorite first times Anya Taylor-Joy shared with us:
1.
Anya’s first audition ever was actually for the role of Young Maleficent in Disney’s Maleficent.
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On her first day on set of Emma, she was definitely nervous to be among such British “icons.”
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One of the first times she remembers being starstruck was when she met Saoirse Ronan.
4.
The first time Anya watched Clueless was at a sleepover when she was 13 or 14 years old — honestly, like most of us, I’m sure.
5.
Anya’s first on-screen kiss was actually with James McAvoy in Split.
6.
The first scene she filmed for Emma was actually the moment between Emma and Mr. Elton in the back of a carriage.
7.
Anya’s first impression of Bill Nighy was just that he’s “the coolest man.”
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And her first impression of Johnny Flynn, who plays George Knightley, was that they instantly had a “brother-sister relationship.”
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The first book-to-movie adaptation she remembers loving was Jeremy Sumpter’s Peter Pan.
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And finally, the first Jane Austen novel she read was actually Emma.
Be sure to check out Anya Taylor-Joy in Emma, which is in theaters everywhere now!
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