Rebecca Ferguson has admitted she is still looking for that special role that will define her career.
The 42-year-old actress, who starred in Mission impossible – The girl on the train and lifesaid she’s grateful for all the work she’s done, but she hasn’t yet found a role that really feels like “the one.”
“I’m still looking for it,” she told The Independent. “I’ve been super blessed with the jobs I’ve done, but I still have to find that thing.”
Rebecca went on to say that she often wonders if an actor ever really finds that perfect role, saying, “Did Daniel Day-Lewis or Isabelle Huppert find that thing? Was there a moment where they said, ‘Yes, this is what I’m longing for?'”
The Dune actress described herself as someone who always wants to feel deeply through her work.
“I look for sensations,” she said. “Something that penetrates me and moves my intestines like spaghetti. I want to experience something raw and real.”
She also talked about how her lack of formal training has shaped her as an actress.
“If you’re not trained, you have to find your own way, and it has to be truthful,” she said ELLE Canada.
“I just try to listen, to be real, to make it honest.”
Rebecca’s first big step into acting came at the age of 15 when she joined the Swedish soap Nya Tider.
“It was like going to school,” she remembers. “I was doing something I loved, surrounded by great actors who helped me grow.”
