‘Companion’ star Sophie Thatcher explains why she prefers music to acting: “I feel much more passionately”
Sophie Thatcher, the recent star of thriller Companion, recently revealed that she finds music “much more exciting” than acting and declaring it “my first love.”
Talking to Therapuss podcast on the heels of the season three finale of Yellowjackets, the actor opened up about her relationship with music. Though Thatcher has been acting since she was three years old, she stated that music is her main artistic interest.
“I feel much more passionately about it,” Thatcher revealed on the podcast. “With music I haven’t even done live shows yet. It’s kind of just a very internal process that when it’s shared it’s way more scary.”
This translates into her relationships with fellow celebrities, too. “I look up to musicians,” she said, whereas she “never really fangirls” over actors. “I have my inspirations of course and I look up to people,” she clarified, but she talked of tapping into an entirely different realm when surrounded by musicians. “It’s very different to me,” she added.
She also divulged her key musical inspirations. “A lot of them are gone now. Elliot Smith is my number one. I have an Elliott Smith tattoo,” she laughed. “Fiona Apple, Arthur Russell, Cass McCombs, so many people.”
In the spirit of being vulnerable, Thatcher also talked about her struggles with anxiety, often a by-product of shooting to fame. “I have a lot of fucking anxiety, and I get. Well, I get the weird derealization shit,” she told the host. She also reported suffering anxiety attacks increasingly at airports, as she is usually recognised as she goes through security.
Despite her struggles, she continues to impress colleagues in her field. In an exclusive interview with Far Out, writer and director of Companion Drew Hancock noted that Thatcher immediately took his breath away. “It was just immediately apparent that it was going to be her or the movie is not going to get made,” he said.
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