@kscodders

I didn’t want to be the girl in the group that couldn’t do as much as the boys. I’m very competitive like that.

Clothes are my drug. I love Camden market - I have so many vintage pieces from there it’s unbelievable. Clothes are really important to me, they give me that feeling of happiness. I love being a bit free with it all and not giving myself rules.

Do I ever get to be upset? Do I ever get to be anyone but me?

Sometimes I think I was born backwards. You know, come out my mum the wrong way. I hear words go past me backwards. The people I should love, I hate.

I like the idea of up-and-coming actors nowadays being a little different and not necessarily the drama-school stereotype, being a bit more edgy.

I could never play just the girlfriend or the conquest or the two-dimensional female roles at all. I was raised by my mother alone. she’s one of the strongest women in the world. so for me, it’s very, very important to show it — and especially that young girls can be inspirational; they can be strong and they can do stuff with their lives.

Kaya Scodelario at Valentino Menswear Spring/Summer 2017 Show in Paris

I love dressing up, but I do find the red carpet thing quite stressful. When I went to Venice Film Festival last month to promote ‘Wuthering Heights,’ I told my boyfriend beforehand 'I will be a nightmare, I will cry, I will be nervous.’ Actually once I was there, it was fine.