So, I have to ask about hair: I’m fascinated by your bangs. You cut it right at the end of shooting, right? Did you do it to say, I'm done with Claire?
C: I think it was a really pathetic mini rebellion. I did it in South Africa. We had another two weeks to go. I cut it myself—I robbed the scissors from the hair and makeup department and I took them home and I just was like [chopping motion]. We have a long season. It’s 10 months; it’s very intense. And sometimes I think you want to own a little bit of your own life, and I think that was my really silly personal rebellion.
S: Everything is controlled. You have great freedom playing the characters, but our lives are so structured, you know, the way you look.
Is it a disguise? Can you now go to the grocery store or walk through an airport and people don't recognize you?
C: I mean, I can do that anyway. Because I’m scruffy in my day-to-day life. They don’t expect a TV actress to be as scruffy as I am, it's great. I’ll be standing with him and people will be like, "Sam, Sam, can we take your picture?" And then, like five minutes later, they’ll like, "Oh!" and realize it's me, because they just think I'm this schleppy...I don't know.
S: I think you always look glamorous.
C: No, I don't.
S: You do.
-Elle Magazine 2017
