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TUPPENCE MIDDLETON AS HÉLÈNE KURAGINA IN BBC WAR & PEACE 2016

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It was really important for me to build a career. Because in an ideal world it is something I'll be doing until I'm much older. I've always just wanted to do interesting projects, and make sure that the character was different from the last, and the scripts were always good. There's really no way of predicting it, you just have to enjoy each job and take what you can from it and whatever happens, happens, I think!

Often there's this idea that people become overnight successes – it's funny being on the other side of that, because you just feel like you're a jobbing actor, and it's all very gradual. Certainly for some people that's the case, they do one film at the beginning of their career and they're skyrocketed into a catastrophic level of fame. But I felt lucky in that my ascent has been quite gradual. I don't think I would have been comfortable with handling a certain level of success at a young age. It was really important for me to build a career. Because in an ideal world it is something I'll be doing until I'm much older. I've always just wanted to do interesting projects, and make sure that the character was different from the last, and the scripts were always good.

TUPPENCE MIDDLETON AS HÉLÈNE KURAGINA IN BBC WAR & PEACE 2016