Ella Purnell Says She’s “Well-Adjusted” Despite Killer ‘Sweetpea’ Role

Regardless of her upcoming murderous portrayal, Ella Purnell struggled to abdomen her newest function.

Because the British actress mentioned her homicidal character Rhiannon Lewis in Sweetpea, premiering Oct. 10 on Starz and Sky, she admitted starring within the collection did “take a toll” on her mentally.

“Folks assume I should be actually tousled, however I swear I’m a contented, well-adjusted human!” Purnell advised The Guardian. “I can’t do horror movies. I don’t actually love watching an excessive amount of gore, or any supernatural issues. I’m not even actually an enormous sci-fi particular person. And I’m not a gamer. So I don’t understand how any of this has occurred!”

The six-part collection stars Purnell as Rhiannon, a quiet wallflower who develops a vengeful and intoxicatingly liberating style for homicide.

Serving as a prequel to CJ Skuse’s ebook collection, Purnell says the literary model of her character Rhiannon is rather more “snarky and undoubtedly much more evil” than her portrayal.

“She begins to really feel extra highly effective after which clearly the extra energy you’re feeling, the extra energy you exude – individuals learn that power,” she provides. “If you happen to take away the homicide, it’s fairly a candy coming-of-age story.”

Purnell additionally recounted an “embarrassing” on-set second when she “form of blacked out” whereas filming Rhiannon’s first homicide, which known as for her to stab a rubber dummy crammed with blood baggage for a five-minute steady shot. “After the primary minute, I closed my eyes so I couldn’t see anyone, and simply went in,” she defined.

The present ends on a very disturbing observe. “Oh don’t, it’s terrible. It does hang-out me,” says Purnell of the scene.

Purnell defined that she needed to prioritize self-care whereas making the present, “as a result of in any other case it could lead on you down some darkish paths. The job’s not price your psychological well being.”