The provide to star in The Ballad of Wallis Island got here amidst Carey Mulligan’s being pregnant together with her third child.
“Marcus [Mumford, my husband] informed me I wanted to do the movie earlier than I even learn the script as a result of he was such an enormous fan,” Mulligan, 39, informed The Times of London in an interview printed on Friday, Might 23. “I mentioned, ‘Properly, I’m going to learn it first.’ However he simply mentioned, ‘Be within the movie.’”
The Ballad of Wallis Island relies on Tom Basden and Tim Key’s 2007 brief movie of the identical title, which was nominated for a BAFTA that very same 12 months. Since then, Mumford, 38, grew to become a loyal listener of the Key’s Poetry Programme radio present on BBC Radio 4.
Mulligan had introduced in January 2023 that she and the Mumford & Sons frontman had been anticipating their third little one. (Additionally they share daughter Evelyn, now 9, and son Wilfred, now 7.)
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Whereas Mulligan was initially conscious that becoming a member of Wallis Island meant that she’d be taking pictures the undertaking newly postpartum, she couldn’t bear to show down director Richard Curtis’ provide.
“I needed to be in one thing enjoyable,” Mulligan informed The Instances. “I needed to be part of one thing that will give folks pleasure. I’m conscious that I’ve finished numerous fairly unhappy movies. I assumed, ‘Oh, I’ll be in one thing pretty, I’m not going to make anybody cry.’”
Mulligan and the crew shot Wallis Island in August 2023 in simply 18 days on location in Wales.
“[It was] the shortest shoot I’ve ever finished,” Mulligan recalled, noting her youngest little one was 10 weeks previous on the time. “My mum got here [to help and] my household got here. We noticed numerous aunts and uncles. It’s a large advert for Wales. It appears so lovely.”
Mulligan additionally had Mumford’s assist throughout manufacturing.
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“He cherished all of them and was round for a little bit of the rehearsals. He was a cheerleader within the background,” Mulligan gushed, additionally noting that she was a bit nervous about singing with Basden, 45, Key, 48, at a Might screening, not like her partner on the set. “I did it, but it surely was excruciating. I can do it high quality on set and in character, however that simply pushed me utterly over the sting.”
Mulligan revealed in October 2023 that she had given delivery earlier that 12 months, telling Vogue that life as a mother of three was “very regular.” (Mulligan and Mumford haven’t publicly shared their toddler’s title or intercourse.)
The Delight and Prejudice actress and Mumford, who’ve been married since 2012, typically maintain particulars about their household personal. Whereas talking with The Instances, Mulligan did tease that she deliberate to have “a beautiful summer time off” together with her youngsters within the forthcoming months.