Becoming the living embodiment of a Young Adult hero
How do you tackle taking on an established character?
It started off with the scripts, that’s the foundation block to build it all from. Then reading the books as well gave us bonus material to pull from, and then the production team were really supportive. We got to talk to Jonathan Stroud, the author of the books, and we had experts in the books providing us with glossaries and stuff for quick use on set. But I guess there does come a point where you have to take ownership for it yourself – you sort of get your hand held for a couple of weeks, and then they go, “Fly away with it”. It felt really like a supportive atmosphere to work within and a real pleasure to take on such a fun character.
What was the costume-fitting process like?
I think the first time I wore the costume there was a Covid flare-up, and
