Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley on the joys of foul language and friendship
Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley play women brought together by letters in the new film “Wicked Little Letters” but their preferred means of communication is WhatsApp. With their husbands, they have a group chat with an unprintable name, inspired by the some of the foul language of their film. What do they write to each other?
“There’s lots of 'I f——— love you. I’m going to snog your face when I see you,” says Colman.
“With a long ‘uuuuuuu,’” adds Buckley.
“We’re wordsmiths,” says Colman.
Colman and Buckley have been good friends since they first met in a night spent, fittingly, with letters. “Is that how we met?" Colman says, jogging her memory. “Brilliant.” With an
