According toThe Guardian, that father figure was her actual father: Lenny Kravitz.
“[My role] was written for a blonde, white, Russian girl,” she said.
“I was like, ‘I’ll audition for it anyway.
It changed [director Neil Jordan’s] mind about how he saw the role.”
For her, this early experience gave her a whole lot of hope.
Now, it’s about us bringing the change."
While reviews fromThe Hollywood ReporterandVarietywere less than kind, the film was significant for Kravitz.
While she had a supporting role, she was also introduced to Ben Foster on set.
At the time, Foster was 27 and Kravitz was 19, but the relationship wouldn’t last.
“It was more advantageous to put together a band since obviously not all musicians are actors.
We had to find a great band… and kids that could act.”
It worked so well, in fact, that some of their songs are featured on theCalifornicationsoundtrack.
They saw something in her, though, and asked her to return.
“I went back in and in the next two weeks, I was on plane to London.”
“So I hope that they feel her authenticity.
She’s not ashamed of who she is, and that’s what I love about her so much.
I hope that’s what young woman can take away from her, too.”
“My body would not allow me to take that last step,” she said.
“We’re harnessed in… but I couldn’t do it.
“Food is part of that for her.
It’s amazing to play a really strong character that also has a weakness.”
More than that, it took her back to a place she had been years before.
“It was really, really bad in high school,” she toldPeople.
“I will always compare myself to the beautiful blond bombshell with huge boobs.
It’s the name of the game.”
When she got so weak that she lost her voice and couldn’t sing.
And you might’t really get away with treating yourself badly without consequences.”
That was, in large part, due to her fairly non-traditional role.
“I think she understands the world the most,” Kravitz toldCBR.
“These girls have been sheltered and taken care of.
I think she understands it’s a kill-or-be-killed world, and she’s ready for that.
I think she would leave the girls if she had to.
She chopped her hair off.
She is a true member of the Wasteland.”
I know the big ones because my grandmother wore them, or they’ve been around forever.
When Wang called her style ‘cool,’ she responded: “Whatever that means.
Everyone is looking at everyone else to see what’s cool.
So it’s just all about a level of confidence.
When anyone sets out to be cool it becomes contrived.
Cool just means, ‘I agree with this in this moment.'”
She spoke withVarietyabout the audition process, saying, “It wasn’t too long …
I went there [to London] and worked with Eddie.
I was nervous, especially doing a British accent in front of these English people.
They were very welcoming.
I think that it helped me feel confident enough.”
“You want to feel ballsy.
You want to feel that cocky, fun thing.”
Kravitz is only a third of the band, with Jimmy Giannopoulos and James Levy rounding out the roster.
They’re not just band members, either.
“When I’m with these guys, it’s like coming home.
We get to go around the world and do what we like to do.”
And that’s not a bad way to live your life at all.
