Emily Browning has revealed that she had never read anything like Julia Leigh's script for Sleeping Beauty and that was one of the main reasons that she took on the role.
She leaves the action role in Sucker Punch behind this week for the more erotic drama Sleeping Beauty - a movie that has already caused a stir on the festival circuit.
Browning plays Lucy who is drawn into a mysterious hidden world of unspoken desires.
Speaking to HeyUGuys the actress said: "First of all, the script was unbelievable. Julia’s writing is really mesmerising. I’ve never really read a role like this before.
"Lucy is aware she’s going to get objectified to some degree, and instead of raging against it, she decides to adopt what Julia calls this ‘radical passivity’, where she’s almost in control of the situation by allowing the situation to control her.
"She relinquishes control so that she can kind of sit back and become an observer, which I think is kind of an interesting, f***ed up way of doing things.
"I love the fact that she does that to the point that she literally cannot do it anymore and she has to claw her way back to reality. I just found that fascinating and I really loved how mysterious Lucy was."
Sleeping Beauty is the directorial debut for Leigh and looks set to be the major breakthrough role for Browning.
Sleeping Beauty is out now.
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