Emily Browning has revealed that she was inspired by Charlotte Gainsbourg when preparing for her new movie Sleeping Beauty.
Browning has teamed up with first time feature filmmaker Julia Leigh for an adaptation of Sleeping Beauty and the actress was encouraged to watch Gainsbourg in Antichrist by her director.
Speaking at the Cannes press conference for the movie Browning said: "Julia and I had two weeks to just really pull apart the script and talk about every detail.
"Julia gave me some films to watch, and I remember the first one she told me to watch was Antichrist.
"It was really just to see Charlotte Gainsbourg's performance. That kind of bravery was really inspiring to me.
"To see that someone could be that open and that brave and give so much of themselves to a role."
It's a very different role for the actress than Sucker Punch - which she starred in earlier this year.
And the Browning admits that she wanted to push herself as an actress.
"I said yes immediately. When I read the script I was really affected and felt really uncomfortable - in the best possible way. I loved the idea of challenging myself in that sense."
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