Imogen Poots
Imogen Poots
Imogen Poots is an English actress. She is best known for playing Tammy in the post-apocalyptic science fiction horror film 28 Weeks Later, Linda Keith in the Jimi Hendrix biopic Jimi: All Is by My Side, Debbie Raymond in the Paul Raymond biopic The Look of Loveand Julia Maddon in the American action movie Need For Speed...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth3 June 1989
CityLondon, England
conforming films formula might studio tiny
You've got these big studio films and these tiny independent films now. It's very much either/or. With the independent films, it's always a beautiful risk - it might never be seen. With the studio films, you're conforming to the formula of what's always been in place.
advise agent family
I'm lucky in that I have close friends and family and my agent to advise me.
dad early films great irony london lots moved shot spent time
My dad moved to London in his early 20s and didn't really go back. So the irony is I've spent lots and lots of time in Ireland, but not with my dad. I've shot films in Belfast, where he's from. And I've shot in Dun Laoghaire. Which is great. And I've shot in Dublin.
alongside group guys informed introduced run school stage techniques theater themselves weekends
I was about 14 when I started with a theater group; it was like a stage group on the weekends alongside school. And it was run by a group of guys who'd been to drama school themselves in London. So they introduced us to techniques that they'd learn about, and they kind of informed us about improvisation and screenwriting and all of that stuff.
architecture mixed
I find the aristocratic parts of London so unattractive and angular; the architecture is so white and gated. But in New York, it's different - even uptown it's really grand, and there's no real segregation there. It's all mixed up.
argue awkward director felt force loved playing relevant
With 'That Awkward Moment', you could argue I'm just playing the girlfriend of Zac Efron, but the director was such a creative force and let me make her my own. I loved being part of something that felt so relevant and fresh.
generally great
I generally try and have great days, because I feel very lucky to be doing what I'm doing.
good male
I'd say a good couple of my closest male friends are directors.
type
I do think 'All Is by My Side' is the type of film I'm the most happiest.
huge
If I'm really honest, I'm not a huge fan of scary films.
sincere
Seriously, I don't think there's any right way to do anything apart from if you're just being you; then it's a sincere situation.
challenged changed constantly dench maggie roles smith terms women
There is more for women in terms of character roles now. Judi Dench and Maggie Smith have constantly changed over the years and challenged themselves with different roles. That's impressive.
business chatting
The business is so international now; you'll be working on an American film, and you'll start chatting to someone, and it's like: 'Oh, you're English, too.'
deal good original
'Fright Night' I can just about deal with. Because the original is such a 1980s extravaganza. Which is a good thing. Obviously. But something like 'The Others' or anything psychological: I'm no good with that. I don't like it when there's space for me to use my imagination.