When she was 8, Ruth Wilson liked re-enacting movie scenes with her two rambunctious brothers. One of her favorites, she recalled the other day, was the ending of “Platoon,” in which Willem Dafoe, peppered by bullets, collapses in slow motion on a verdant field. Some time ago, Jimmy Fallon urged Ms. Wilson to replay that sequence for his late-night audience. “A cat is incredibly physical, and as a performer I’m physical,” she said. “If I feel emotions, they move through my body in a way that is sensual.

Source: New York Times August 29, 2018 18:56 UTC