@imsebastianstan: Literal children these two... @brooklyngrace @chrisevans
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@annalisak: I wanna be them
@looeldown: they are adorable I love them
@conorforet: the hand on his waist🤤🤤
@chrisevans: Shut up
@oliverall: BRISLYN
@wessmeagg: I cant believe it's almost 20 years of marriage for them
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@josierourke: I cant wait for you guys to see this movie! @maryqueenofscots @brooklyngrace
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@revasdo: BROOKLYN GRACE
@firecoas: Joe Alwyn and Brooklyn Grace are beautiful
@seasonten: I cant wait
@jeash: good lord
@cassiesoon: they are all so pretty
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@joealwyn: Getting closer to the world premiere. Can't wait for you all to see it! @maryqueenofscots
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@nathansek: if I took a pic with Brooklyn Grace too, I would be showing it off too
@summersarah: that first picture is beautiful
@rememe: I can't wait for it either
@scottermass: I wanna see u and Brooklyn Grace
@cannonpeice: soooooo hot
@liliakennel: Love that picture of Brooklyn Grace and you
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Hollywood, California, AFI Fest presented by Audi, closed with a gala screening of Mary Queen of Scots!
Brooklyn Grace was in attendance! She looked stunning in a long black and patterned dress with a slit almost going to her waist. She tied her long blonde hair into an elegant bun.
She stood in between director Josie Rourke and costume designer Alexandra Byrne.
It seems that everyone tried to grab a picture with the 13 time Academy Award winner!
Joe Alwyn, who portrays Robert Dudley, one of Elizabeth's good friends and suitors, grabbed a picture with his onscreen queen/lover.
Next to snag a picture is Ismael Cruz Córdova, who plays David Rizzio, a friend of Mary's.
The cast stood alongside their director. Alwyn, Grace, Córdova, with Maria-Victoria Dragus, and Eileen O'Higgins who both play two of Mary's ladies in waiting.
The movie is to be released soon!
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@maryqueenofscots: Bow to the queen👑👸🏼 @brooklyngrace
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@frankielane: she's a goddess
@laykne: the regalness there
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Leading ladies Saoirse Ronan and Brooklyn Grace sat down with Deadline and talked about their movie and the experience behind it!
The real Queen Elizabeth I and Mary Stuart probably never met but in Mary Queen of Scots, having cast Brooklyn Grace and Saoirse Ronan, it seems only fair to give the people what they want and have them come together for a scene! The movie directed by Josie Rourke, stays true to the character's separate lives besides that one instance of the two meeting. In fact, Ronan and Grace didn't even meet until they were on camera together—a decision they made together—and one that turned out to perfectly capture a tale of rivalry, isolation, and oppressed female power.
Saoirse, you signed on to play Mary many years ago, but what did you both know about this story going into it?
Saoirse Ronan: I didn't know much, really. I learned a very small amount about Mary when I was in school, and there was so much about her that had been entered into the history books that just wasn't really true. So my perception of her was that she was this young girl who was way in over her head and didn't really know how to rule, and consequently, she got executed eventually, which of course isn't the real story at all. So when I finally did start to do research when I signed on to do the film years ago, I realized she came from a very well-respected yet very fiery family, the Stuarts, who had been ruling for hundreds of years. It was very exciting to know that there was another side to the story that hadn't been told. And I was excited to tell that story.
Brooklyn Grace: I learned about Elizabeth in secondary school in England, so I had an understanding of her story. I did delve back into it a bit in preparation to filming, making sure to totally understand the timeline. I had an image of Elizabeth in my mind, the way we see her at the end of this film with the white face and the red lips and elaborate dresses. Many people assumed Elizabeth must have had a very easy life as a monarch, and quickly discovered that being a monarch actually meant your life was constantly in danger. And I think for Elizabeth that knowledge was deep-seated, and grew into paranoia over the years. You get to see that in the film as she does play her hand very cautiously. She is constantly calculating and mitigating the risks.
Both women were often dismissed or controlled by men. Did you and Josie discuss this as a modern, topical piece?
Saoirse Ronan: One of the things that Josie had said to me pretty much right away was that she wanted the film to feel quite young and youthful. And I think so often these films can feel a bit stodgy; something that isn't really relatable to young people. What was really important for all of us to remember, especially for myself and the girls playing the four Marys [her ladies-in-waiting], was that they were 19-year-old girls, and they came back to Scotland and just took over. They had parties, music and dancing, and Scotland and the Scottish court wasn't really ready for that. So that was something she really wanted to incorporate into our version of it. Also the idea—and I know Brooklyn had this discussion with her too—that even if they were rulers, they were female rulers, and they were considered more so than anything to just be something that can produce an heir that will then take over from them, which is exactly what happened to Mary. As soon as her son was born, all of her power was taken away from her, but Elizabeth had the smarts to know that would be the case. I suppose it's shining a light on women in power, and how it's a much more complicated thing, even nowadays for a woman.
Brooklyn Grace: It was clear that Josie wanted to inject an element of youth and acknowledge that they were very young people, but with huge responsibilities. But at the same time, they are exploring their sexuality and they're falling in love, and they're feeling insecure. On top of the high stakes of being a monarch at that time, there was the more simple problem of, "I'm in love with this person, are they going to love me back?" Which I thought was really fun, and I had a lot of fun exploring the relationship Elizabeth has with Joe [Alwyn]'s character [Robert Dudley]. In history, it's recorded that Elizabeth made a weird request for her lover to go and marry Mary, which you see in the film. It was interesting to look at it through a political lens and try to understand, was there a calculated move there, or was she young and in love and feeling extremely insecure, and did something a bit stupid. When you have those conversations, you're humanizing them, and realizing that they're not so different to you and I, that they're making mistakes and messing up, and that's what makes them relatable.
You had totally separate shooting schedules, except for your one scene together. How did that help you?
Saoirse Ronan: It really helped me. It was Brooklyn and I that both agreed from the very beginning that we didn't want to see each other, and we thought it would be quite a fun experiment to try, because I had certainly never tried that before. Brooklyn started before I did, and our meeting scene was the very first thing that I shot. To know in the three weeks that I had off, all of the English court stuff was being shot, and that this whole world was existing that I didn't really know anything about was exhilarating. You were sort of guessing what they were up to, and who was in alliance with who, and it just meant that when we did finally do that meeting scene, we were acting definitely, but it was personal. It became a very, very emotionally loaded day for us.
Brooklyn Grace: The isolation and the loneliness Elizabeth feels is definitely a huge part of her story, and I think it helped so much to know Saoirse and the four Marys had this amazing bond and they were always having so much fun. My character doesn't have scenes where she can giggle and have fun. It was great, because I would sit there and just be thinking, "I just want to be hanging out with girlfriends and doing fun things." I was sitting alone in a room doing things with flowers. It was about imagining what the other one is up to, and feeling that pang of envy. And I really think, at least in this iteration of Elizabeth, I wanted to play up the idea that she wanted to live vicariously through Mary, and loved hearing the way Mary ran her court. She loved hearing how Mary was falling in love, getting married, having a baby, and had all her friends and all her parties and was ruling in a way she knew she was never going to be capable of. Part of it was that Mary's way was the wrong way, and was ultimately going to be dangerous to her. But on the other hand, Elizabeth was wishing it could be her.
Did you find people reacted differently to you as the make-up became more extreme when Elizabeth had smallpox?
Brooklyn Grace: It's interesting. And it's not just on this film. I've done films where I've played someone who's pregnant, and it's interesting that everyone unconsciously tries to help you step out of a door, or they move differently around you. They have this instinct to touch your belly, even though they know perfectly well it's not real and we're on a film set. And likewise, playing Elizabeth, when I would go to set in my track suit, we'd all chat about our weekends or whatever and sure they were staring at me with eyes and mouth wide open, but then I'd come back in full royal regalia, and suddenly everyone's standing a little taller and saying good morning, and being timid. And then on the flip side, when she had smallpox, the makeup definitely looked painful. People looked away a little bit, like it was uncomfortable to look at Elizabeth, which is great, because it was a small glimpse of how she might have felt at the time.
We can't wait to see these two beauties on the big screen together!
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@brooklyngrace: My baby needs to stop growing up😭🥰 @alexevans
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@socoso: He's kinda hot
@alexevans: Sorry, Ma!
@ollyfeld: AWWW HE CALLS HER MA. SO BOSTON
@chrisevans: Aww look at him!
@bonnbon: I love this
@poorlike: man he's a cutie
@frankieduni: he just turned 14
@carmenthurg: he looks like Chris so much
@alexanderskarsgard: That's my son!!!
@leosapper: lol Alex Skarsgard
@eriklola: Is that Heath Ledger's camera?!?!
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Brooklyn Grace was in New York City promoting her new movie Mary Queen of Scots alongside her director, Josie Rourke!
Pictured: Star Brooklyn Grace and director Josie Rourke (right) alongside the moderator of the Q & A.
Grace wore an apricot summer dress with a plunging neck line topping off the look with a red lipstick!
The 46 year old help Rourke answer questions about the film-making process! The director, who is a first time director, having an extensive theater background, said she was nervous about directing a movie. Especially having to direct "THE Brooklyn Grace".
Grace talked about the grueling physical process of becoming Queen Elizabeth I, saying "I could barely move my face because there was so much prosthetics. It's glued down plastic on my face." The film's makeup department did a good job of showing Elizabeth's struggle with smallpox and all the scars she had from it. After 3 and a half hours in makeup and wardrobe each day, Grace became unrecognizable and even a bit trapped. "The clothes were very restrictive, as they were at the time. It helped—I felt claustrophobic, I felt trapped. But kind of upholding this image the whole time, which is similar to what Elizabeth did. She sort of created an image and then was imprisoned by it."
But she said that it turned out in the end and Grace made it incredibly easy to do her job!
We really can not wait for this movie!