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| Ellinor Taflin |
Please introduce yourself to
the readers and how and when did
you first get
into performing?
I am a Swedish 25 year
old girl who has always shown a big interest in movies and English. I got into
theater when I was about 7 years old and loved it from the start. My first role
was in a play we made ourselves. We put together a lot of Disney characters and
connected them into one play. I got to play Ariel and the Beast. I would watch
movies constantly and dreamt of one day being in one.
What inspired you to get
into this industry?
I love the possibilities
of the different characters you can play. All the situations you can experience
without having to go through it in your own life. I do enjoy doing theater but
the movie industry fascinates me even more because you can create anything! In
theater the audience might have to overlook that the set is not actually on
fire or a meadow far away from civilization. In movies you can either go
somewhere in reality or make it look like it is real with special effects.
Theater is wonderful and I love going to see a play or a musical but movies,
they’re magical!
What kind of training
have you had, if any?
While in Sweden I
studied acting in a more general sense. We learned about theater history, how
it has changed, how to use our bodies and voice. I have then gotten more into
specific techniques such as the Meisner technique which I studied in depth in
London. When at the New York Film Academy I continued with Meisner but got a
taste of the Method, Adler, Hagen, Spolin, Chekhov and Stanislavsky’s
techniques as well. I have also done a lot of Shakespeare which can be a bit
challenging. I love Shakespeare but it takes practice to make the words come
out in a meaningful way since the language is different from how we speak
today.
What has been your
favorite role to play so far?
When I played Juliet in
a production of Romeo and Juliet. It was something I had dreamt of doing for a
long time so when I got the part I was ecstatic!
What has been one of
your biggest achievements in your career so far?
This is such a hard
industry to get into so the fact that I have moved to America and the center of
the industry, have not given up and have stayed busy working on different
projects while working on my own content is probably the thing I am most proud
of right now.
What projects do you
have coming up?
I am playing one of the
leads in a new short film called Bloggers which I am also producing. It is a
powerful story about millennials who are successful bloggers that get together
to see if they can make it even bigger as a team. They all have their struggles
and this film shows how we might seem unlike at first glance but under the
surface we are not all that different.
Who would you most like
to work with?
My male idol is Leonardo
DiCaprio so that would be the dream for sure. Another dream I have is to work
on the sitcom Baby Daddy with my female idol Melissa Peterman. She has inspired
me to get into comedy which is a new side for me to explore as an actress.
What are your plans for
the future?
We are about to submit
Bloggers to film festivals and hopefully it will be well received. Later this
year I will film a web series and there are a few more projects lined up for
the future.
What is your advice to
aspiring performers?
Never give up! Work hard
and never give up. It is a tough business, you have to work with what you have
and find your way. It is not going to be a straight road to success! Lots of
turns, but if you give up, the breakthrough might have been just around the
next corner. And J.K. Simmons gave me the good advice “be on time!” which is
more important than some might think.
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