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I’d be texting them little things like, You know that thing you said about Cam?
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We really want to include it, and we have to do it by midnight tonight.
Gladstone pauses and then adds: Yeah, it was really interesting.
But on the day we talk,Under the Bridgehas just dropped the first two episodes.
From left: Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese, Lily Gladstone, and Leonardo DiCaprio at Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 20, 2023
So what’s premiere day like for Lily Gladstone?
It’s really exciting, she says.
It feels like Christmas morning in a little way.
From left: Josephine (Chloe Guidry) and Cam (Lily Gladstone). In 1997, on a quiet island in BC, 14-year-old Reena Virk attends a party and never returns home. Her disappearance intrigues a novelist returning to her hometown, who finds herself drawn into the hidden world of the teen suspects.
For now, though, it’sUnder the Bridge’s moment.
I’m just excited for other people to see the show and experience it, the 37-year-old says.
There’s relationships that develop between characters that are surprising and really moving.
Chloe Guidry, Izzy G., Vritika Gupta, Aiyana Goodfellow in Hulu’sUnder the Bridge
I’m excited for people to go along with the whole ride.
From left: Josephine (Chloe Guidry) and Cam (Lily Gladstone).
What made you want to play the role of Cam?
And that’s how it felt withKillers of the Flower Moon.
Bullying has gone nowhere.
And we see it in this story with Reena Virk.
Reena Virk’s story rocked Canada, but it’s not that known in the States.
That’s in no way saying that Canada’s perfect.
It’s not a monolith on the hill.
But in particular with Reena, her case changed the way that missing-persons protocol happens with policing up there.
It changed some things about how trying minors unfolds.
It kind of woke people up to the fact that maybe the kids aren’t okay.
There’s that saying, It takes a village to raise a kid.
Well, if something’s wrong with the kids, there’s something deeply wrong with the village.
So I really value that.
It’s about addressing what it is that hurt that person.
What was it in society that turned that person into a violent person who hurts other people?
How did your awareness of restorative justice come about?
It does nothing to solve the problems.
It doesn’t address the origins of these crimes.
It’s really remarkable.
So how did playing Cam affect you personally?
And what was your school experience like?
High school was great; middle school sucked.
I definitely had moments in adolescence where I was bullied for any number of reasons.
She calls herself a behaviorist.
I’m really grateful for that because she taught me to not carry grudges and to have compassion.
That’s how I learned to deal with itin kind of a self-deprecating way.
Bullies are created by circumstance.
Where I grew up, you get bullied by your cousins…it wears differently on the res.
So there’s a big difference between getting teased and getting bullied.
And bullying can be so vicious.
I never really learned exactly what was up, but some of her friends were friends of mine.
I got a sense that things at home weren’t particularly great that week.
It comes from feeling powerless.
It comes from being disenfranchised, and that’s a societal issue.
Theres a scene in episode two between Cam and Dusty when Cam tells the teenager that Reena is dead.
Its so chilling and heavy.
What was that scene like to film?
Yeah, it was really, really hard for me.
That only served Aiyana [Goodfellow]’s beautiful performance.
That kid blows me away.
What can you tease about that dynamic, and how soon will we find out whats going on?
I thought that was a very interesting gear, given that my character is fictional.
There was not actually a Cam Bentland.
What do you hope people take away from this when they finish watching?
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
