Marisa Abela on acting with Michael Fassbender in Black Bag

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00:00You are amazing in this! I loved watching you and I loved your character. I loved that

00:04she's the young, cool one. I love that she's got the Gen Z lingo.

00:08Right, I know, I know. I was struggling with the Gen Z lingo. I don't know if I can quite

00:13pass as Gen Z but we're trying.

00:15I think at one point she calls Michael's character Baby Girl and I was like, this is the best

00:18thing ever!

00:19Yeah, she does. I love that. I saw my best friend came to the premiere in New York last

00:24night and he was like, when I did that moment, that was the moment he was like, woo!

00:30Honestly, I burst out laughing. I was like, yes, get it!

00:32What was it like playing Clarissa? Because, I mean, what a character, what a name. I just

00:36love her.

00:37I love her too. I think what's really special about Clarissa is that she's kind of like

00:41the eyes and ears of the audience into this world because she is the youngest and she's

00:45been doing it for the least amount of time. Clarissa is really, she's kind of figuring

00:51out how to behave in this world at the same time that the audience are. She's not quite

00:55as jaded by the lies and the deception and the violence as the other people are. I think

01:02it's refreshing in a spy film to see someone be kind of shocked by the behaviour.

01:06Yeah, absolutely. And obviously, Michael and Kate are giving mum and dad. I mean, were

01:11they giving mum and dad on set?

01:13That's so cool. Look at them. Yeah, I mean, they're just giving legends. So it was really

01:21amazing to work with them. And I think what was so great is because they are so great

01:26that actually within a few minutes, of course, you let go of what you know of those people

01:32and you're just playing with those actors. And it was so, you know, my first day was

01:37the first dinner table scene and that's a 13-page long scene that really feels like

01:42a play, you know? And just getting to be in that moment with them was so exciting.

01:46And you get to share a few scenes with Michael just one-on-one as well. I mean, what was

01:50that like?

01:51That was really fun, actually. That was really fun. There's that scene in the kind of

01:54like espionage room and that was great. I mean, again, there's a lot of dialogue, a

02:00lot of jargon, heavy dialogue. And the great thing about Stephen's set is that it's

02:07very relaxed, you know? So you're so loose with each other in between takes that by the

02:11time you go, you're just sort of warm and you're loose and you're playful and you're

02:15kind of throwing things at each other that, you know, you didn't expect to receive or

02:20to get.

02:21And just finally then, obviously I've watched the kind of progression of your career. Can

02:25you believe that you're here working with these legends, working with Stephen Soderbergh?

02:28Like, you're just smashing it.

02:30Oh, thank you. No, I can't believe it. I mean, I'm literally, every time I look down

02:33the carpet, I'm like, oh yeah. No, it's great and I'm so proud of this film. I'm

02:38so proud of it and I'm so excited to, you know, people are really enjoying it and that's

02:43just a great feeling.

02:44I'm so proud of you.

02:45Oh, thank you!

02:46So good to see you, Angel. Thank you so much. Lots of love.

02:49Thanks so much. See you.

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