Gwendoline Christie's Path To Hollywood Stardom

Gwendoline Christie honed her craft in acting school in her early 20s, per The Guardian. She attended Drama Centre London. Christie met British actor and director Simon Callow during her time at the school, and he later became her mentor. So, how did the then-aspiring actor meet Callow? She opened up about the journey during an interview with V Magazine in 2015. Christie told a school administrator that she was skilled in filing paperwork in an attempt to avoid helping disassemble a stage, which was an expectation of underclassmen at her school.

The administrator then connected her with Callow, who was looking for an assistant at the time. He set up an interview with Christie, and she was initially a nervous wreck. "How do you go into that situation not feeling intimidated?" she told The Guardian. "Maybe people do now, maybe millennials feel confident, I don't know. Anyway, he answered the door and this kindness poured out of him." Luckily, Callow took a liking to Christie, and she began working as his dog walker and research assistant.

Callow went on to guide the star as she tried to make a name for herself. "I suppose he coaxed me out of my shell when it came to being an actor," she told The Guardian. He would shout at me about my lazy and disorganized mind, throw books." Yikes! Well, maybe Callow's tough love pushed Christie to remain motivated.

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