I had to stop being Kylie
I had to stop being Kylie
By Albertina Lloyd
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Kylie Minogue last night revealed she had to learn to "stop being Kylie" for her new film role.
The 44-year-old singer and former Neighbours star makes a return to acting in surreal French film Holy Motors.
The actress attended the British premiere of the film in which she plays air hostess Eva Grace with director Leos Carax at Londons Curzon Mayfair cinema, looking dazzling in a black sequinned gown.
Minogue said: "Its good to be acting again. It terrifies me in a completely different way and I almost had to unlearn things that I just do naturally, as being Kylie. So I think I had extra work to get rid of that and to be believable as this character."
The highly original film, which was the toast of this years Cannes Film Festival, sees Minogue perform the song Who Were We, written by Carax and The Divine Comedys Neil Hannon.
Minogue revealed: "It was all done live in the scene. I dont know how many takes we did but it was all done in situ.
"And I had to find my path to go from speaking to bursting into song, which seems quite odd. And not performing that like I would one of my own songs. My voice was more prepared than the rest of me thats what I do."
This appeared in the printed version of the Irish Examiner Wednesday, September 19, 2012