Name Tuppence Middleton Born 21 February 1987. Bristol. England.
Background Middleton grew up in the West Country seaside town of Cleveden, the daughter of a businessman father and a hairdresser mother. As a teenager she joined a local amateur theatre group and also acted in plays at Bristol Grammar School. While a drama undergraduate at the Arts Ed School in London. she appeared in an episode of the US TV crime procedural series Bones.
What’s she up to now? She's the lead in the new British teen horror film Tormented. in which her character is head girl Justine Fielding, one of many pupils menaced by the avenging ghost of a bullied former student. She began filming Tormented within a month of leaving drama school in the summer of 2008. Recently she has been shooting British feature Skeletons. which is billed as a 'surreal comedy about travelling salesmen who clear skeletons Out of peoples' closets'.
What she says about the script for Tormented ‘I hadn't read anything like this before. I didn't know how to categorise it or what sort of genre to put it into. It was funny and it was scary. and reminded me of films like Carrie. but with a different vibe because it was set in Britain. To prepare for the film I watched lots of Hammer horror films to get in the mood.’
On her favourite scene in Tormented ‘I really like watching
the climax in the sixth form centre,
where my character Justine is being chased by Darren Mullett. We spent two days filming the scene. and it required so much energy because we were working with prosthetics and fake blood. and there were stunts. Seeing it again brings back so many memories.’
Interesting tact Tuppence is her real name. and was passed down by her Danish mother. (Tom Dawson)
I Tormented is on selected release from Fri 22 May. See review.
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