Charithra Chandran
finished her degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Oxford and started working in a consultancy.
With a schedule, with a good salary.
She was not happy.
Her interpretation, which had accompanied her since she was a child, had clung to her interior.
"What good is it for my parents to emigrate and work hard if I'm not prospering, if I'm not doing what I want?" This young woman of Indian origin wondered in the midst of a pandemic.
She quit her job and tried being an actress.
And the decision was not wrong.
She first had a role in
Alex Rider
and today she is one of the protagonists who arrive in the second season of Netflix's mega-hit
The Bridgertons
, which premieres this Friday.
From office to fame.
Bad lover, what would Rosalía say.
What is it like to arrive almost at the beginning of your career to a series that in its first month saw 82 million people? It is such an obscene number of people that it becomes abstract, as if it were not real.
The number in my head was so ridiculous that, strangely, it didn't affect me.
That's more people than live in the UK.
It's crazy.
When there are so many, you focus on acting and what you have under control. Another of the values of The Bridgertons is that it brings a female gaze to the 19th century. This is interesting because period drama tends to focus more on the female gaze , but here it is about powerful women.
For example, most older women are widows, and to portray them accurately, you need to have more female writers. Does being written by women make the female characters more consistent? Yes,
It is really wonderful that there are so many complex women interacting with each other and the public can see themselves reflected. Let's go to the racialized characters within the 19th century. Hamilton already did it with the theater, but this series has revolutionized television for being multiracial.
It's not based on real life and it's not historically accurate, but how beautiful would reality have been?
Besides, people have gotten used to it quickly. There was no lack of criticism either for not following the books. Books are just inspiration.
The series is more than that.
The books were written 20 years ago, they should be updated, and viewers deserve to see themselves 100% represented.
People can accept sirens, but if you have problems with seeing racialized people, it is still a problem that says much more about you than about the series. Is it a problem of racism? 100%.
As it happens with the Marvel movies, I don't think the representation of Thor is that of Norse mythology and nobody says anything.
To criticize
The Bridgertons
for being multiracial is quite a racist comment. You who have seen it from the outside.
What makes
The Bridgertons
so appealing ? I think the fact that so many races were represented was very appealing, but also that it's so steamy and fun.
When we were on lockdown, feeling miserable, it was a source of joy. Remember the call? Before I got the offer, I already knew because my agent called me while I was gardening with my mom.
I went from being covered in mud to the most glamorous series on television.
Simone Ashley and Charithra Chandran in The Bridgertons on Netflix
You say that the greatest quality of Edwina, her character, is kindness.
Do we need to see more good people? Kindness, generosity and compassion are so underrated in this society and I hope the public realizes how special they are and how much better the world would be with people like that. build this world with romantic love at the center? Love is an important part of life, but more important is one's existence and identity.
I believe that our soulmate does not have to be a couple, they can be our friends or brothers.
Those are just as valuable relationships as romantic ones.
There is also the fact of loving oneself as the basis of mental health.
Self love is the most important type of love far ahead of any other.
The idea that we can get happiness from various sources is interesting.
It is a life lesson that young people should learn because it takes pressure off you. In his networks he tends to talk openly about his bad days. In general, I am such a positive and happy person that I hate the false perception that my life is always great.
I am very lucky and privileged, but I also get angry and sad.
And I want people to see that it's normal.
What was it like leaving your consulting job to become an actress? We all wonder what the meaning of life is, what makes me happy... And I decided that it was being an actress and that I owed it to myself.
I have worked hard all my life to be able to follow my heart for once.
I am young, I am physically able, I have privileges and it was time to do it.
As a philosopher and political scientist,
How do you see the world we are building? People like to be sensational, but it is the best there has ever been.
Maybe not today, with Covid and the war, but let's go to 2019: fewer deaths from disease, less poverty... I know it's a difficult time, but people are better off today than 100 years ago, although inequality is increasing and we we face an existential threat on which we must focus all our energies.
Obviously we are dealing with a lot of things, but Gen Z have the tenacity to deal with them.
I am very optimistic. She has also been very concerned about the invasion of Ukraine. It is an absolute tragedy, there are no winners and no losers.
Any loss of life is the most horrible thing in the world and my thoughts are with Ukraine.
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