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The proposal to star in The Wallis Island Ballad came in the middle of Carey MulliganPregnancy with her third baby.
“Marcus (Mumfordmy husband) told me I needed to make the movie before I even read the script because he was such a big fan, ”Mulligan, 39, told The Times of London In an interview announced on Friday, May 23. “I said, ‘Well, I’m going to read it first.’ But he said, ‘Be in the film.’ “
The Wallis Island Ballad based on Tom Basden and Tim KeyA short film in 2007 of the same name, nominated for BAFTA the same year. Since then, Mumford, 38, became a zealous listener on the key Poetry Radio show on BBC Radio 4.
Mulligan had announced in January 2023 that she and the forward of Mumford & Sons Expect their third child. (They also share the daughter of Evelyn, now 9, and the son of Wilfred, now 7.)
While Mulligan was aware to start that joined Wallis Island mean she would shoot the project New Postpartumcould not bear to reject the director Richard Curtis‘Offer.
“I wanted to be in something fun,” said Mulligan The times. “I wanted to be part of something that would give people joy. I’m aware that I’ve made a lot of sad films. I thought, ‘Oh, I’ll be in something lovely, I’m not going to make anyone cry.’”
Mulligan shot and the crew Wallis Island in August 2023 in just 18 days on location in Wales.
“(It was) the shortest shooting I’ve ever done,” Mulligan remembered, noting that her youngest child was 10 weeks old at the time. “My mother came (to help a) my family came. We saw a lot of aunt and uncles. It’s a huge ad to Wales. It looks so beautiful.”
Mulligan too Had MUMFORD SUPPORT During the production.
“He loved them all and was around for a few of the exercises. He was a cheerful in the background,” Gushed Mulligan, also noting that she was a bit nervous about singing with Basden, 45, Key, 48, in a show in May, unlike her spouse on the set. “I did it, but it was harrowing. I can make it right on a set and in character, but that completely pushed me over the edge.”
Mulligan revealed in October 2023 that She had given birth Earlier that year, say Fashionable That life as a mother of three was “very normal.” (Mulligan and Mumford have not shared the name or sex of their little one in public.)
The Pride and prejudice The actress and Mumford, who have been married since 2012, often keep details of their family private. When talking to The times, Mulligan was teasing that she was planning to have a “lovely summer away” with her children in the coming months.