Hannah Murray

And then it was like a whole different ballgame because I already believed that magic was real.

And then I met him and I was like, oh, this is what someone who is a magician is like.

And it's weird to think about that encounter with him because it was so...

It almost sounds cliche.

It was hard to write about without it sounding overblown because I just was like, I've never met anyone this confident or this magnetic in my entire life.

And that was the first time, and this is in the book, that I thought, oh, maybe this is a cult because I thought they have charismatic leaders.

This man is incredibly charismatic.

He's surrounded by all these women.

He was something else.

And I definitely...

Developed very quickly a kind of intense fixation or obsession with him.

Really wanted his approval, his attention.

And then quite quickly decided I was completely in love with him and we must be soulmates.

Yes, it was.

I mean, I think I have, like...

I have some really close friends from university who are still my friends.

And I have really good friends from the acting world.

But a lot of friends you make in film and TV can be quite fleeting, transitory friendships.

And so I think that sense of community was something I was struggling to find.

And then I think also...