Rose Leslie used the stability of her marriage to make her lovesick character in ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’ convincing.
Rose Leslie was inspired by her marriage to Kit Harington while making The Time Traveler’s Wife
The 35-year-old actress insisted feeling loved at home by husband Kit Harington made it easier to play Clare in the new HBO Max show.
She said: “I think being in a relationship and knowing that you have a supportive partner can only lend itself to feeling more secure in in yourself, and therefore, hopefully, kind of growing together into two people who are more anchored.”
Rose’s sculptor character Clare endures long stretches without husband Henry in ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’ as he’s afflicted with a genetic disorder that causes him to unpredictably travel through time.
But the actress – who married ‘Game of Thrones’ star Kit in 2018 – said there were limits to patience in reality.
When asked about true love, she said: “I think there is a time limit on that… twenty years is a long time to wait.”
Rose – who, last year, had a son with Kit – was speaking alongside Theo James, 37, her co-star in ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’.
She told ExtraTV they strived to make the series more in-depth than the film version released in 2009, which starring Rachel McAdams as Clare and Eric Bana as Henry.
Rose added: “We have more time to kind of delve into the characters and who they are and the kind of intricacies that they then have with one another.”
Speaking about her plans for the rest of the year, Rose revealed she wants to spend time with Kit, 35, “hunkering down and being with our boy”.
Theo said his marriage to actress Ruth Kearney, 37, also influenced the way he played Henry.
He said: “I definitely think being married… having children, having, you know, being a little bit hopefully older and wiser that enables you to inform a story like this.
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