Rosamund Pike content being number two

‘Gone Girl’ star not ready to carry film without male co-stars

LONDON: British beauty Rosamund Pike has shared that she is “quite comfortable” playing second fiddle to a man and does not feel ready to carry a film on her own yet.

Asked if taking on the lead role of Amy opposite Ben Affleck in 2014’s hit mystery drama Gone Girl was a rare moment in her career, Pike said, “Ben was still number one on the call sheet. The guy is usually number one...but maybe I’m quite comfortable being number two? I don’t know if I’m that okay with being number one. Note to self: go home and read scripts where the female character is the lead.”

The Hollywood actor also acknowledged that she has been reluctant to step into the limelight because of the pressure of “carrying” a film. “I suppose you feel there is somewhere to go. It’s an interesting question...You’re carrying the film when you are its number one and I don’t know if I’m ready for that yet. I should be,” said Pike, who received plaudits for her performance as Ruth Williams in the biographical drama A United Kingdom.

Pike is currently looking for an actor to cast in a supporting role in her next, as-yet-untitled film and thinks Christian Bale would be perfect for the title. “You have to approach the right man at the right time because men don’t want to play second fiddle to a woman,” she stated. “That’s the truth. It’s sad, isn’t it? Christian might be different…he’s a leading man who quite wants to be a supporting actor and is quite unusual in that respect.”

Published in The Express Tribune, November 26^th, 2016.

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