“THE CLOTHES HELPED A LOT”

Sofia Boutella is top assassin Nice

Nice is the most accomplished criminal in the movie. How do you carry yourself as a master assassin?

Drew mentioned that he wanted her to be a femme fatale, so I was going to have to gain an extra confidence, an arrogance, because she’s sure of herself, and she should be because she’s really good at her job and she kills important people. the clothes helped a lot, and then I pushed my accent to be a bit more French. I like diving into myself and embodying a character as much as I can.

As a former dancer, do you see the fight scenes like dance moves?

yeah, I always treat fight scenes like choreography – thinking of it as dance choreography was the best way of learning for me. But they’re different because one is very much trying to survive, while the other is trying to express something. I think when you fight you have to tap into colours which don’t exist when you’re dancing.

What was it like working with Jodie Foster?

It was unbelievable. She’s one of my favourite actresses – I loved her in The

Accused and Silence Of The Lambs,I grew up watching her. She used to come to France and do interviews in French, and I remember being blown away by her French and her accent. It’s pretty much that you cannot hear it.

Would you be up for playing Jaylah in Star Trek again?

yes, absolutely. I had such a fun time playing that kind of character, the alien. I’d love to go back to that world. I loved everything about the character. It was definitely freeing to play her because I could just create something from scratch, though I did watch all the series and all the episodes from back in the day because I wanted her to have a quality that we hadn’t seen before in Star Trek.