Writing the right roles
Shauna Macdonald has revealed she has started writing her own scripts to make sure she continues to have roles she wants to play – and hopes her first script will see her reunite with her co-stars from The Descent.
“As I get older as an actor, and maybe as a female actor, you kinda realise you need to grab hold of your own agency on things and I want to be in the position where I can choose projects I really love,” explained Macdonald, who can also be seen guest starring in an episode of new Scottish police drama Annika.
“I had a bit of an epiphany during lockdown and realised I need to start writing parts for myself that are really layered and interesting and that I want to do,” continued the Bafta Scotland winner, who also voices the character of Professor Squawkencluck in the revived series of Danger Mouse.
“Studying for my Masters is a two-tiered thing – it’s about teaching but it’s also about thinking of what I want to do, so I said, ‘You know what, I want to write my own work’, so that’s what I’m doing now.
“I’m writing a horror film and – in theory – I have the girls from The Descent, they’ve said they’ll be in it. So you never know, you might see us all on screen together again.”