Luna Blaise looks forward to 'new' challenges
The 23-year-old actress stars in Jurassic World Rebirth alongside the likes of Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey and Mahershala Ali, and Luna is now ready to taken on a new challenge in her career.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Luna reflected: "The actual percentage of working actors in this industry is so small, so small.
"For me, Luna, if I'm in that percentage, I want to do anything. I just want to have the opportunity to be on a set and to do what I love, regardless of what that is. To just have that young excitement is so refreshing, and it's so nice to have.
"I can't write what I want to do next. It is not something that I know yet. Everything that's coming my way right now, it's super exciting, and I'm into everything. Honestly, it's just [me] waiting to see what actually meshes and what clicks. Whatever that may be is going to be the next opportunity that I'm so unbelievable blessed to have."
Luna is now looking forward to taking on a new challenge and fully investing herself in a character.
The actress said: "I think that I want to do something that is going to make me work even harder, something that I can fully invest my time and energy [into] and create a character. Because it's also crazy for actors too. You spend so much time in a role, you have to let that go. Even after all the press and after everything, you're like, OK, onto the next, let's move on. That's that.
"To be able to really immerse myself in another character and to do something that's just completely different than anything I've ever done before, which Jurassic was for me at the time … I think that's just what's exciting for me, to be able to do something that I haven't done, something that's new and something that's exciting for me in my life."
Meanwhile, Luna recently revealed that Scarlett urged her to "hold [her] own" in the movie business.
The actress admitted that she received some valuable career advice from her 40-year-old co-star.
Speaking to E! News, Luna shared: "She told me to hold your own.
"Being a woman on set, being number one and being the captain of that ship, [she said to] know your worth, know you're there for a reason. You wouldn't have been given the opportunity if you weren't ready for it."
Luna relished the experience of getting to know Scarlett during the shoot.
The movie star said: "That's number one, wow. That's auntie. That's my girl. I'll go for her for anything."
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