Rosamund Pike says return to stage after more than a decade ‘frightening'
The Saltburn actress, 46, is to make her National Theatre debut this year in the play Inter Alia – an examination of modern masculinity and motherhood from the mind of Prima Facie writer Suzie Miller.
Pike was last seen on stage in Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler at the Theatre Royal Bath in 2010 and has also been in productions of Madame De Sade, Gaslight, Summer And Smoke, and Hitchcock Blonde.
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'All through my 20s I was on stage a lot and it felt sort of natural and right, and now it's frightening,' she told BBC's The One Show.
'I'm playing a judge in a play by Suzie Miller, who wrote Prima Facie. It's a very exciting project.
'It's also about a mother raising a son, and I have two sons, so that's very close to my heart.
'And it's really about the juggle of life, and when you've given your life over to the law, is the law enough when things start to get rough? So it's challenging and exciting.'
In the play the British actress plays High Court judge Jessica Parks, who has 'to reckon her professional life and role as wife, mother, friend and feminist'.
It is directed by Justin Martin, who also worked on Olivier Award-winning Prima Facie, about a criminal defence lawyer who is sexually assaulted.
The Golden Globe-winning actress also appeared on the show to speak about series three of epic fantasy show The Wheel Of Time.
She said: 'We're very proud of it. We're a very close cast. We've weathered a lot together, and this is definitely our most elaborate and complex (series).
'And I think it's the offering we're most proud of. It's the most ambitious, and it's beautiful.'
National Theatre Live is set to broadcast Inter Alia live to cinemas around the UK on September 4 2025.
The play is being staged between July 10 and September 13 2025 at the Lyttelton Theatre on the South Bank.
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