COLLIDER: Congratulations on the episode.
ButI did get the script when I got the offer, and I was blown away by it.
I think Charlie [Brooker] is an absolute genius.
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Was that something that really crossed your mind when you were looking at this role, that similar throughline?
Did you do anything to help yourself hone in on that Transatlantic accent?
CORRIN:I love that accent so much.
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I’d love to look into why and how that happens.
A whole part of speech and language has changed, which is fascinating.
I worked with William Conacher, who Ive worked with many, many times on things.
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He’s just a brilliant dialect coach and helped me get to grips with it.
That Transatlantic accent was mainly an American thing, although it leans quite British.
CORRIN: The voice is definitely part of it, especially in this case.
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Also, I work with Polly Bennett, who I’ve worked with many times before.
A lot of the emotion was very heightened.
A lot of “Hotel Reverie” is rooted in the immersion of this film set.
CORRIN: It just all adds to it.
It’s all additive.
it’s possible for you to really get lost in it.
Suddenly, these real chinks of humanity shine through.
I love that the episode pays tribute to those bloopers with the audition scene.
Did you film the flashback scenes first?
Did those come later after filming the Hotel Reverie scenes?
Were they all jumbled in together?
CORRIN: They were all jumbled in together.
CORRIN: We had the best time.
As you say, it’s such a unique and complex set of circumstances that our characters are in.
And then we did a lot of really fun improv games.
You’ve got to do that well enough that they get out of that.
That was so fantastic and really funny.
So,I think she remembers, and she actually plays it so that she saves Brandy’s life.
I don’t think I spoke to Charlie about it.
I wonder what he’d say.
But I think it’s nice.
You could read it that way.
Was that really you playing in the episode?
CORRIN:That was really me playing, at least at the beginning.
When it goes into the really complex bit, it was not me.
I learned for it, and I was quite adamant.
I was like, I’ve spent time learning.
Id really like to try and use it.
I mean, if it’s utter shit, dont.
[Laughs] But I was like, kindly try.
So, yeah, it is me.
In terms of the ending, in a way, it is romantic.
It’s bittersweet, but also kind of hopeful.
Dorothy, at least, the only existence that version of her knows is this audition room.
And again,its this strange limbo space, and yet it works for them.
Black MirrorSeason 7 is now available to stream on Netflix.
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