At Home with Petrie Willink

1. Tell us about where you grew up?

   So, I grew up in Forrest Row in Sussex. It's a very quaint village in the home counties.

2. First time in the theatre?

   I was doing plays at age 10. That's when I auditioned to be Harry Potter.

3. What was it like acting in your first film?

   It came natural. I loved it and I felt at home. It was a feeling of, “I got this and this is what I’m supposed to do.”

4. Favorite thing about living in Los Angeles?

   I love the Mexican food and the surrounding nature. Beach, mountains and woods.

5. Experience filming Oppenheimer?

   I had a fantastic time. At one point, I was doing improv and afterward, Christopher Nolan said, “that's good, but let me do the writing next time.”

6. Actor role models?

   Gary Olman, Daniel Day Lewis, Denzel Washington

7. One part you’d love to play living or dead?

   Hamlet

8. Choose three dinner guests, living or dead.

   James Dean, Darren Aronofsky, Malala

9. Where do you get your drive and bravado?

   My career is in a place where I feel like my work is coming to a fork in the road. I've got so many stories to tell. Everything I do, really, is for my career.

10. Are you close with your parents?

    I feel so blessed with my parents. They did such a great job. I couldn't have asked for more perfect, loving parents. I get a lot of drive from wanting to impress my family.

    12. Where do you get your gravitas from?

    Ever since I was a kid, I sought out adventure. I always sought out the limits of what was possible and acceptable. In every direction, I was expanding at a crazy rate. Just testing the boundaries in what and who I am. I would get myself into dangerous situations all over the world. I went backpacking all over Europe and Central America, and I had quite a few close misses. Encounters with Mortal strife and peril.

    13. Is all fair in love and war?

    All is fair.

    14. Do you believe in Love at First Sight?

    Love at first sight, mutually, is pretty rare.

    15. What is freedom?

    Freedom means to you-- freedom would be the disidentification with the ego itself. That's the only real freedom that is possible. in this relative existence.

    16. Thoughts on self-respect?

    How do you expect anyone else to have respect for you?

    17. Thoughts on marriage?

    1. Marriage. Maybe one day. I think so.