Tatiana Maslany is a Canadian
actress who is incredibly praised for playing multiple characters in a science
fiction TV series called Orphan Black (2013-17). She was born on
September 22, 1985 in Regina, Saskatchewan.
She has appeared in various
films, TV series, podcasts, video games and also as a sound actor in Bojack
Horseman. She has been nominated for many awards and won even more times
than have been nominated.
Achievements Of Tatiana
Maslany
Most number of awards were bagged
by her for Orphan Black in the categories of best leading actress in TV
series, Breakthrough Performance-Female, Best female actress in science
fiction,2013 and many more.
She gained huge success through
the show and still gets numerous appreciation and praises for her role in the
show.
Tatiana Talks About Her
Worst Moment
Every actor tends to face many
ups and downs in his/her journey towards the success and same has happened with
our marvelous actress Tatiana Maslany.
She shared her worst experience
of her acting career which landed up in her life when she almost got her dream
come true role in one of the Shakespeare’s play-based film.
She started by saying that she
has never done Shakespeare and have always wanted to since she was 9 years old.
One day, she actually got an offer to act in a film which was based upon one of
his plays. She did not get into many details while talking about it.
She said that when she was
offered the role, she was astonished by the fact that it could be her chance to
live her fantasy. She met with the director and discussed about the role with
all the details as the role was totally different and demands totally different
methods and techniques.
Tatiana got the role but her
imposter syndrome kicked in and suggested a work session to get into the flow
of working and satisfy the directors with her performance to get into a
comfortable zone. She was overjoyed with all the determination and excitement
while actually working in her dream film.
After the work session was over,
she did not receive any call for two weeks and when she did, it was call from
rejection. Her agent informed her that she didn’t get the part as the film
people thought that she is not appropriate for the role and can not do it.
She felt miserable and told that
she was shattered. She thought it as an end of her acting career and she should
just quit. She felt like she got herself fired after getting the role.
She started finding reasons in
her mind for this rejection to feel a little better about why she didn’t get
the part or where she lacked. She eventually made peace with a fact that this
might not was meant to be.
On asking about that if she tried
to reach to the director, she graciously answered “No. And I have been rejected so many times
over the years so there’s no part of me that feels entitled to a part.”
She further says that “As a perfectionist I’m never satisfied,
so I have a pretty strong tendency to cut myself down. But I for sure have an
ego. And I for sure love challenges and conquering challenges.
So,
there’s part of me that’s very equipped to deal with rejection — being an actor
and a dork, all of it. But then there’s also an ego that needs coddling. So, I
don’t regret asking for that work session.
I
really do value the collaborative energy between an actor and a director.
Auditions are a weird, unnatural thing and we all really struggle with them
because they do feel like a strange sales pitch, which is the antithesis of
acting.
But
I do also kind of get off on them. I love the energy of being nervous and that
vibration that happens. It’s such an alive fight-or-flight feeling.”
Takeaway From Tatiana’s Experience
These wise words of her might inspire many of us
who are still out there fighting daily and handling the rejections. It shows
that rejection is a part of a process to become successful.
Just accepting it isn’t enough, working towards to eradicate it and making us a better version of ourselves is what should be done.
Written by - Somya Jain
Edited by - Keerthana Lakshmi
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