Maisie Williams uses ‘yoga, meditation and solitude’ to protect her mental health.
Game of Thrones actress Maisie plays Holocaust survivor Catherine Dior (fashion designer Christian Dior’s sister) in the upcoming drama series The New Look, but Maisie is a woman of this world. He revealed that he did everything possible to stop himself from falling into a vicious cycle due to his dark nature. work.
She told People: “It took a lot of preparation consisting of a lot of yoga, meditation and even solitude to protect my mental health.
“I was faced with the reality that these things actually happen to a lot of people. I had to acknowledge the dark side of humanity and history.”
Maisie also lost a lot of weight to play Catherine after being interned in a concentration camp, but Maisie claims she performed the role safely with the help of experts.
“I worked with amazing people to ensure my safety, but it felt right to lose weight and muscle to portray Katherine returning from camp.”
“And the easiest, safest, most shocking way to do it was to do what a boxer does when a fighter is trying to make weight; they do it in the water. Lose weight.
“It had a devastating effect on my appearance.”
Maisie previously described her harsh regime as “all-consuming” and resulting in terrifying nightmares. She told Harper’s Her Bazaar UK: “I ate very little, meditated all the time, and burned candles and incense in my apartment. I had to wake up at 4 a.m. to start sweating. The night before, I woke up at 7 or 8 p.m. By the time I was allowed.” Take something salty and dehydrating: smoked salmon and a small glass of wine.
“Then I took a hot, boiling bath with lots of salt, and I kind of floated into bed and slept for probably three hours, and then woke up and ate a handful of nuts.
“At this point, I can’t sleep through the night. I woke up many times and felt like I was rattling like marbles in a jar…”
Maisie added that what little sleep she had was ruined by nightmares. ”[It was] A feeling of being restrained, almost like sleep paralysis, dreams of being trapped and attacked, terrifying visions of men in uniform. ”
