In a new Power of Women London cover story for VARIETY, Suki Waterhouse speaks with Deputy Editor of International Ellise Shafer on Taylor Swift, her partner Robert Pattinson, her new album, modeling, if she would return to acting, and more.
Waterhouse on Taylor Swift, who she opened for during the Eras tour in London: “The coolest thing about her is she gives other artists these insane opportunities that really change people’s lives. Knowing her as a friend, she’s actually been through so much. And I think the thing I always see in her is how she pulls herself through every time, and how everything that’s ever happened to her becomes another piece of art that becomes part of the legacy. That’s so inspiring — that’s the artist that you want to be.”
On her album “Loveland” swinging between nostalgia for the wild days of her youth and wanting to be settled with her family: “There’s this kind of recklessness and abandon, which is always the feeling that I want to chase,” she admits. “And then there’s also this part of me that’s very much missing and yearning for the intimate, cozy moments in my life. They’re all very equally true to me.”
On “Weirdo,” the closing track of “Loveland,” which is about missing her partner Robert Pattinson when they’re apart: “It’s acknowledging that these big life moments are happening, and it’s this whirlwind that we’re on,” she says. “But at the same time being like, ‘I haven’t brushed my teeth next to you for a long time.’”
On diving head first into modeling after being scouted in high school: “That changed my life a lot, and was quite surprising. More than the work itself, it was a cultural exploration of London and the nightlife and the people, and suddenly being able to look around and put these pieces together of what it was like to be an artist. It completely blew my world open.”
On playing Coachella for the first time about a month after giving birth: “It was like a fugue. It was a dream. When I had her, I had so many incredible things going on,” she says. “Maybe if I have another one, it will be a more peaceful moment. But I just knew that this time it was going to be a whirlwind. And I think as a result, everything has been so real that it hurts. It’s been amusing and so tender and fragile and hilarious and all the things.”
On if she would return to acting: “The desire is still there completely. It’s really a thing of managing when. Because tours get booked up, and then trying to manage having a family at the same time.”
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