Eva and I first crossed paths back in 2002. I had admired her work as an actor for many years and back then, sitting in her agent’s office, reading with her for a pilot I was producing for the BBC, we shared an instant meeting of minds and a lifelong friendship began. We have gone through the loss of loved ones and supported each other in new ventures and now, 17 years on, we have come full circle and are sitting across the table from each other talking about our plant-based journeys.
“I grew up on a small-holding and our ‘pets’ lived outside, so we had no responsibility for them,” Eva explains. “I grew up with brothers and if I saw them shoot a bird out of the sky or kill a frog it would make me cry. I mourned the loss so deeply, but if you are brought up in an environment of farm life you just accept it as a way of life.”