No./10 “At 45 I’m still there, on my little canoe going down the river”
[ THE Q&A ] SAMANTHA MORTON on honouring the women in #MeToo drama She Said, and her fearless approach to performing
SAMANTHA MORTON HAS never been one to play things safe. In a career spanning over 30 years, she’s taken to challenging roles like a precog to water, whether she’s sporting a zombie skin disguise as nefarious Alpha in The Walking Dead or playing an actual precog alongside Tom Cruise in high-concept sci-fi Minority Report. Her next role is Zelda Perkins, a key voice in bringing down Harvey Weinstein, in true-life drama She Said. She tells Empire what’s driving her at this stage in her career.