Josephine Langford is just days away from making her debut as Tessa in After on the big screen, and in a new interview with Harper’s Bazaar Australia, she’s revealing just how she connected to the character.
“There was just this energy about Tessa that I felt I could connect with, I could understand the way she thinks,” the 21-year-old actress shared with the glossy in their May 2019 issue.
Josephine adds, “She has a very helpful inner dialogue in the story and when I read it, I had this intense feeling of really wanting to make sure she wasn’t portrayed as a caricature of a ‘good girl’. I really liked the journey that she goes on being a young woman exploring her sexuality, and to have that be the story, to see that from her perspective, there was just something about it that I thought was very empowering and very important.”
What’s next for Josephine after After?
“I would say I’m winging it,” she laughs. “I don’t think you can really shape a career, it just happens. I’m focused on finding characters I connect to.”
Not long after Josephine Langford and Pia Mia posed together on the red carpet at the After movie premiere in Los Angeles on Monday night (April 8), they became a meme.
The two stars, who portray Tessa and Tristan in the flick, were likened to mustard and ketchup bottles and even the McDonald’s logo – and Pia playfully poked fun at them.
“im done,” she captioned on her Twitter, sharing the memes for her fans to get a good laugh at.
If you missed out on Pia and Josephine‘s stunning looks, you can see them both in the gallery!
Pia wore a jaw dropping Galia Lahav two piece gown, while Josephine sparkled in a Alberta Ferretti suit.
After follows Tessa (Langford), a dedicated student, dutiful daughter and loyal girlfriend to her high school sweetheart, as she enters her first semester in college. Armed with grand ambitions for her future, her guarded world opens up when she meets the dark and mysterious Hardin Scott (Fiennes Tiffin), a magnetic, brooding rebel who makes her question all she thought she knew about herself and what she wants out of life.
The movie will be released in theaters on April 12!
35+ pictures inside from the movie After… More Here! »
Hero Fiennes-Tiffin and Josephine Langford sandwich in author Anna Todd while posing for a pic during a book signing event for “After” at Indigo Yorkdale on Thursday night (April 4) in Toronto, Canada.
The two actors and Anna have been around the world promoting the upcoming film, which is out in theaters on April 12th.
Josephine Langford wows in a Louis Vuitton dress in this new shot from V magazine.
The 21-year-old actress opened up in the feature about her new movie, After, and why she didn’t seek out advice from older sister Katherine for her first major project.
“I was flying back and forth between Perth and L.A. for six months to test for a whole bunch of different projects,†she recalls. “[I had] a lot of near misses, including with After, because I was recast a week before filming.”
Josephine continues that “if my first big [role] had been a Netflix show with a lot of hype, then we would’ve had more to share. But I didn’t have time to hear advice, nor did she have time to give it.”
Armed with grand ambitions for her future, her guarded world opens up when she meets the dark and mysterious Hardin Scott, a magnetic, brooding rebel who makes her question all she thought she knew about herself and what she wants out of life.
After hits theaters on April 12th. Check out the clip below!
