“I really am at the point in my career where I want to take control of what I put out creatively and I really want to produce. I think that’s something that I’ve been terrified of. It was another kind of barrier that I thought was only for successful old white men, you know? They are producers, you are the actor…The amount of experience that we have just being on a set is crazy compared to most. The years that we’ve put in, if we were pilots or surgeons, we’d be like, [mocking old voice] ‘Oh I’ve been doing this for 18 years.’ I want to be in that role. I want to bring creative people together. I want to champion females. I want to champion the working class. I just want to find people that are on the outskirts of the industry that are cool and that have good ideas and bring them together and try to make something.”

Since bagging the role of Effy Stonem at the age of 14, Kaya Scodelario’s tenacity has got her places. From gritty to gruelling, her indelible performances have made her a household name – with her new role in Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen pulling her back into the buzz. But Kaya’s complexity also lies in her desire to unpick Hollywood’s fabric. Covering our Spring 24 issue, her Skins co-star and long-time friend, actor Nicholas Hoult, finds out why.

Kaya wears Graff.

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