{"id":11573,"date":"2012-10-02T10:25:36","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T10:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=11573"},"modified":"2013-04-15T13:39:19","modified_gmt":"2013-04-15T13:39:19","slug":"all-in-good-time-amara-karan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2012\/10\/02\/all-in-good-time-amara-karan\/","title":{"rendered":"ALL IN GOOD TIME:  Amara Karan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Amara Karan &#8211; the doe-eyed starlet who got her big break as Jason Schwartzman&#039;s lover in The Darjeeling Limited &#8211; talks to <em>Wonderland<\/em> about quitting the City for Shakespeare, and how the stars are aligning for Asian actors. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/media.wonderlandmagazine.com\/uploads\/2012\/10\/all_12.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/media.wonderlandmagazine.com\/uploads\/2012\/10\/all_12-e1349173336625.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"All In Good Time - Amara Karan\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11574\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>What are you up to right now, Amara?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#039;m actually in Stratford-Upon-Avon doing a play called Much Ado About Nothing with the Royal Shakespeare Company. I played Jessica in The Merchant of Venice and Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew, which I did in 2008 and 2009, so I\u2019m not a stranger to the company. It\u2019s been lovely to be back. It\u2019s set in modern day Delhi.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You got your big break in Wes Anderson&#039;s film <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/S0nxftKrc64\">The Darjeeling Limited<\/a>. What was he like?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He was very charming and very hard working and intense. I find it hard to believe I\u2019ve worked with him. That was my first role after leaving drama school. I was really in the deep end there &#8211; it was a steep learning curve but in a way, that\u2019s the best way to learn \u2013 you just have to be thrown into it. Even when we were filming, I just knew we were making an amazing film.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you always want to be an actor? I know you worked in the City before quitting.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When I had to leave Oxford I felt like, &#8220;Right, I don\u2019t know anything, I don\u2019t have anybody in the world of film. I\u2019ve got a good degree and I should make the most of it and earn lots of money in the City if I can.&#8221; So I gave it a shot \u2013 I enjoyed what it was, but I just knew that I had to fulfil my fantasy, my dream of being an actor. Because ultimately you spend your whole life working, right? So you should do something you love. It was one of the scariest decisions of my life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Some people say there aren&#039;t enough Asian roles in showbiz &#8211; how do you feel about it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are Asian roles out there, but then obviously you only want to play really great Asian roles. There are also roles these days which aren&#039;t race-specific. I\u2019ve recently really enjoyed making the most of my heritage and playing race-specific roles &#8211; it\u2019s lovely to explore your own identity. My role in <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/1mlPACh7Y-w\">All In Good Time<\/a> [as Anglo-Indian newly-wed Vina] is spectacular. I was just like, \u201cThis is a gift!\u201d I do think there is a huge market internationally for films with Indian characters. There\u2019s a hugely literate echelon of society in India who are very economically powerful and I think we\u2019re seeing more and more projects like [All in Good Time] because of that demographic. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you think being Asian has helped or hindered your career?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t think about it at all. Ultimately you have to be very good at what you\u2019re doing, and you have to be able to serve each individual project that you\u2019re working on. 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