Alexander Bisley (for The Guardian)
Is your character Michelleās full frontal scene in Togetherness another example of that realism?
When people have sex, theyāre naked. Itās not supposed to be turning everyone on. Weāre not showing perfectly manicured porn bodies ā people are used to seeing that kind of image of sexuality, especially of the female body. It feels really exciting to me to be naked and be like: āHey, thatās what some people look like!ā It feels radical.
It really helped once I stopped trying to become something that is physically impossible for me to become. Itās a freedom to be able to say: āNo thank you, I donāt want to participateā. I started working a lot more when I came to terms with that. We all have the internet ā thereās just an image of what especially a woman is supposed to look like. Itās hard to tell yourself that it doesnāt matter.Ā
Anne Dudek-Melanie Lynskey
Finally, then, tell me about your misophonia.
Itās a brain condition when you canāt comprehend anything else when you hear a gross noise. My dad was very, very fussy about never making any noise so I donāt know if itās nature or nurture. But itās horrible, I feel like a terrible person. Last night, my boyfriend and I had this noodle soup and itās really hard to eat quietly. Heās paralysed with self-consciousness because Iām sitting there, like losing my mind. But heās a lovely eater ā I wouldnāt be with him if he wasnāt!