Exclusive: Clare Dunne & Harriet Walter Talk 'Herself'
Hitting theaters on December 30 from Amazon Studios before going on Prime Video on January 8, 2012 is Herself, directed by Phyllida Lloyd from a script written by Clare Dunne & Malcolm Campbell. The cast includes Clare Dunne, Harriet Walter, Conleth Hill, Ian Lloyd Anderson, Ruby Rose O’Hara and Molly McCann.
Single mother Sandra (Clare Dunne) escapes her abusive partner with her two young children, only to find herself trapped in temporary accommodation. After months of struggling, she draws inspiration from one of her daughter’s bedtime stories and hits upon the idea of self-building an affordable home. She finds an architect who provides her with plans and is offered land by Peggy (Harriet Walter), a woman she cleans for. Aido (Conleth Hill), a building contractor, appears willing to help, too. But as her past rears its head in the form of Gary (Ian Lloyd Anderson), her possessive ex, and as bureaucrats fight back against her independent spirit, will Sandra be able to rebuild her life from the ground up?
Dunne is best known for her extensive amount of theater work including one where she played Prince Hal in the Donmar Theatre all-female version of Shakespeare's Henry IV, directed by Phyllida Lloyd. A wider audience may recognize her from appearance in Spider-Man: Far From Home. Walter has an extensive amount of film and TV credits, including roles in Sense and Sensibility, Atonement, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Rocketman, The Spanish Princess, and Killing Eve. BlackFilmandTV.com’s Wilson Morales recently spoke with Dunne and Walter on this film and its different themes from housing crisis and domestic abuse.
