where she talked about sharing her passion for her character, Beth Harmon, with the series' screenwriter, Scott Frank.
“Luckily, Scott was there to catch me with open arms and embraced my passion wholeheartedly,” the actress recalls. What she really connected with was the fact that she not only understood Beth, but she also understood herself better after reading the novel. “Both Beth and I, especially as children, were inherently lonely people that were desperately seeking a world and a place where we felt like we could contribute, be something or that we would be welcomed into it,” the actress explains. “Beth found it in chess and I found it in making art. Like, I didn’t feel like I belonged anywhere or had anything really to offer until I stepped onto a film set for the first time.
While different, the similarities between Beth and Taylor-Joy’s experiences lie in “discovering a deep love of something that goes beyond a love affair with another person,” she explains. “It’s like having a purpose in that way."