Taking The Lead

Actress Hera Hilmar is already a big deal in her native Iceland, but now she’s taking over our screens with a role in The Romanoffs (about modernday conspiracists who claim to be descendants of the Russian royal family – google it), and as the lead in the Peter Jackson-produced Mortal Engines

“THE STORY of the Romanov family is so crazy; they died because of contrasting beliefs and political stances at the time [the family were brutally massacred in 1918 by an opposing faction]. It’s hard to get your head around that when you’re just reading it online or in books. The characters in [The Romanoffs] believe they’re connected to the family, and I found their desire to feel like they’re a part of it, or to feel like they’re a royal, really interesting. I had to figure out why it was important to my character. It’s not only the Romanov family – everyone wants to know where they’re from and feel like they’re part of a community. It’s universal.”