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‘Fallout’ Star Ella Purnell Says the Most Important Moment in Her Career Was Letting Go of Being Liked · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: Ella Purnell stars in Prime Videos big budget post apocalyptics
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  Speaker 2: show Fallout, which most FANTA critics seem to love, which
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  Speaker 2: Elli certainly has no objection to, but she recently shared
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  Speaker 2: on Collider Ladies' Night, popularities not as important to her
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  Speaker 2: as it used to be. Fact, she realized that actually
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  Speaker 2: being liked wasn't important to her career as an actor,
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  Speaker 2: she long thought, adding that's something that most people, particularly women,
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  Speaker 2: she says, have to reckon with at some point in
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  Speaker 2: their lives. Letting go of the need to be likable.
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  Speaker 2: So hard to read the comments or not care what
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  Speaker 2: critics say about your work. As entertainers, it's easy to
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  Speaker 2: believe that's your job to make stuff that people like.
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  Speaker 2: It's not. It's your job to make stuff. Whether they
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  Speaker 2: like it or not doesn't matter. You're done with your job.
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  Speaker 2: It's freeing actually coming to that conclusion. That'll adds that
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  Speaker 2: it was her breakout work on Yellowjackets. It gave her
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  Speaker 2: that realization. She initially worried or character Jackie was too unlikable,
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  Speaker 2: but it was those difficult personality quirks that made her
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  Speaker 2: a fan favorite, giving Ella the confidence to no longer
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  Speaker 2: care fall out streaming of Prime Y's direct from Hollywood