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Anya Taylor Joy Used Another Skill To Look Like A Chess Master In ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. There's already a lot
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Speaker 1: of Emmy buzz swirling around Anya Taylor Joy thanks to
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Speaker 1: her exceptional performance as at Chess Prodigy and Netflix is
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Speaker 1: The Queen's Gambit. She owns the performance and makes you
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Speaker 1: believe she's a master of the game, but in reality,
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Speaker 1: she didn't have a ton of experience beforehand. In fact,
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Speaker 1: she had big plans to study under an expert, but
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Speaker 1: was on another project until the day before filming began. Thankfully,
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Speaker 1: another skill she has saved the day dancing, She tells Collider,
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Speaker 1: My training as a dancer actually really helped me. I
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Speaker 1: saw it as dance choreography for your fingers, and I'm
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Speaker 1: good at remembering steps. I would learn all of the
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Speaker 1: matches five minutes prior to doing it, then use my
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Speaker 1: short term memory get through it, then learned the next one.
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Speaker 1: The most fun was the speed chess, because the intricate
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Speaker 1: moves you have to do as fast as possible. I
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Speaker 1: fired up my competitive streak with myself. The words of
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Speaker 1: Anya Taylor Joy, The Queen's Gambit is now streaming on
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Speaker 1: Netflix that's direct from Hollywood,