I can hold a tune, but I'm not a singer, so I worked with a singing coach on that.
I was sitting there, and this fake blood was pumping out of my arms, and I was in this completely hopeless state with a kitchen knife next to me, she recalls.
We can't afford the rights to a famous song, so make one up! I've always been quite staunchly feminist about taking my clothes off in a film.
She even took a moment to bask in the freedom of nudity on-set.
In my mind, the movies have been different.
You said you got the tattoo to remind yourself to stay on a certain course.
In Shame, Mulligan takes on the role of troubled, provocative Sissy, the younger sister of a sex addict played by Michael Fassbender.
She's a character who wants to be seen.