A FAMILIAR FACE
zing!’” says Campion. “And I y thought her and Lizzie, who’s ot-something little, with this ot-something partner, would be t.” n screen, they make an odding crime-fighting team, but Moss and Christie (who plays anda) loved exploring the female dship. hristie describes it as: “Conflictomplex, disturbing, unsettling tumultuous”, adding that she Moss “developed a glorious dship that allowed us to race the work and do everything ould to make it really flourish mine the relationship”. oss adds: “Neither of us want to anything for anyone because it tually a giant arc – it’s the main ionship of the season besides ne of me and my daughter so ery important to me. I will say that they are opposites in a way – the exterior of Miranda is quite sensitive, open, enthusiastic and passionate, whereas Robin projects this exterior that she wants to be considered strong, fierce, tough, but really she is very soft and vulnerable on the inside. They do connect over what they have in common.”
The actress also has a couple of scenes with Nicole Kidman, when Mary’s adoptive mother and biological mother meet.
Moss reveals: “There’s sort of a battle of the mothers, but my memory of [working with] Nicole is very much that I got a break when she came. She came round for two weeks at the end and I was so tired and got to have a few weeks off while she was working. I was very happy to see her!”
Of The Lake: China Girl starts on BBC Two on Thursday, July 27.