My Original Draft:
So, Lucie, to start off... How does it feel to be a celebrity?
[Laughs] Don’t call me that! It’s so strange; I don’t feel like any of this is happening to me... I wake up in the morning like, “Wow, this is my life now... It’s awesome!”
What do your friends and family think of this new life?
They’re all so supportive, and I’m so grateful to have them all there for me. They’re trailing round after me - my best friend had to drive me here today! But they get invited to all the celeb parties and stuff, so I hope that makes up for it!
And what about school? Because you’re famous for being the hard-working, girl-next-door kind of person...
Yeah, I know, people look at me in the corridors and do a double-take! It’s weird, I feel like people are always talking about me... How big-headed does that sound? [Laughs] No, it’s just paranoia... But at least I can get feedback on my song lyrics and stuff from my friends, one of them is in a band as well, and we collaborated for some of the tracks on my album... It was so much fun; I loved every second of it!
Ahh, so you can use your own contacts to help your friends? That’s great...
I know, I’m glad I can do it... He’s so good, I’d love to know I’d helped him to get where he wants to be... Anyone reading this, go check Temporary Challenge out on MySpace, they’re amazing!
How do you fit school work around performing?
Well, if anything, it’s the other way around! My parents refused to let me give up school, which is good, because I don’t think I would have anyway, but it means I always have like a safety net. And if I have not done my homework, I will not be going to the party! My dad’s quite protective, he always wants to know who I’m with and where we’re going and how long we’ll be... But then I guess a lot of dads are like that, aren’t they? He just wants to make sure I’m safe, and I’m not going to complain about that!
What’s he like about boys?
When I was younger, he was really strict, he was all “No boys are getting their grubby hands on my daughters!” but now he’s kind of mellowed. When I remember when I was eleven, my sister was fifteen and started to get noticed by boys, and a lot of her friends had boyfriends, but she just wasn’t interested. I think that made it a lot easier for me, because he learnt that he could trust us not to go out and drink or smoke or get off with random guys, and now he’s ok with me going out because he knows that that lifestyle is just not for me.
Critical Feedback:
The conversation feels comfortable which is because of the sense of a level of informality, she is able to relax in conversation and make it feel like she’s saying what she thinks.
It feels like an actual conversation with a new celebrity which we can see when for example she says she still doesn’t feel like a celebrity, still just a normal person.
All the questions are open which is good because it allows the person to elaborate on their answer and not just give a straight short answer.
I think there could be a couple of more ‘fun’ questions added in such as ‘What was your most embarrassing moment?’ or something like that, just to keep the reader as interested, or to make them laugh. Even a question which the person will tell something the audience didn’t know.
My New Question:
What was your most embarrassing moment?
Well, after a show last week, I went to Subway with Ricky (Johnson, currently playing Fiyero to Lucie’s Elphaba in the West End production of Wicked), and we got a big tub of nachos, with loads of sauce, and I spilt this massive stream of sauce all over myself, because I was holding the pot of sauce right by my face, and it went down my chin and on my front, and I think there was even some in my hair! And then some random paparazzo came by and took a picture, where we’re both laughing and I’m covered in sauce, with him trying in vain to wipe some of it off my face... Yeah, that didn’t work! It was so gross. [Shudders]
