Greta Lee Discusses Initially Losing ‘Past Lives’ Role and How She Was Inspired to Pursue Acting by 1997’s ‘The Saint’: ‘Being Val Kilmer Was Freedom’
variety.com“This was not planned. I think the way you know is I walked in here covered with my child’s seaweed snack all over my sweatshirt.” Greta Lee is infectious and is so damn grateful this breakout moment is happening to her when she’s 40.
When she comes in for her sit-down interview with Variety, she’s laidback and so charismatic, like your old buddy at college you had one too many martinis with on a Thursday night party but still laughed about it til’ this day.
You wouldn’t think she’s enjoying the clout of having played in two major features in 2023. One is her leading role as Nora, a New York City playwright who reconnects with her childhood love in A24’s “Past Lives” from debut director and writer Celine Song.
The other is the voice of Lyla, the Spider-Society’s AI assistant in the animated blockbuster sequel, “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.” Not to mention roles in another A24 flick, “Problemista,” voicing the dog Bella in Universal’s “Strays” and reprising her role as Stella Bak, the president of UBA’s news division in Apple’s third season of “The Morning Show.” Read: Variety’s Awards Circuit for the latest Oscars predictions in all categories.
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