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When asked if she had a Daisy Jones of her own growing up, the 33-year-old actress said she did — her mom.
“My mother is certainly an inspiration to me,” Keough says, adding that the 54-year-old daughter ofElvisandPriscilla Presleyis “a very strong, smart woman.”
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Keough reveals she was “always interested in women who weren’t behaving ‘the right way,'” adding, “I think just women who were liberated were inspiring to me.”
So, to prepare to fill the larger-than-life shoes Reid created in her 2019 novel, Keough told PEOPLE that she took notes on some of the ’70s’ most powerful and iconic musicians.The Terminal Listactress says she watched “loads of videos” from the era and noticed that “there weren’t loads of women who were going wild on stage at the time.”
“Of course, there were a few women who were moving that way, but a lot of the time they would just stand there and sing,” says Keough. “I think Daisy was inherently a little more comfortable in her own body and being who she is in a way that I think was really difficult for women at that time.”
Riley Keough and Sam Claflin inDaisy Jones & The Six.Lacey Terrell/Prime Video
To bring Daisy to life, Keough opted to study legendary rockers likeLinda Ronstadtand, of course,Fleetwood MacfrontwomanStevie Nicks, whose bandprovided much of the inspiration forDaisy Jones. But ultimately, the actress shares, she followed in her mom’s footsteps: “I did my own thing.”
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Daisy Jones & the Sixpremieres March 3 on Prime Video.
source: people.com
