Riley Keough at Indigenous House: Sundance Film Festival 2024.Photo:Natasha Campos/Getty
Natasha Campos/Getty
Hot off ofher first-ever Emmy nominationfor her titular role inDaisy Jones & the Six, the actress, 34, headed to Park City, Utah, to promote her movieSasquatch SunsetatSundance Film Festival— and opened up about why she prefers film as a medium.
Riley Keough speaks during a panel at Indigenous House: Sundance Film Festival 2024.Natasha Campos/Getty
Describing her own filmmaking “approach,” Keough underscored the importance of doing “so much prep that when you get there, you are allowed the freedom to just live in the moment.”
“It’s the same with acting,” she said. “I will obviously learn my scenes very well, but I also really like being spontaneous. I’m not somebody who does it the same every time."
Riley Keough at Indigenous House: Sundance Film Festival 2024.Natasha Campos/Getty
So, when Keough helms a project — like her directorial debut,War Pony— she tries to “create that for myself, because you don’t always get that.”
“Whenever I’m allowed the freedom of feeling like I’m doing it the first time every time, is what I’ll do,” she added.
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Chatting with PEOPLE abouther experience playing a musician inDaisy Jonesat the series' premiere, Keough — the granddaughter ofElvis Presley— said, “I mean, it was amazing because I’m passionate about music and we had rehearsed for a year and a half.”
source: people.com
