Elizabeth Debicki is flying high after roles in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, The Night Manager and now The Kettering Incident

ELIZABETH Debicki says her latest TV project is unlike anything she’s seen on screens — both here and overseas.

LIFE has gotten so jam packed for Elizabeth Debicki of late that she’s taken to exercising while she’s on the phone.

As she chats to TV Guide from her LA home — where she’s currently filming big budget blockbuster Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 — Debicki admits to doing double duty.

“I’m literally dragging my yoga mat outside right now because I’m going to stretch while I talk to you,” she says.

“I’m filming stuff at the moment which is putting stress on the old body. But you keep going, you survive. Everybody’s busy, it’s just that what we do is slightly more unusual, slightly more insane.”

For someone whose career has taken off in just a stratospheric way, 25-year old Debicki is incredibly self-effacing.

The Australian actress has gone from hit to hit since making her debut in local film A Few Best Men in 2011.

A supporting role in The Great Gatsby closely followed as did international films The Man From U.N.C.L. E, Macbeth and Everest.

But it was her turn in recent BBC series The Night Manager which had audiences worldwide really buzzing. And now, she hopes, viewers will also take to her latest TV project — hotly anticipated drama The Kettering Incident.

Dark but gripping ... The Kettering Incident has remained with Debicki since filming ended. Photo: Ben King

Shot in Tasmania over two years ago, it’s a job which has stayed with her and one she’s overjoyed is finally coming on to screens.

“As soon as I read the scripts I knew this was a role I absolutely wanted to do because it was so unique,” she says.

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen another show like it and not just in Australia.”

Debicki plays Anna in The Kettering Incident which critics liken to a cross between cult TV series Twin Peaks and Top of the Lake.

After her best friend disappeared while the two were young girls playing in the forest, Anna became an outcast in her Tasmanian hometown.

Having fled to the UK to escape her past, 15 years later she finds herself drawn back home … and back in the firing line when another girl goes missing.

“Anna was weirdly a reflection of me at that time in my life and what I was dealing with and struggling with,” says Debicki of why she was drawn to the dark role.

Matt LeNevez and Henry Nixon co-star in The Kettering Incident. Photo: Ben King

“The thing I found most relatable was that sense of her being sort of bound between two worlds but not knowing who she was.”

For Debicki, her two worlds have been split between Hollywood and her Melbourne hometown. And she admits there is a sense of isolation which comes with that.

“An actors’ life is a really bizarre existence,” she says.

“It can surprise you sometimes how removed you can feel from reality. And it’s your job not to engage with reality.

“For example, the job I’m shooting now it often happens that you leave your house on the dark, shoot on a sound stage without natural lighting and then go home in the dark. A whole week can go past and it can feel like 12 hours.

“You can wake up on Saturday morning and realise you completely missed someone’s birthday or haven’t done the dishes in a week or whatever it is that is engaging with reality. It’s what makes life interesting but it sometimes you crave normalcy as well.”

The Night Manager saw people worldwide start talking about Debicki.

One part of normal life she hopes to take part in soon is to watch The Kettering Incident with her co-star Matt LeNevez.

“He lives in LA and sometimes it’s easier to watch things with people you’ve made it with rather than on your own.”

“I won’t cook, I’ll bring the wine. Matt’s actually an excellent cook but it’s a marathon — eight episodes is quite a lot of television.”

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