Popular English actress, Tuppence Middleton has recently shared that she has OCD – Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder – which is affecting her work.
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According to her, playing a role in The Motive and the Cue as Hollywood star Elizabeth Taylor has been affected due to this. This character is the wife of Richard Burton who is played by actor Johnny Flynn.
The Motive and the Cue was her first major stage role. It is a play that is set in 1964 and became very successful. It was played at the National Theatre: Lyttelton from April 20 to July 15.
“Every single night, throughout the run, there were thousands of people in the street outside the theatre, and the roads were blocked off,” Middleton disclosed, describing the play’s success.
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She mentioned that she feels anxious and worried when she is asked to kiss the actor in the film due to her OCD.
“Johnny and I have to kiss in this play and one of my obsessions is being emetophobic, that’s fear of vomiting. And so I get preoccupied with ‘Oh what if Johnny has norovirus?” she shared.
Middleton revealed that she developed OCD at a very tender age and it has impacted her career massively.
“The first day when you meet everyone, and everyone shakes hands, and I’m making a mental note of whose hand I’ve shaken and then I have to remember while I’m talking to people that I need to go and wash my hands,” she shared.
However, she added that she gradually has a way of coping with it.
“You find ways of coping with it as you get older and get used to it.“
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