MACKENZIE DAVIS

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January 21, 2025

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Mackenzie Davis is a London-based actress, who gained recognition for early roles in projects like Black Mirror, The Martian, and my personal favorite, Denis Villeneuve's Bladerunner 2049. She’s gone on to kill it in HBO’s series Station Eleven alongside Himesh Patel, among many other neat projects, like Speak No Evil with James McAvoy (available to rent now). WOACA, her directorial debut short film (which she also wrote) just released on Vimeo and you can check it out here. Keep your eyes peeled for The Undertow, her upcoming limited series set in Scotland that comes out on Netflix this year. Lucky for us, Mackenzie’s here to tell us what she’s been into.

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Quitting Smoking

I have a vivid memory of being 18 years old, my parents just moved me across the country into my dorm, and as I watched their car turn a corner away from view, I pulled out a pack of Gauloises and lit up. I was a woman now. I loved smoking, I was never a heavy smoker, but I always wanted to keep it light enough so that it could forever be in my life. Anyway, years later there was a pandemic/heart break/lots of life changes and the idea of long term planning (staying alive/having nice skin) flew out the window for me and cigarettes took a much bigger role in my life and that freaked me out. So I read the same stupid book that everyone does, I rolled my eyes the whole time thinking NO WAY and then I finished the book and was freed. Last page done = no desire for another cigarette again. Probably it’s a form of hypnosis, and an essential element is being ready to say goodbye, but if you ARE ready: The Easy Way to Stop Smoking by Allen Carr is some type of witchcraft. Also, Anthony Hopkins and Angelica Huston blurbed the edition I read, and I thought that was convincing evidence. They probably smoked a lot.

MACKENZIE DAVIS

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