Phantom Thread’s Vicky Krieps Is Living the ‘Dream’: Here Are Five Things to Know About Her
You better believe being cast opposite one of the most revered actors of all time is a little intimidating.“I was s— scared!” Vicky Krieps, 34, tells People of playing the rebellious wife of Daniel Day-Lewis’s perfectionist clothing designer in Phantom Thread.As filming went on, “I let go of my fears,” says the Luxembourg native, “but the intensity stayed for all three months of shooting.”A relative unknown in the U.S., Krieps made a big impression in Paul Thomas Anderson’s acclaimed period romance — her first major English-language film.
The film surprised on Tuesday, earning six Academy Award nominations,
