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I’M A BIT OF AN INTROVERT, AND I GET VERY, VERY ANXIOUS, AND SO SOMETIMES, SEEING THAT PEOPLE ARE STARING OR TAKING PICTURES OR ANYTHING, I GET REALLY TENSE AND ANXIOUS. AND THEN I HAVE TO REMIND MYSELF, IT’S BECAUSE THEY
REALLY LOVE THE SHOW. IT IS A FUNNY THING. AND I’M STILL NOT QUITE USED TO IT. BUT I’M ALSO INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL. AND I HAVE TO CONSTANTLY REMIND MYSELF OF THAT.
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have little Post-its on my desk of just basic Greek phrases. I would call the restaurant to order food, and I would have my little Post-it note… And I’m ordering food, what do you say? They couldn’t understand me, but they were always really sweet and tickled by the fact that I at least tried it, even though I botched it.” Cline describes the filming expe- rience as one that made her learn a lot about herself introspectively to form her burgeoning indepen- dence. “Rian is ten steps ahead with his scripts and the way he’s already planning out everything,” she ad- mits. “So I just had to stay living in the fact that Rian knows what he’s doing, and his stories are already written, and I’m here for a reason. It was a lot of learning how to cen- ter myself, especially with quieting the anxiety in my head about the situation, because I was half a world away from my family and friends.” Half a world away or not, Cline is always finding ways to appreci- ate relaxing moments to herself, or at home in the temporary reprieve from the commotion of her jet-set- ting career. “With my job, I get to go to so many places and I travel so much, which is amazing,” she ex- claims. “And that’s what I’ve always wanted to be able to do. But vaca- tion feels like being at home some- times. It’s just so nice to be able to be home and to just do whatever I want to do. I love going on hikes, getting rocks and painting them, or trying to schedule a pottery class with my friends. Kind of just fuck- ing around. I love that.”
largely grounded her in reality. “It’s so nice to be able to go home and see my parents and have a mom meal and just hang out and watch TV. My mom and I love to do puzzles, and my dad will be on his iPad, playing golf games,” she laughs. “But it is funny because I’ll get the address to base camp, and I won’t need the GPS because I’ll know exactly where it is. I don’t think it’s a coincidence, because I don’t believe in coincidences, but I think it is quite serendipitous.” With the ease of filming near her hometown also came the metaphoric and actualized bubble Cline found herself living in when the show first released in quarantine. “It was funny, because I still felt the same, but then it just felt like everything outside of me had changed when everything opened up,” she shares. “And that was really strange. It was a little jarring. The only way I could see how well it was doing was from social media. And then, all of a sud- den, going out in the grocery store became a different experience. That’s when I really felt the impact of the show, which is quite insane.” Seeing people resonate with the show as a form of escapism, or relatability, made Cline emotional—she wasn’t able to initially predict just how successful the show would become, of course. “I remember sitting in my apartment the night before season one came out and just thinking, ‘No matter what happens, I’m really, really proud of what we did,’” she says. “And it was a great, great adventure, and I met some amazing people. But I had to let it go a little bit, because I didn’t know and I was terrified. It’s kind of like ripping your chest open and putting your heart on a platform that is watched by millions of people. And that’s terrifying. That’s really, really scary.” With the territory of Netflix success came the treacherous nature of fame, and as many fans became enthralled by the themes and actors in the show, Cline’s Instagram following amassed over 12 million. “I’m a bit of an introvert, and I get very, very anxious,” she remarks. “And so sometimes, seeing that people are staring or taking pictures or anything, I get really tense and anxious. And then I have to remind myself, it’s because they really love the show. It is a funny thing. And I’m still not quite used to it. But I’m also incredibly grateful. And I have to constantly remind myself of that.” As for her newest venture, Cline plays Whiskey in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery , a sequel to the original 2019 Knives Out film, starring Daniel Craig as renowned private detec- tive Benoit Blanc, who travels to Greece to uncover the layers of yet another murder mystery involving a new cast of striking suspects. Cline’s character is an influencer who is dating You- Tube star, Duke Cody, played by Dave Bautista. The rest of the star-studded cast includes Kate Hudson, Ethan Hawke, Kathryn Hahn, Edward Norton, Leslie Odom Jr., and more, and will be released on Netflix in December. “It was the most amazing experience,” Cline gushes. “What was fun about this movie was in the prep of us reading it all the way through, the first time my brain was trying to piece everything together, and I was trying to solve the puzzle and I was trying to figure out who did it. And then when we read it a second time, everything could have had another meaning. There were always options, and ways to play with it.” In the midst of the white villas, rugged mountains, and ancient Western temples of Greece, Cline and the cast got to embark on water taxi expeditions to explore the picturesque neigh- boring islands, immersing themselves in Greek culture as much as they could. “I couldn’t speak a lick of Greek as much as I tried,” she says humorously. “It was funny, because I would
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