Jessie Buckley Talks Working with Renee Zellweger on 'Judy'

Jessie Buckley is all smiles on the latest cover of ES Magazine, out on stands on Thursday, August 29.

Here’s what the 29-year-old singer/actress shared with the magazine:

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On working with Renee Zellweger on Judy: “Renée has been such an absolute babe. We both love Susan Tedeschi, and she’s like: ‘She’s playing next week, why don’t you come over?’ Yeah, she’s been lovely. She was really kind — even some mornings in the trailer, she’d show this really warm, protective heart. Just little things, looking out for me on the film.”

On getting therapy as an actress: “It’s harder [to do] when you’re away filming, because you have to build that relationship up. But I bloody love it. It’s been brilliant for me. It’s about being honest. There’s no point pretending. If I don’t do that in my own life, how the hell am I meant to play somebody else’s?”

On her anxiety and panic attacks in her teenage years: “It’s definitely better, but I’m still human. I still have days when I get sad. And I get days when I get happy, and I get days when I get scared. But now I feel the things. I’m not frightened of them. And actually they’re all important. You’ve just got to accept them, invite them in and say, ‘Have a cup of tea and what’s going on?’, instead of trying to repress them. Which I probably did when I was young, ’cause I was scared of them.”

You can read more from Jessie Buckley‘s interview at ESIMedia.com.