As Cait is currently promoting “Money Monster” in Cannes, W Magazine took the opportunity to do a wonderful interview and photoshoot. I have added outtakes to our gallery, and you can find the interview below. Don’t forget to check out the original article over at wmagazine.com:
What was your “I made it!” moment? Last year when the show [Outlander] came out and one of those buses drove by, it was such a Carrie [Bradshaw] moment. I was like, “holy shit I’m on the side of a bus.”
Before your acting career took off, you were a successful model in your own right, walking at international fashion weeks… Yes, I walked for Chanel, Michael Kors, Dior, Balenciaga, everyone. But my girlfriends and I would always laugh because we were the blue collar models. We did a lot of shows and we did well, but I was never known, which helped when I made the switch to acting because I think being a model comes with such a stigma.
What prompted the transition from modeling to acting? My modeling career was trickling down…I hit that point where I was like “ok, I’m not happy, this was never my passion.” I was taking acting classes in New York, and I wanted to make sure I had the passion and talent for it. So I moved to L.A. to try it seriously. I had read an article where Amy Adams talked about her acting coach. So I enrolled in that teacher’s class and started from scratch. I was 29 about to turn 30. People say I shouldn’t talk about my age, but if you focus on the work, it shouldn’t matter what age you are.
