‘Humans are walking paradoxes’: Unicorns stars Jason Patel, Ben Hardy on trailblazing film

Jason and Ben in Unicorns (Image: Tiff) James Krishna Floyd: You both immersed yourselves in the roles of ‘Luke’ and ‘Aysha/Ashiq’. Do you feel like the experience has changed you at all as actors, or maybe even as people? 

Ben Hardy: It took me a little bit of time to drop the ‘Luke’ physicality and voice. My partner at the time would often reference my actions and vocal qualities as being ‘Lukeish’. As for if they still linger, I think not. But who knows, maybe there’s some of the lovely ‘Luke Tilson’ in me somewhere. As an actor, I’ve become less technical and more instinctive – thanks to the trust I could place in your and Sally’s direction [Sally El Hosaini co-directs]. I didn’t feel as much of a need to

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