Australian actress Mia Wasikowska has made a rare red carpet appearance years after vanishing from Hollywood.
Wasikowska, 36, walked the red carpet to promote her new indie horror movie, Leviticus, which has been getting rave reviews from critics.
The star seemed to be in good spirits as she posed with some of her co-stars, marking her first official red carpet appearance in years.
Wasikowska previously said she left Hollywood behind to return to her home in Australia because she “didn’t entirely like the lifestyle” after doing a string of successful blockbuster movies.
“I want to do more things in life other than be in a trailer,” the former Hollywood heavyweight revealed to IndieWire.
Just a few years ago Wasikowska was a Hollywood “it” girl with becoming A-list set in her sights after starring in blockbuster movies like Disney’s Alice in Wonderland and Crimson Peak.
“I didn’t entirely like the lifestyle of going back-to-back-to-back. I felt really disconnected from any greater community,” she said.
“I was doing it since I had been 17 — well, more like 15 — but really working a lot from 17. I spent 10 to 15 years, completely like, new city, new country, every three months. And it’s like starting school again every few months. Especially when you’re younger, when you don’t have that base. I found that really hard.”
The 36-year-old said that led her to want to find a place where she could put down roots.
“Maybe if the pay-off is good and you feel really great doing it, then that’s OK. But I didn’t. So, I wanted to establish that for myself on a personal level and have more of a sense of somewhere I belong that’s not just on a film set that ends every few weeks,” she said.
“I’m pretty content,” she said. “If I can have the best of both worlds, which is dip in and out of it occasionally, I’d be really happy. But I wouldn’t ever be in that place where I was just on a treadmill.
She went on to add: “I want to do more things in life other than be in a trailer. It’s great, and there are lots of great things, [but] the perception of it is quite different from the reality. And it didn’t suit me as a person. You can really lose perspective because you’re treated quite strangely. When that’s your only reality, it’s quite strange.”