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British actress Emily Beecham attends Chanel Women’s Fall-Winter 2020-2021 collection fashion show at the Grand Palais in Paris, on March 3, 2020. (Photo by FRANCOIS GUILLOT\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

British actress Emily Beecham is busier than ever with a slew of new projects on the horizon. First up? the new Netflix series 1899<\/em>, which just dropped on Nov. 17.<\/p>\n

From the creators of the global sci-fi German hit series Dark<\/em>, Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar\u2019s new show 1899<\/em> follows the migrant steamship Cerberus that takes a bizarre and unexpected turn when they discover another ship, the Prometheus, that\u2019s been mysteriously missing for the last four months. What they find on board turns their promising adventure into a horrifying nightmare.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an anomaly,\u201d Beecham tells GRAZIA USA<\/em>. She describes the series as, \u201cenigmatic, compulsive, and compelling.\u201d The Cruella<\/em> actress portrays Maura Franklin, a doctor with a dark and secretive past. \u201cIt was quite a feat,\u201d says Beecham. When we are first introduced to Maura, she was held captive in an asylum, desperately insisting she\u2019s not crazy. It was revealed that she uncovered some sinister information about her father and begs him to tell her what he\u2019s done to her memory.<\/p>\n

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Andreas Pietschmann and Emily Beecham of “1899” pose in the Getty Images Portrait Studio Presented by IMDb and IMDbPro at Bisha Hotel & Residences on September 12, 2022 in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To work her way through the intricate storyline, Beecham made a chart. \u201cI mapped it out because Maura is really navigating through something,\u201d she says. \u201cSome revelation will suddenly happen, which totally shifts her entire perception of reality. For Maura, it\u2019s who she is and where she is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Referencing brainwashing themes or tales of memory loss from films like Manchurian Candidate<\/em>, Memento<\/em>, and Rabbit Hole<\/em>, Beecham says, \u201cThere\u2019s something that\u2019s just under the surface, that she can\u2019t quite access or remember what\u2019s happened, so she\u2019s constantly keeping her cards close to her chest and slowly deciding who she can or can\u2019t trust.\u201d<\/p>\n

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FIRST LOOK: 1899<\/em> (Credit: Netflix)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

She adds, \u201cI wanted her to be vulnerable, as well as as really headstrong because she’s a very progressively minded woman.”<\/p>\n

Maura studies medicine in the UK, but since she’s not allowed to practice yet, as a woman, she’s traveling on board to New York to become a doctor. \u201cShe\u2019s pushing against the adversity of the rules that she feels so hemmed by,” says Beecham.<\/p>\n

1899<\/em> began filming in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, which meant that Beecham lived in Berlin a few months prior to production to avoid any lockdowns. \u201cI got to watch the set being built,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

1899<\/em> utilized a \u201cgiant cinematic screen that\u2019s in a cylinder shape\u201d to film on the ship. \u201cIt surrounds you. It’s operated by about 20 technicians at the same time whilst you’re shooting,\u201d says Beecham. \u201cIt was actually very useful because it felt like you were genuinely moving on the sea and it almost made some people feel a little bit seasick.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Behind-the-scenes of 1899<\/em> (Credit: Netflix)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Starring alongside, Andreas Pietschmann, Isabella Wei, Aneurin Barnard, Yann Gael, Gabby Wong, Jos\u00e9 Piment\u00e3o, and more, Beecham says working with such a large, international cast felt, \u201cquite special.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody was speaking their own languages and it felt like a very unusual concept for it to be multilingual and have all these different languages and cultures in it,” she shares.<\/p>\n

One day after it debuted on Netflix, 1899 <\/em>has\u00a0already jumped onto the stream\u2019s \u201cTop 10\u201d list.<\/p>\n

Beecham will follow the instant hit with forthcoming films The Interpreter <\/em>with Jake Gyllenhaal, My Mother\u2019s Wedding <\/em>with Scarlett Johansson and Sienna Miller, Slingshot <\/em>with Laurence Fishburne, and others still to come. \u201cIt’s definitely been really exciting working with people whose work you’ve watched for ages and they’re just brilliant, top of their game,\u201d says Beecham. \u201cI just really appreciate the opportunity to work on these productions.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Emily Beecham as Maura Franklin in 1899<\/em> (Credit: Netflix)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Working with people who are interesting, good at their job, good with actors, good with story is so ideal,” says Beecham. “It’s all very unexpected. 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