Mark Rylance

Mariella Meets

Sir Mark Rylance is a renowned actor on both stage and screen; from the BBC’s Adaptation of Wolf Hall, to Dunkirk, the BFG and what’s been described as the most acclaimed play of the century - Jez Butterworth’s Jerusalem.He also played an eccentric billionaire in the environmental satire Don’t Look Up, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo Di Caprio – a project attuned to Mark’s own environmental activism off-stage.

I sat down with Mark last week, on the final day of COP27, to discuss his latest project as an Ambassador for the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust charity.

We spoke about their ‘blue recovery plan’ which aims to restore wetlands across the UK, which have declined by 90 per cent Since Roman times and are powerful natural ways to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

We spoke about everything from local climate activism, why he doesn't think the government should lock up Just Stop Oil protesters and how he balances being a Hollywood actor, often flying to projects, with being an eager environmentalist…

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