It’s very clear that they’re both unhappy most of the time.” “Anna and Hardin talk about how their relationship is bad. “People can think that Hardin’s a bad example – but he’s not supposed to be a good example for a boyfriend,” author Anna Todd told Refinery29 last year. By the end of the fourth book, she’s “at a very different point” than she is in the first installment. She says she often hears from fans that what they appreciate most about the story is its “soft intimacy, the more non-sexual moments of intimacy.” Josephine herself is drawn to Tessa’s progress. “It's really nice to see that, to see how positive and supportive and so nice so many of these people are, and how supportive of you and encouraging of you doing this role.” “When I get to actually meet people who are a fan of these stories on a red carpet or on a press tour or on the street, I get to see people talk about how they're so happy that these books they loved were turned into films,” she says. Josephine herself is not a reader of fanfiction, though she says the success of After has given her a greater appreciation for the positive sides of fandom. When Josephine talks about the shame society casts on teen girls, her voice becomes more firm, her words more matter-of-fact. We feel really lucky that we were able to come back and do three and four and be able to be working during this, and to be finishing the story.” This is just the global situation, and it's affecting everyone. “I think there's a lot of people who are unable to get back with family for Christmas. “I feel bad talking about it and almost coming across like, ‘woe is me,’ because I feel very lucky with the position I'm in, and I have friends around me,” she says, once again reluctant to make it about her. It’s been difficult to plan a trip home, given Australia’s heightened border restrictions, but she’s conscious that her situation could definitely be worse. I just think I'm good at occupying time by myself,” says Josephine, who grew up in Australia with her sister, fellow actor Katherine Langford. I think I've been practicing for isolation for a while, so it was OK. “I sort of got stuck there, but it was also a choice. Traveling from LAX to the country in southeastern Europe marked the first time Josephine had traveled outside of Los Angeles since the pandemic began. I'm trying to learn a bit of Bulgarian, and I'm not doing too well, but I know a few things.” The view from her window is lush and green, with mountains and trees framing the cityscape. “Usually we get to explore a little bit and see the city and meet people,” she says, “but the view from my window has been amazing. “Everyone's so nice and everyone has been really great,” Josephine says of her new colleagues, though the filming experience has been different in order to abide by COVID-19 safety guidelines. There are new cast members in the third and fourth films, with Vampire Diaries actor Arielle Kebbel taking over Kimberly after Candice King’s pregnancy, and True Blood star Stephen Moyer playing Christian Vance. When we speak on the phone, the cast is about five days into filming the sequels, and she’s just left a three-hour hangout with new additions Chance Perdomo (who’s replacing Shane Paul McGhie as Landon) and director Castille Landon, the third director to helm an After movie. It was a turning point not for any ego reason, but because it proved to herself she could be a working actor. “It's like a high.” Prior to After, Josephine’s break came with 2017 horror flick Wish Upon, where she played Joey King’s high school bully. “It's just such a satisfying feeling,” she says. Josephine remembers acting in a school play when she was around eight years old and realizing how fun it was to make people laugh and bring people joy. The first After film was Tessa’s biggest role to date.
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