Jenna Coleman on preparing for Sandman role: "I was walking around doing exorcisms as I'm doing my groceries"
The actor also looked to Keanu's Constantine

Jenna Coleman had a quite peculiar way of preparing for her role as Johanna Constantine in Netflix's 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Sandman. The former Doctor Who actor plays two versions of occult detective Joanna Constantine: 18th-century aristocrat Lady Johanna Constantine and her present-day descenda💧nt – the latter of whom is an "upgraded" version of The Sandman's John Constantine.
When asked how she prepared to play argu꧃ably the most unique version ofꦫ Constantine ever seen on screen, Coleman laughed and replied, "Approaching [the role]? Um, a lot of learning how to do an exorcism."
"I had to learn Latin," she said during a press room interview at San Diego Comic-Con with Total Film. "It was really funny because I was learning French at the time for The Serpent and at the same time learning Latin for the exorcisms on [The Sandman], which are very, very different. I was 𝐆walking around London and I was like, my God, it's insane, I'm walking around talking to myself, doing exorcisms, like as I'm doing my groceries."
Coleman also spoke to Johanna being an "upgraded" version of the comic book hero, explaining that this particular iteration of Constantine has "risen in the ranks and is now Exorcist to the Queenꩵ." While she didn't watch to the NBC show, she did look to Keanu Reeve's Constantine for comparison. The actor played the occult detective in a 𝐆2005 standalone Warner Bros. movie.
"With his version in particular, it was so clear t🦩o me what to do off ♉the page," she says. "said. "I was like, actually, I kind of want to take this, this Jo Constantine in this form and, and run with it."
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