Paul: Were you concerned at all that, yes it’s a big movie and it’s obviously a huge break for you but you didn’t simply want to be another one of Michael Bay’s girls?

Rachael: Absolutely. That was my primary concern I think. But having read the script, I didn’t think that was it. I don’t think that’s the role that I’m playing. Firstly I’m not the lead role in this movie, it’s just a nice little piece, it’s a nice little introduction for me and it is a smart female role like, you know,, she is what she is, like she’s a computer expert and I know, that it’s a film movie version of that but I still think it’s ground in reality and that was my main challenge as an actor and that’s one thing that I really committed myself to. And you know what? I was really proud when I saw the film. Because I don’t think I’m highly sexed in it. I think that I actually look like a person who is doing a job and I look like I’m invested in the pursuit of this kind of history and the deconstruction of this data. I don’t feel like I have been highly sexed. I’m not like really tanned or in a low cut top. I think I’ve sort of avoided it. And I am really proud of that. It’s something I really stuck to my guns on.

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