She’d even go for walks as Lila and sit with the character to get a feel of who she was, flaws and all. You never know what she’s going to say, why she’s going to say it, or what she’s going to do next.” The actor took her time developing and creating Lila, capturing the character’s energy by hanging up paintings by the Austrian expressionist artist Egon Schiele around her trailer, seeing their abstractness and intensity reflected in the role. “I think there’s something really fun about playing a character who’s unpredictable, aloof and very manipulative,” she says. That anarchic energy is what drew Arya to the role when first auditioning. “There’s something really fun about playing a character who’s unpredictable, aloof and very manipulative” - Ritu Arya She adds, however, that although Lila may be part of the family now, she doesn’t lose any of the quirks that make her who she is, as demonstrated by some of the outrageous one-liners that Lila has in this season. “She gets to spend a lot of time with the Umbrellas and is sort of welcomed into their family – which, after losing the only family she had, is so nice to see,” Arya says. This deep sense of family and the need to belong was something Arya was keen to explore this season. London club Printworks to close after council approves redevelopment plan.Nell Mescal on channelling tough times in debut single ‘Graduating’.In the superhero-based sci-fi show’s new season, Lila returns to the Umbrella Academy in order to find Diego (played by David Castañeda), having lost the only mother she knew (The Handler, played by Kate Walsh) and having learned that her adopted mother was also responsible for the death of her birth parents. Ritu Arya first joined the show in its second season, where the chaos and dark humour of her character Lila Pitts embedded her firmly in the cast.
“I’m so excited it’s finally out in the world.” “It honestly just made my day,” the British-born actor says, speaking on Zoom from her adopted home of Los Angeles. The Netflix show’s new episodes already received rave reviews from critics, and the social media response has ranged from viewers debating which family member is the most powerful to a certain dance number that left people both overjoyed and confused.
It’s premiere day for the third season of The Umbrella Academy, and Ritu Arya is glowing with joy.
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