Hello, I'm Karen Gillan

and we are doing the WIRED Autocomplete Interview.

Here we go.

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Like what's going on out there?

Am I on that feet fetish thing?

Those are the types of things I want to know.

What does Karen Gillan sound like?

Like this, like a Scottish person

that's maybe been on holiday in America.

It's very rare that I'm acting in my natural accent

and honestly, it's gotten to the point now where

I'm more comfortable acting in a different accent.

I'm really comfortable in an American accent

and sometimes I'll even use it to like a spam caller

and I like to keep them on the phones

for as long as possible,

I'll be American on those calls as well.

What character does Karen Gillan play in

it's not finished, Avengers?

My character is Nebula,

she is a bald blue alien who started

in Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 1

and she is a daughter of Thanos

the worst guy ever and sisters with Gamora.

And she's one of my favorite characters

that I've ever played actually,

she's kind of like this scapegoated sibling

in a terrible toxic family dynamic

and all this stuff I love to play.

What or is this all one thing?

I guess we'll find out,

what race is Nebula in Guardians of the Galaxy?

I don't know, I thought she was Kree

and then someone corrected me

and said part Luphomoid,

do I know what a Luphomoid is?

No, I don't.

What if Karen Gillan, what if Karen Gillan did what?

I dunno, what does it mean?

Who would ask this type of question?

Leaving us all hanging like this.

Okay, when did Karen Gillan join Doctor Who?

I was 21 years old so a baby

that was the big break of my career,

I went from not working very much

as an actor to being in a very beloved show in the UK.

And I miss it so much actually.

Will Karen Gillan return to Doctor Who?

Never say never, if I was asked, I would be really

really interested in Keane.

Oh, he would be really amazing,

I would like to do it with Matt Smith

and Arthur Darvill if I was gonna go back.

Who was Karen Gillan in Call of the Wild?

I played the dog, no I didn't,

so I played a character called Mercedes.

She was like a drunk woman trying to get some gold

and she wasn't very nice,

that's probably why she's not in the movie very much.

It felt like every time I have been drunk actually

was just now research.

Who was Karen Gillan stunt double in Jumanji?

Okay, so my stunt double was called Jahnel Curfman

and she is an incredible stunt woman.

We call her the real Ruby roundhouse

because she's the one that's actually doing roundhouses.

Okay, I'll tell you the truth,

you know what we do?

I will just turn around and I won't even lift my leg

and then they will CGI my leg in.

It's incredible, so yeah, she makes me look really good.

So thanks, Jahnel.

Thank you, is Karen Gillan a Karen?

No, no, I am not that type of Karen,

I think this is gonna be the death of the name Karen.

I think we're gonna be extinct,

maybe it's for the best.

Okay, is Karen Gillan a model?

Don't mind this question, no, I'm not, I'm not

I'm an actress.

When I first moved to London, I went

to drama school and then I dropped

out of drama school because I got one acting role

and then I just didn't have any acting work after that.

And then someone said,

Oh, you could do modeling because you're a giant

so it was more like graduate fashion week where

it would be like fashion students doing really weird things

with arm holes in weird places

and then I'd walk down the catwalk.

Is Karen Gillan in Harry Potter?

No, I do get confused with Ron Weasley a lot though,

but no, that's not me.

Is Karen Gillan in Game of Thrones?

No, I'm not in Game of Thrones,

actually remember I auditioned for Game of Thrones

and then got Doctor Who like right after that.

A few people have come up

to me and said that I look like Sophie Turner

which is a massive compliment and I'll take it,

but there was one guy that was like,

Oh my God, I've just realized where I know you from

it's those electric blue eyes

that gave you away, Sophie Turner.

And like, he was looking at me

and I don't even have blue eyes.

Just wanted it to be Sophie Turner.

Okay, is Karen Gillan in Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker?

No, why do you think this?

I'm sorry I wish I was,

this is just reminding me of all the things

I don't have parts in.

What where the things I do have parts in?

[Crew Member] These are just statements.

I'm scared of the statements people make about me,

okay, Karen Gillan, how tall?

Okay, this is a question disguised

as a statement, 5 foot 11, weirdly tall.

Karen Gillan, Batgirl, I'm not Batgirl,

it's another role that I don't have, thank you.

Karen Gillan, Gunpowder Milkshake jacket,

that jacket is really cool,

the one that I wear in Gunpowder Milkshake,

it's orange, it's a bomber jacket,

kind of like Ryan Gosling's jacket in Drive

and I have the jacket, I own it,

it's mine and it's in my wardrobe.

Karen Gillan, Van Gogh,

I'm in a room full of Americans who are like, it's Van Gogh.

But in Britain we say Van Gogh, that's what we say.

I know why this is here,

it's because there is an episode of Doctor Who

we're we meet van Gogh and people love it, including me.

Karen Gillan funny, this is just a true statement,

this is just a fact.

Karen Gillan, The Party's Just Beginning.

Okay, so The Party's Just Beginning is a film

that I wrote and directed.

It was a lot to be in something while directing it

next time maybe I'll just be behind the camera.

Next card, thank you.

Oh no, can Karen Gillan sing?

I used to sing a lot actually, when I was younger

a lot of musical theater,

but I don't really do it as much as I used to,

it used to be like one of my main things

and now it's just something that happens in the shower.

Can Karen Gillan fight?

Well, yeah, I mean, I don't know,

it's never been put to the test in like real life,

I've done a lot of action sequences now

so I've definitely gotten better.

Well, I like to think,

oh, you would pull out all the moves

that you've been taught on the films

like, get them into this hold and this thing,

but the sad reality is probably, I'm a possum.

Can Karen Gillan swim?

I can sort of swim, like if I was in the ocean,

I would definitely die.

Like I can get from one side of the pool to the other,

this has come up a few times.

So many times actually that my friend wrote a song

called Karen can swim and she raps on it.

Does Karen Gillan drive?

Ah, what is all the transportation?

No, I don't drive, I'm a woman in my 30s

and I can't transport myself on water or on roads.

Does Karen Gillan have siblings?

No, I'm an only child,

I think it would be fun to have siblings

but I don't have any and that's also fun

'cause I got so much attention growing up.

Rapid fire, rapid fire let's go.

How did Karen Gillan, this is really glued on

become famous?

I think that I became more known when

I got the part in Doctor Who

that was my big break and I went from nought to a hundred

in the space of an hour of that news being released

and it was a wild ride.

[Crew Member] Can you read that line as Nebula?

How did Karen Gillan get cast as Nebula?

I did an audition and got a call back, had to read

with James Gunn the director and then do a screen test

where they made me bald and blue

and then burst out crying during the screen test

but it was fine 'cause it made sense

in the context of the scene,

and then they gave me the part.

Was Karen Gillan in a soap opera?

No, wish I was though, love a good soap.

Where is Karen Gillan now?

I'm here with WIRED, reading this out.

It's good to be here now, this is good

I feel like I've landed in a good spot.

[Crew Member] What did you learn about yourself today?

I am a tall person who really needs

to learn how to drive

because this is just getting embarrassing at this point

it's being Googled by people.