The actress opens up to ET ahead of the HBO drama's season finale.
Appearing on screen since she was 17, Juno Temple has
celebrated a few firsts on set – especially on Vinyl, the HBO drama about a record executive desperately trying to
keep his label afloat. Temple, now 26, plays Jamie Vine, an ambitious assistant
who has her eyes set on a permanent A&R position and the sexy lead singer
of the Nasty Bits played by James Jagger. (Yes, the son of The Rolling Stones
lead singer and co-creator of Vinyl,
Mick Jagger.)
Vinyl just so happens
to be the starlet’s first series, following a string of notable film roles,
including Atonement, The Dark Knight Rises, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, and Black Mass. “I was pretty terrified
about the idea of TV, if I’m being truly honest,” Temple tells ET ahead of the
series’ finale, which airs on Sunday, April 17.
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“What if I want to do an independent film in Milwaukee or
Australia? You’ve locked yourself down. It’s kind of a daunting thought,” Temple explains. Now
that she’s survived the first season, however, she’s grown comfortable with the commitment, which she compares to a marriage, as well as the fear of wanting to philander
with other projects.
Of course, it didn’t hurt that at 24, Temple had to
audition for Martin Scorsese, a moment she considers “a day to remember.”
Admittedly though, she doesn’t recall much. “I have to confess: I was so
nervous,” Temple says. “I walked out and was like, ‘Oh my god.’”
One year later, Temple was filming with Scorsese, who told her on the morning of her 25th birthday that she had to get completely naked
on set. “You’re doing a sex scene with Mick Jagger’s son, directed by Martin
Scorsese,’” the English actress recalls. “That was a pretty memorable birthday.”
With nerves and commitment-phobia behind her, Temple’s even thinking
about season two, which HBO announced ahead of the series’ debut. ”Getting the time
as an actor to really play and get to know a character is pretty luxurious,”
she says, “and I’m sure as hell as not done playing her.”
And what will that entail for Jamie? Likely more screen time with Jagger, who Temple spends the
most time with on-screen.
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As Jamie and Kip, the two have navigated mixing business with pleasure. In the penultimate episode, the couple has a threesome with
Alex, a musician played by Val Emmich. Temple says the moment, a crossroads for
the couple, was fun to film. “We had a right giggle doing it and
then we definitely had a few drinks afterward," she says.
Meanwhile, Jamie has gone so far as dubbing herself the “Queen
of the Nasty Bits” but quite possibly has set herself up to be the Yoko Ono to
Kip’s Beatles. “What a cool thing to be a part of, even though it’s a very f**ked up,
complex one,” Temple says.
But as long as Jamie keeps climbing the ladder in the
industry, Temple will stay happy. And committed.