'Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again's Alexa Davies on playing a young Julie Walters: "I'm star struck by her"
While most Hollywood newcomers would be on tenterhooks to be starring alongside the likes of Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Cher, and Lily James, 22-year-old Alexa Davies, the freshest face on the cast of 'Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again', was hardly a bunch of nerves. And a major part of this credit, Davies attributes to the eager and welcoming cast of the hit musical, who returned this summer to transport our hearts away on a Mediterranean rendezvous. "The legacy cast is the nicest bunch I’ve ever met," the actress recalls.
In the sequel, the Welsh actress brings to life a young Rosie - one of Donna's closest friends previously portrayed by Julie Walters - and while a great deal of Rosie's trademark wit and humor remains intact, Davies quite adeptly lends her signature characteristics as well. In doing so, however, the actress remains vocal about the amount of research and Walter's influence that went into her performance in the tentpole production. In fact, she doesn't even refrain from calling the 68-year-old BAFTA-winning actress her "hero".
