I hope to do a better job of parenting than previous generations, says new mum Karen Gillan
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Karen Gillan has revealed she is trying to ‘do a better job at parenting’ than ‘the previous generation’.
Despite having praised her mother and father for being good parents, Ms Gillan said she feels there are things she could improve on.
Speaking ahead of the release of her latest film The Life of Chuck, the Scots star explained that working on a story about the end of the world had made her reevaluate her own legacy.
She even vowed to ‘shield’ her daughter Clementine, whom she shares with husband Nick Kocher, from things she doesn’t want to ‘pass on’ to her.
Karen told film review website Cherry Picks: ‘We can all look back on out upbringings and see the things that were done well in our upbringing and the things where we might be tied up in knots now. And we might have to learn how to undo them as adults.’
She added: ‘I’m just sort of figuring out now I’ve got my own child, how can I do a slightly better job than the previous generation.
And hopefully she does a slightly better job than I do and that’s growth and evolution.’
The 37-year-old has previously praised her parents for giving her an ‘incredibly stable upbringing’ in Inverness.
Her father Raymond worked in a care centre for people with learning disabilities and mother Marie at a supermarket
Inverness-born Karen Gillan with parents Raymond John and Marie
Karen Gillan attends the recent Los Angeles Premiere of ‘The Life Of Chuck’ in Hollywood
Speaking to Mail Online in 2021, Karen stressed: ‘My parents are so down to earth and normal. They gave me a childhood that made me unshakeable.’
The Marvel star announced her own transition into parenthood, along with her new film project, in September.
Taking to Instagram, she wrote: ‘COMING SOON! “The Life of Chuck” and “untitled baby”.’
But in a series of interviews to promote her new film on Friday, Gillan suggested that the process of preparing for both of her new roles had unearthed far more existential questions than she had bargained for.
Describing her efforts to act out the apocalypse convincingly, Gillan said: ‘I tried to play it as truthfully and as authentically as possible, calling upon things that I’ve experienced.’
She explained that this self-reflection had forced her to confront her own potential blind-spots as a parent.
Gillan told Awards Watch: ‘There’s so many things I’m examining in myself that I maybe want to shield her from and maybe I don’t want to pass on to her or something like that you know. But I think that’s how it goes.’
