Kate Mara explains reason behind accepting gig with sister Rooney

Kate Mara recently revealed her joy that she and sister Rooney Mara chose the perfect time to finally collaborate on a film.

In a new candid chat with The Hollywood Reporter, the 42-year-old actress, who is two years Rooney's senior in real life, expressed how their long-awaited on-screen reunion as twins in Werner Herzog's Bucking Fastard made perfect sense.

"We’ve been looking for something to do together for a while, and we have been sent things that were interesting," Kate began, explaining their patient search. 

Moreover, she confessed they held out until they found a director both were equally passionate about, "Playing sisters or not wasn’t actually important to us."

She teased the serendipitous timing by stating, "We wrapped [‘Bucking Fastard’] a couple weeks ago, and it now makes so much sense that this was the one that was waiting for us." 

She went on to reveal that Werner himself was the reason why they accepted this gig. 

 "We read Werner’s email that asked us to be in it, and we’re both such massive fans of his. So the first hurdle was finding a filmmaker that we both like, and while we like a lot of the same things, we both had an equal excitement about working with Werner."

"And then it’s just hysterical that we’re playing total equals who speak in unison and do everything the same. They dream the same in the film, and they’re so in sync," Kate expressed about the unexpected nature of their roles. 

"We could have never imagined finding two roles in a film where we’re literally equals in so many ways, and it was just so perfect. So there was no hesitation after we met Werner, and it was so obvious that we needed to do it,” she concluded.