{"id":2084656,"date":"2026-08-09T10:27:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T07:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2084656"},"modified":"2026-08-09T10:27:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T07:27:20","slug":"self-esteem-lands-first-major-film-role-in-1980s-welsh-drama-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2084656","title":{"rendered":"Self Esteem lands first major film role in 1980s Welsh drama \u2018Mountain\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NMEAR_NME-GLASTO-2025_SelfEsteem_ThePark_250627_DB_1083.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><i class=\"tdb-bread-sep td-icon-right\"><\/i><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Self Esteem lands first major film role in 1980s Welsh drama \u2018Mountain\u2019<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Rebecca Lucy Taylor has been increasingly pivoting from music to acting in recent years<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Max Pilley<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-08-09T11:27:20+01:00\">9th August 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- .\/block --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NMEAR_NME-GLASTO-2025_SelfEsteem_ThePark_250627_DB_1083-696x464.jpg\" alt=\"Self Esteem performs at Glastonbury 2025, photo by Derek Bremner\" title=\"NMEAR_NME-GLASTO-2025-SELF-ESTEEM-LIVE-DEREK-BREMNER-3@2000x1270\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Self Esteem performs at Glastonbury 2025. Credit: Derek Bremner for NME<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Self Esteem has landed her first major film role in the 1980s-set Welsh coming-of-age drama <i>Mountain<\/i>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1302\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ MORE:<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><b>Self Esteem interview: \u201cPeople don\u2019t think women write songs\u201d\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The artist \u2013 real name Rebecca Lucy Taylor \u2013\u00a0has been increasingly pivoting from music to acting in recent years, after stints in the West End in\u00a0<i>Cabaret\u00a0<\/i>in 2023 and\u00a0David Hare\u2019s\u00a0<i>Teeth \u2018n\u2019 Smiles\u00a0<\/i>earlier this year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now, it has been confirmed\u00a0by\u00a0<i>BBC Wales<\/i> that she will appear alongside Peter Mullan, Iwan Rheon and Seth Isaac Thomas in\u00a0<i>Mountain<\/i>, which will be directed by Welsh actor and filmmaker Celyn Jones.\u00a0Bill Ryder-Jones\u00a0has also composed the film\u2019s original soundtrack.<\/p>\n<p>The film will follow Thomas\u2019 young boy who is growing up in North Wales in the \u201980s and looking for friendship and a sense of community. His life changes when he meets Mullan\u2019s character, a man living alone on a mountain, and the pair form a lasting connection.<\/p>\n<p>Filming\u00a0began in Anglesey in June\u00a0and has now wrapped, with Jones calling the shoot in his hometown of Holyhead an \u201cemotional and spiritual homecoming\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Da5EbDXDUdn\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Taylor appeared in the Sky series\u00a0<i>I Hate Suzie\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0<i>Smothered\u00a0<\/i>before taking the role of Sally Bowles in the stage production of\u00a0<i>Cabaret\u00a0<\/i>in London in 2023, and she was the lead of the 50th anniversary revival of Hare\u2019s\u00a0<i>Teeth \u2018n\u2019 Smiles\u00a0<\/i>at the Duke\u00a0Of\u00a0York Theatre at the start of this year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>She explained the pivot to acting in March, saying that she felt \u201cknackered\u201d and \u201cfed up\u201d after the intense experience of releasing and touring her third album \u2018A Complicated Woman\u2018 last year.<\/p>\n<p>She said\u00a0<i>Teeth \u2018n\u2019 Smiles\u00a0<\/i>had made her realise that she \u201cfelt a bit, you know, dead, for a while\u201d, before reflecting: \u201cIt\u2019s about going, you know what? Like, it\u2019s ruined my life. Sometimes I\u2019ve been rock-bottom depressed because of music. And I\u2019m like, it\u2019s just songs, though? You\u2019ve got a fucking roof over your head!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Taylor also spoke to\u00a0<i>NME\u00a0<\/i>at the Ivor Novello Awards in May, saying she plans to \u201ctake a few months off to have a think\u201d\u00a0after the summer as she\u00a0is in\u00a0\u201cneed of a bit of a breather\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got an idea about what my next record is [going to be like],\u201d she said. \u201cBut if you\u2019re not careful, it\u2019s you giving more and more in an industry that will take more and more if you let it. 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         <span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span>                <\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Self Esteem has landed her first major film role in the 1980s-set Welsh coming-of-age drama <i>Mountain<\/i>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1302\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ MORE:<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><b>Self Esteem interview: \u201cPeople don\u2019t think women write songs\u201d\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The artist \u2013 real name Rebecca Lucy Taylor \u2013\u00a0has been increasingly pivoting from music to acting in recent years, after stints in the West End in\u00a0<i>Cabaret\u00a0<\/i>in 2023 and\u00a0David Hare\u2019s\u00a0<i>Teeth \u2018n\u2019 Smiles\u00a0<\/i>earlier this year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now, it has been confirmed\u00a0by\u00a0<i>BBC Wales<\/i> that she will appear alongside Peter Mullan, Iwan Rheon and Seth Isaac Thomas in\u00a0<i>Mountain<\/i>, which will be directed by Welsh actor and filmmaker Celyn Jones.\u00a0Bill Ryder-Jones\u00a0has also composed the film\u2019s original soundtrack.<\/p>\n<p>The film will follow Thomas\u2019 young boy who is growing up in North Wales in the \u201980s and looking for friendship and a sense of community. His life changes when he meets Mullan\u2019s character, a man living alone on a mountain, and the pair form a lasting connection.<\/p>\n<p>Filming\u00a0began in Anglesey in June\u00a0and has now wrapped, with Jones calling the shoot in his hometown of Holyhead an \u201cemotional and spiritual homecoming\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Da5EbDXDUdn\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Taylor appeared in the Sky series\u00a0<i>I Hate Suzie\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0<i>Smothered\u00a0<\/i>before taking the role of Sally Bowles in the stage production of\u00a0<i>Cabaret\u00a0<\/i>in London in 2023, and she was the lead of the 50th anniversary revival of Hare\u2019s\u00a0<i>Teeth \u2018n\u2019 Smiles\u00a0<\/i>at the Duke\u00a0Of\u00a0York Theatre at the start of this year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>She explained the pivot to acting in March, saying that she felt \u201cknackered\u201d and \u201cfed up\u201d after the intense experience of releasing and touring her third album \u2018A Complicated Woman\u2018 last year.<\/p>\n<p>She said\u00a0<i>Teeth \u2018n\u2019 Smiles\u00a0<\/i>had made her realise that she \u201cfelt a bit, you know, dead, for a while\u201d, before reflecting: \u201cIt\u2019s about going, you know what? Like, it\u2019s ruined my life. Sometimes I\u2019ve been rock-bottom depressed because of music. And I\u2019m like, it\u2019s just songs, though? You\u2019ve got a fucking roof over your head!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Taylor also spoke to\u00a0<i>NME\u00a0<\/i>at the Ivor Novello Awards in May, saying she plans to \u201ctake a few months off to have a think\u201d\u00a0after the summer as she\u00a0is in\u00a0\u201cneed of a bit of a breather\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got an idea about what my next record is [going to be like],\u201d she said. \u201cBut if you\u2019re not careful, it\u2019s you giving more and more in an industry that will take more and more if you let it. So I\u2019m making myself stop so I can have a think and I can make some better art for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Self Esteem will\u00a0open for Florence + The Machine\u00a0for a show in Edinburgh\u00a0on August 24, following by a show supporting\u00a0Pulp at Manchester\u2019s Wythenshawe Park\u00a0on August 28,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/self-esteem-lands-first-major-film-role-in-1980s-welsh-drama-mountain-3961582&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NMEAR_NME-GLASTO-2025_SelfEsteem_ThePark_250627_DB_1083.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News Self Esteem lands first major film role in 1980s Welsh drama \u2018Mountain\u2019 Rebecca Lucy Taylor has been increasingly pivoting from music to acting in recent years By Max Pilley 9th August 2026 Self Esteem performs at Glastonbury 2025. 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