Given that she plays the lead role in a mega-popular video game-turned-TV show, you would think English actor Ella Purnell had to endure an ultra-crazy exercise regimen to prepare for the project. Not so, says the 29-year-old star of Prime Video’s Fallout (now in its second season).
“I’ve never had to do a workout routine for a role before,” Ella admits to Women’s Health in the latest episode of the video series Well Said. “I feel very lucky—I know a lot of people have faced a lot of pressure to do that.”
However, that isn’t to say Ella (whom you may also recognize from Showtime’s Yellowjackets) has never felt pushed to her limits by a workout. “I did do reformer Pilates once, and let me tell you, that was no joke. I will not be doing that again.”
Pilates classes aside, Ella says she does count regular movement as a key ritual for feeling her best.
“We need four things,” she says. “We need eight hours of sleep a night. We need to drink a lot of water. We need to exercise, and we need to eat three meals a day that are healthy. No human can do all four. Every human that I know struggles in one of those departments.”
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So, when Ella herself is struggling and feeling low energy, she does a check-in to figure out which area she needs to get back into balance. “It’s about going back to basics,” she says.
To hear more of Ella’s wellness rituals—including why she says a big no thank you to smoothies and “detox pills”—watch the latest episode of Well Said above!
Amy Wilkinson is a contributing entertainment editor at Women’s Health, where she edits the magazine’s celebrity cover stories and writes health features. She has previously held editor titles at Entertainment Weekly and MTV News. In 2021, Amy completed her 600-hour teacher-training at Core Pilates NYC to become a comprehensively trained Pilates instructor.
