What was that process like for you?
Through my agency, I actually hired someone to dress me properly.
I was so exhausted at the end of the day.
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In the end, we ended up submitting my audition for Fuji and not Mariko.
HOSHI: I felt like I prepared really well for the role of Fuji.
Thinking back on it, I really felt like I had thorough preparation.
When a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village, Lord Yoshii Toranaga discovers secrets that could tip the scales of power and devastate his enemies.
So, it was challenging, but I was able to go through it.
That day, we were at the point when they were prepping me, and there was something amiss.
Production was finally like, Okay, you should probably come to set.
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We can’t hold it up anymore, so I went to set.
And she goes in her Anna/Mariko way, Mhm.
[Laughs] So, I plugged in right away.
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So,we actually had most of our conversation while working, so to speak.
I feel that we were able to enjoy our relationship through our roles.
I think that Cosmo had the same experience, as well.
At one point during shooting, he actually gave me a letter.
We didnt spend time outside of work hours, but at work, we had a very solid connection.
HOSHI: At the beginning, she’s trying to run away.
She’s trying to escape from reality and go and become a nun.
But I think throughout her journey, she gets… A societal requirement to find a reason and to find what is next.
I remember when Blackthorne says to Fuji that he wants to stay with her.
There was a part of me that was like, Oh, I am leaving him alone.
But,she has a stronger core by the endof her journey.
Your character became a bit of a meme on Twitter and social media.
It really became part of the online conversation around the show.
HOSHI: I had actually heard that while we were filming.
Oh, they wanna make Fuji memes.
They also keep the conversation going using those memes.
Would you be open to coming back?
HOSHI: I love the cast and I love the crew.
Everyone knows what happens to me.
Fuji makes her own choice to be cloistered.
Shogunis available to stream on Hulu in the U.S.
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