The Untold Truth Of Emily Browning

When Emily Browning sat down for an interview with The Sydney Morning Herald in 2019, the publication promised to discuss some "dicey topics" with the Aussie actor, and it didn't disappoint. Browning fielded questions about gender parity, politics, and religion — more specifically, did she grow up practicing any form of religion. "I didn't, actually," she confirmed. "My dad is an atheist. When I was six, I asked, 'What happens when you die?' He gave the same answer my character Laura gives in 'American Gods,' 'You go in the ground and worms eat you.'" Yikes. Sleep tight, kiddo.

That's her dad's stance accounted for, but what about her mom? Browning's mother "is not a religious person, but is very spiritual," the actor explained. "A bit of a hippie who was eating vegan food before it was trendy, who had crystals and Buddha statues around the house. But I was sort of raised to be very skeptical of organized religion." She went on to reveal that her skepticism isn't quite as staunch now as it was when she was younger ("I'd like to think there was something else, something outside of science and what we can see, which unifies us in some way," she said), but she doesn't have the answers. And, as far as she's concerned, neither do you. She added: "I'm okay with not knowing, and I get p***** off by anyone who claims to know for sure." How about that for some worms of wisdom. 

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