The actress who appeared in the British crime drama "ragdoll" also has a soft spot for the reruns of "Grease" and "I Love Lucy".

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When most children try to brush something without their parents paying attention, it is usually a cookie or a piece of chocolate.

For Lucy Hale, this is her mother's nursing book.

The 32-year-old Hale appeared in the new British crime drama "Ragdoll" which premiered on November 11th. "Even when I was a child, I was attracted to the dark things in life." School, I Will steal her nursing book, because I want to know about diseases and minor illnesses. I am a very strange child. "

Although she is known for youth dramas such as "Pretty Girl Lies" and the short-lived "Riverdale" spin-off "Katy Keene", she sees her starring new role in the new horror adventure is a recently recruited American detective—— Edmunds Lake-responsible for tracking down a serial killer who killed London, he sewed parts of the victim's dismembered body together into a weird work called a "ragdoll". The series consists of six parts and is adapted from Daniel Cole's 2017 novel.

"I have never played a detective," she said. "But I wrote in my diary that I wanted to play such a role, so it felt natural."

Earlier this month, during a Zoom audio call from her home in Los Angeles, Hale shared her admiration for Lucille Ball and "Forensic Archives" and explained why Graceland is her joy land. These are edited excerpts of the conversation.

Everyone always asks me, "Where did you get the performance error?" It went back to sitting on the table in my grandmother's living room. When I was six or seven years old, she applied "grease" for the first time and I was hypnotized. I may have watched this movie 100 times, even as an adult, I still like it as I did when I was a kid-music, chemistry between John Travolta and Olivia Newton John, hair and makeup . I heard that they are remaking it-I will keep an open mind, but it is too classic.

I first heard that it was published by Channing Tatum on Instagram a few years ago, and now it is the most commonly used application on my phone. You enter the city where you were born, your name, your date of birth, your year of birth, and the time of day. Then it will calculate a birth chart for you, which is almost like a personality reading. This is the most accurate one I have ever read. If you are dating a new person, you can insert their information and compare your similarities or differences. It also reminds you; I checked my first thing this morning, and it said that I identify as the giver in my relationship, and I derive my self-worth and identity from the provider. So today, my reminder is that I need to make sure to self-check.

3. Rose Bowl Flea Market

Imagine a rose bowl, but thousands of people with suitcases are ready to buy antique items. It's incredible. It happens on the second Sunday of every month at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, and you have to get there at 6 or 7 in the morning to find a parking space. There are hundreds of suppliers; they have a clothing section sorted by era, and a great supplier who has the most beautiful turquoise jewelry I have ever seen. You must spend a day studying it, you must be willing to dig and be patient.

4. "Jagged Pills" by Alanis Morissette

This is the first album I bought with my own money. I remember seeing the cover for the first time when I was very young, and her hair was full of bright reds, greens and blues. I was about 7 years old, so I was too young to understand this anxiety. But I will put her CD in my speakers, I just like her tone-honesty and enthusiasm.

There will never be someone like Lucille Bauer. She is big and bold, and she is not afraid of making crazy faces, nor is she afraid of being rough and wild and weird. During that time, this was not what many female artists did-she was really a comedy genius. She and Ethel are one of my favorite duo of all time, so much so that I named her my puppy. So we are Lucy and Ethel. (I actually named it after my grandmother.)

This is an African restaurant located in London and was named one of the top 50 restaurants in the world last year. I know this because Jeremy [Chan], the brother of a friend, is a chef. I went there for the first time about a month ago, and without a doubt, it was the most extraordinary cooking experience in my life. I was just shocked by people's thoughts, like, "Oh, this tastes great." For example, there is a very beautiful white fish with vanilla bean foam on it. He said that the other dish with a paste on the side was inspired by bullet candy. All these external flavors, but they all work together seamlessly, and the presentation is true art.

Frances Berry is an extraordinary painter from Memphis. Many of her paintings are of these gorgeous female bodies, with weird colors and stripes and different textures. But she also paints these cool pop art paintings-I have a custom Elvis painting here. Many of her works are very feminist and support women. She would say some proverbs, such as "Smokin' Naked", and then she has an image of a woman holding a cigarette. She is just cool-she wears skates to do her art.

My grandmother is a big fan of Elvis Presley like me, and you can definitely feel the kind of person he walks through this house. Because he likes to watch different things at the same time, there are about 10 TVs in one room, and an animal room, which is full of animal patterns—floor, ceiling, and furniture. It's just very 70s, very tacky in the best way.

It was the night more than 10 years ago. I was browsing the channel and I heard the creepy introduction music-the theme song of "Forensic Archives". I like this show because it has no script-it's purely about how detectives find people who do terrible things to people. There are hundreds of episodes, and you can always find "forensic documents" on any given channel at night. In a strange way, this is like a comfort show to me.

When I feel that I need to take a break from everything, this is where I am going. It is located five or six hours north of Los Angeles, where I have done these solo hikes in the past few years. Look at these waterfalls, these mountains, these cliffs, it really looks like a painting.