Hi Naomi
How are you?
Really good thanks. Fantastic performance... as actors.
You'll get plenty of scripts. Sent your way.
Some will be brief cameo some will be maybe a voiceover for animation.
And some come around like this.
That means an intense shoot you in almost every single frame.
It's hard work. Physically, emotionally.
I mean, there's a dream for any actor
because it's always an element before signing on to put it out there.
So do I really want to do this?
Knowing just how much it's going to take out of you?
You have to be so certain. I guess Yeah.
I mean, I read the script,
but before COVID
and was very compelled by how real it felt.
And even as confronting as it was disturbing, I
felt it was necessary
This is a story that is playing itself out over and over again in the world,
and I wanted to put myself in the shoes of a of a parent to,
you know, this is the unimaginable nightmare.
And and hopefully, you know,
connect with the hearts and minds of others.
Right.
And I just felt it was it a very compelling piece of reality to me
to be a part of.
Yeah, I, I certainly prepared
like crazy in the lead up for it
in terms of the physical and the emotional.
And then you get yourself there on the day and it's it's much it's different.
It's even bigger than what you had imagined.
I mean, sometimes we were shooting shots that went on for ten or 12 minutes
and meant that I was running for three, two or three miles. And,
you know, so the physical exhaustion was
huge.
Yeah.
Because, I mean, you know, there's a moment
where she sort of finds out that he might not be the killer and instead a victim
as she almost seems relieved I mean, what's there's
so many mental gymnastics going on in her mind.
It must be so hard to come to terms of that on a show, is it?
You almost have to act on instinct in a role like this.
No. Well, mercifully, I had two actors at the end of the phone.
Sometimes they were there and sometimes we would lose them
suddenly in a shot because we're deep in the forest.
And yes, you did have to sort of just roll with it.
If there was
if you lost service, you can't stop the shot.
You have to keep going.
So it was about being able to do mental gymnastics
and dealing with the chaos of all of that.
But that also reflected the truth of the scenario.
I imagine that,
you know, anyone who's in this situation is you having to go, what can I do?
How can I help?
Who can I call?
And, you know, I just have to get to my son.
I just have to see his face and know he's okay.
And you'll do you'll go to any lengths in order to make that happen.
And she's an actress last week in Berlin.
And she was saying she gets
so drawn to roles that require her to kind of shout and scream, that ability
to let something out.
And you often play parts in quite tough movies, characters going through
quite a lot.
Is there a cathartic element attached by sort of living through it with characters
can almost help if you ever face difficult situations in real life.
And the second part of that question is after a project like this,
do you have to kind of go on holiday or take a mini break to unwind?
Yeah, I definitely do find there is
something cathartic about it.
And I am I do have a note.
I'm drawn to pieces like this.
I it's not that I'm I'm willingness.
I suppose it is because I end up doing them, but I'm curious.
I'm there's always something to examine.
There's always something there that teaches you.
And yeah,
I just find those stories worth telling.
And they usually difficult subjects for everyone to talk about.
And if it can spark up a conversation that
can be considered, you know,
a way for them to understand something
better or a breakthrough even then, then great.
I feel like I'm doing my job, which is hopefully in service
of, of people reflecting, you know, seeing themselves in a story.
But thank you so much for your time today.
Best of luck with what you've got coming on. I can't wait to see Infinite Storm.
So there's some good stuff on the horizon right Thank you.
Thank you so much.