SXSW Interview: Evil Dead’s Jessica Lucas on Zombie Coaches, “Uncomfortable” Makeup and Shooting in New Zealand
Jessica on auditioning: “It’s a completely different thing than acting on set. It’s a completely different art”
Jessica on auditioning: “It’s a completely different thing than acting on set. It’s a completely different art”
Fede: “To write the line, ‘And then she cut her arm off.’ That’s easy to write, but it’s so hard to shoot it the way we wanna shoot it”
Mindy: “I like being on set with other writers and actors. I think it makes the whole process more fun and more efficient”
John: “It’s such a joy to be in and amongst people who are creative”
Simon: “I’d rather take the chance on something like I Give It a Year, take that risk, then go and do the standard tried and true”
Elizabeth: “It’s kind of a Meisner approach to the whole thing but I just enjoy springing things on people, watching their reaction and reacting back”
Christopher Abbott: “I especially hate improv auditions. I don’t hate improv, but I do hate improv auditions”
Walton talks Justified, acting and what he learned from Quentin Tarantino on Django Unchained
Sarah talks about how she got the cast to work for free and getting the actors to see her vision
Anna: “Usually in this business, the most talented person does not get the job”
Alison on the Dreamatorium episode: “It really was an amazing acting exercise”
They also talk guest stars and favorite show moments
Alden Ehrenreich and Alice Englert also discuss working with the Beautiful Creatures cast and their advice to actors
Meaghan on her characters new direction: “I just felt so much more free than – and ironically alive than I have been on this show before”
Sarah: “What you learn studying acting is that you have to have the courage to just make a strong choice”
Milo on ‘Chosen’ episodes: “I think they stand up to anything on network or cable television at the moment”
Nia: “My career has been that I write the roles that I get to play and I’m trying to do things now that I don’t necessarily write”
Timothy: “We spend most our energy on is trying to get the writing really good and then the acting kind of takes care of itself”
Jessica: “I’m always surprised when young people don’t know certain actors or are not familiar with certain films”
Joe: “It is like a dream job”