Besides acting, you’ve been involved with casting, wardrobe and held other behind the scenes positions. Anything else in the movie biz that you’d like to try? I am always open to trying anything in the entertainment industry as you’ll never know what you’ll come to love or learn from it. Working in both casting and costume design has been such an asset because I have developed such a respect for the “crew” side of a movie as well as taken so many lessons from those departments and learned more about myself as an actor. I have worked both in the New England area and the Southeast as a casting assistant and I would have never known how different those worlds operate when it comes to how they cast an actor and the types of media they use to promote their auditions and casting calls than if I had never worked in casting. What’s your favourite movie? Only just one? There are so many great movies I have seen and too many to choose from. From an actor’s perspective I’d have to go with Dead Poet’s Society. The acting is superb, the story is dynamic, and the characters jump off the screen into the real world. What’s your favourite movie (already filmed) that you’ve been in? Why? I would have to say The Green Monster. It was the first horror film I was in but it also taught me so much. I was able to work with a phenomenal cast and crew and really enjoyed the whole process. I am commonly type cast as “the girl next door” or “young soccer mom” type and in my role I was able to flip the tables and play a drug addicted mean girl. It was so freeing and thrilling to slide into a role that was so unlike myself but also allowed me to expand and grow as an actor in so many ways. The movie was also extremely enjoyable to work on because my character went through such a large range of emotions in such a short time that many other genres cannot offer. What’s your least favourite? What problems can you cite which led to the project becoming an un-enjoyable work experience or less than stellar end product?
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