We worked on a Western film together called “Murder at Yellowstone City,” and she kept texting me about different actresses and what I thought of them, and I was like, “They’re great, they’re great, but wait a minute, what are you doing?” And I don’t know if this was calculated or not, but she was like, “I’m searching for an actress who can play a mother, who can really go through hell and back, and this is a really low-budget film and we’re searching for someone who has the stamina and who had the emotional range and availability to do this.” And I said, “Can you send me the script?” “From Black” Shudder This role actually came to me, surprisingly enough, through a producer named Kelly Frazier. I’ve been doing a lot of indie films, are very different from the roles that people have normally seen me in. That kind of took me away from TV for a while. I’ve been actively fighting for and searching for things that I will say yes to. There comes a point creatively when I feel like I cannot grow anymore in that specific type of role. I’ve been saying no to a lot of things recently in my life, maybe over the past four years, because I kept getting the same part offered to me. It’s easy to say you want to do something different, but much harder in practice. I’ve been a fan of horror for a really long time, so I was excited to get the chance to play the girl in a horror movie, and especially one that’s so different from a lot of horror movies that I’ve seen. It also began to kind of push my career into that type of character, and so I was actively searching for and longing for something that was going to show what else I can do, something a bit more dramatic. ![]() Obviously, “Pitch Perfect” is something that opened a lot of doors for me and changed my life in a really incredible way. ![]() IndieWire: This is your first leading role in a horror feature, though many people remember you for your work on “True Blood.” Had you been looking for something like this for awhile?Īnna Camp: I was definitely looking for something different. The following interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. (Other producing projects in the works: a thriller she likens to “‘Succession’ in the wilderness,” plus two TV series.) This is an actress who loves hearing that her part requires nothing less than taking her character “through hell” - Camp plays a former drug addict who undergoes an intense ritual with the express purpose of getting her long-missing young son back, so the “hell” here is more than a metaphor - and can’t wait to say yes to it.Īhead, Camp reflects on everything from carving her own path to keeping up on her “Pitch Perfect” group chat. Denis Villeneuve Calls IMAX Releases ‘the Future of Cinema’Ĭamp stars in and produces her latest project, Shudder original “ From Black,” and it shows why she’s fought so hard to do her own thing.
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