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Tell me about yourself; when and how
did you get the acting bug?
I got the acting bug at a young age; I think by the time I was four my father
started calling me Marilyn Monroe. [laughs] By the time I was in the sixth grade I was kind of writing
my own little projects and little plays to do – I wrote a play based on the Wizard of Oz and I played Dorothy in it.
So I started at an early age.
When did you actually start pursuing it as an actual
career?
I guess I was about fifteen; I was doing modeling… I always wanted to act. When
I was modeling I was actually training as an actor – so by the time I was seventeen I started doing music videos and
commercials – then I really started working around nineteen.
Did you find it hard to go
from modeling to acting? Because the common misconception is that a lot of models can’t act.
No,
I was really young when I was modeling and I was training for acting – so I always kind of considered myself an actress…
modeling just kind of paid my bills. [laughs] So I felt like I was always more of an actress than a model.
I read that you like to travel. Where is your favorite place to go to get away?
The
two places that I’ve been that I love the most are Africa and Israel. I would say that those or the
two places that I believe everyone in the world – if they get the opportunity to go…they should go.
What did you do while you were there?
In Israel, I went for my best friend’s wedding –
I spent about a week and a half there. I went to the Dead Sea – it was pretty insane – Israel
was such an incredible place, and the people were so incredible… so much fun and so much history. It’s
one of those things that you can’t believe you are there, it’s almost surreal. And in Africa
– the people were so incredible. They’ve been through such traumatic times – I was there
somewhat recently. I just think that the people and the beauty there – are just so incredible.
I went and I hiked with the guerrillas and in Kenya I did a safari. Amazing. Those
would be my two picks.
You were most recently seen in Saw 3D. Can you
tell me about your time on the set and what it was like to film?
It was tough, but the cast and crew were
absolutely amazing. I loved working with them – I loved to go to work every day. You’d
be shooting these dramatic scenes and then they’d yell “CUT”, and then we’d be cracking jokes and
laughing. So it was kind of really weird in a sense because you’re surrounded by all these traps
and death… and here we are cracking jokes about somebody’s height or something. [laughs]
I understand that you had an incident with some hot chicken noodle soup. Can you tell me
a little more about that?
[laughs] Yes. I managed to – on the first day that I
met Cary [Elwes] – I spilled chicken noodle soup all over him when I said goodbye. I saw
him at the premiere and we were both laughing, he was so great… such a great guy. It was really
funny though because I was pretty embarrassed when I left – I spilled soup on the Princess Bride guy… [laughs]
but he was such a great actor and such a good person that he definitely didn’t mind too much. I think
I burnt him though.
What a great person to work with too…
He’s
just so talented – I grew up to Princess Bride – I would walk around quoting the movie. So
when you see him… you can’t help but get a little giddy because he’s so great. There
are a chain of movies that affect you and your life – and Princess Bride is one of them.
Let’s talk about your final scene in Saw 3D; what was it like filming that scene?
It
was tough. It was a tough day, and I think that I really had to put myself in that blindside and kind of
commit one-hundred percent. And I think that after I shot my last scene – I took a couple days to
really kind of come out of it. It was tough – mentally and physically. 
Tell me about the setup you were in – was it uncomfortable?
Very uncomfortable –
some days were good seventeen hour days… I mean I wasn’t always in that situation for seventeen hours…
you get breaks and stuff, but I remember coming to the end of the film and --- when I first saw it I though it was so cool,
but near the end I didn’t want to get in it. [laughs] But it’s part of the job and when I saw
the film I was so happy with it.
Was there a lot done with special
effects after filming?
No, that’s me pretty much through the very end – which is crazy.
Besides prosthetics – but it’s actually really me. People were like ‘Oh my God,
that person looks just like you…’ [laughs]
I also read that you claim
to be a wimp when it comes to watching horror movies. What was it like for you to walk onto that set then?
Yeah, it’s
really creepy – it’s just all these different rooms and the set it real eerie. I’m not
good with gore and I’m not good with horror films at all – so it was funny because when I watched the movie I
couldn’t watch anyone’s scenes but mine. [laughs] So I had to cover my eyes and all of us became
such good friends on the film that they asked how they did… and I told them I couldn’t watch it.
[laughs] I ended up covering my eyes up for most of these movies, and I look through the little slips of my fingers…
I’m a huge scaredy cat… I have a crazy imagination.
The final scene in the movie has
a good twist for the fans, how much of the full story did you know when you got signed for your part?
Barely any of it, it
was such a secretive thing. It was so hard to do interviews for it – I couldn’t really talk
about anything besides the name of my character. We got the script – the rules were that you had
to sign an agreement because they were so scared that it would get out… that’s when you realize how many Saw
fans are out there. I didn’t really get to read all the script until I was pretty much on set –
the first day of shooting. I got my scenes, but not the whole idea.
And
when you saw the movie at the premiere – was that your first time watching the full movie?
Yeah, and they did a few re-writes.
Tell me about EverydayEnvironment.com; is that something you started?
Yes, EverydayEnvironment is a website that I’m building right now – hopefully
it will be out next year. It’s a website where people can go to voice their opinion on the environment
– the world issues. It can be something as small as new moms and what they can do for their babies
to as big as oil spills. People can tell their stories – people can put in their opinions…
it’s really going to be a learning website, but a place where people can voice their opinion as well. I’m
definitely passionate about it.
What else are you working on right now?
Right now, I’ve
just got the Holidays so it’s great. I’m going to relax and take Christmas and New Years and
just kind of be… be in my house and relax and be happy about it. Then pretty much go back to work
in January or February.
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