Anessa Ramsey

Movie Rites of Spring

http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt1227789/

The film switches genres a bit, but your character is exposed to both of them. What was your reaction to the genre switch and what was your reaction to the amount of time you’d have to be hanging in the barn in the beginning?

I like that Padraig is subverting the genre a little bit. I love that horror is becoming so popular and gaining so much momentum, I think it’s great. But I love the idea that he’s taking a thriller kidnap movie and making it a creature feature in a way I haven’t seen before. So I was excited about that. As for hanging up in the barn for so long, I think the challenge as an actor there is to make it interesting and to make it real. While it is a creature feature it’s also a suspense thriller. So what would you do if you were hanging in a barn and you had all of this time to yourself? You would try as hard as you can to get the hell out in whatever way possible. So I just decided early on that I’m not going to just stand there. Half the stuff I say in the barn isn’t in the script. If I’m going to play a real person in a real situation. So as far as the ropes were concerned, I told them to tighten them. I didn’t mind so much. It was a good challenge both physically and as a performer.