Danielle Harris

Movie Stakeland

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1464580/

You know, it was freezing cold the entire time. There were a couple of scenes that were really challenging. There's the party scene, where we get to the town and I buy the new dress with Mister. That actually was done in one take. From me coming out the door to us running up the stairs looking at the helicopters dropping the vampires and the whole town going awry and everything happening. That was done with literally one take. We rehearsed it all day long so it was like a dance. And we just shot it over and over and over again until we got it right. It was below zero and we had tons of extras; and lots of things had to happen, lots of stunts had to happen, vampires. I mean there was so much going on, and it was like a dance – you've got your boom operator, your steadicam operator, the director – everyone is literally dancing around one another. And it's fast and furious. It's gotta be perfect. You've gotta get it in one. So that was probably the most challenging, because it was over and over and over again. And I was wearing a little silk dress and a jacket. I just couldn't feel my feet or anything anymore at that point. I think physically that was pretty bad. And the ending, having my feet tied up, and covered in blood in this freezing little shack. That was my last scene that I actually shot.

Movie Shiver

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1800734/

“It’s actually not fun,” Harris says. “It’s really hard just to have to fight that fight and be killed and be crying and screaming, if you really want to give it 100%. … Say you’re killed in a bathtub. Put yourself in a bathtub in water for 12 hours and just continue to keep that emotion and tell me how fucking fun it is.”

Then there’s the emotional toll. For the film Shiver, due out later this year, Harris recalls, “We had to spend two weeks in this place with me being bound and tied and gagged and fed awful shit and raped and just horrible stuff.”

Movie Hatchet 3

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1870419/

They definitely don't leave any cards on the table in this one. They definitely go all-out. It's amazing, especially the opening sequence.

Danielle Harris: Yeah, that's so fun. And that street sweeper, while I'm handcuffed to a tree, that's hilarious.

She says it’s one of the first times she hasn’t been able to shake a role after leaving set, recalling that when she came home after a long day, she needed a stiff drink and a hot shower to move on with her night.

“I really thought, I’m gonna be an actor, I’m gonna be method, I’m gonna stay in it,” Harris says. “After day one, I was like, I can’t stay in this for a month. I will slit my wrists. I can’t live with this — just how tortured this poor character was.”