Adelaide
Clemens has been gaining a fair amount of attention this year, first for
her role in “Generation Um…” and now with the new horror/thriller “No One Lives.” The Australian actress has been steadily on the rise in the past
couple of years, popping up in pictures like “Silent Hill: Revelation.” The
actress recently has been bobbing and forth between independent and mainstream
movies, making her face known to the general public.
Photo courtesy of Solar Entertainment Corp. |
In “No One Lives” it she plays one of the killer’s
victims who’s desperately trying to run away from the man who’s kept her in
hiding for the past year. Now she’s found herself trapped in a house with a
group of strangers, warning them to run and hide from the psychopath. When they
refuse to listen to her, they all become trapped in the sinister world of the
psychotic killer
You’re
one rather busy young lady this year. You just appeared in “Generation Um…” and
not only are you appearing in “No One Lives” but “The Great Gatsby” as well.
It’s a bit tragic isn’t it? Yeah, it’s a good time. What’s funny is that
the productions, I shot “Generation Um…” almost two and a half years ago.
Gatsby feels like forever ago, over a year and a half. I’ve been working but
nothing’s come out until now! It’s really nice.
The
dynamic between your character and Luke Evan’s unnamed character is an
interesting one. There’s a lot that’s happened between the two of them clearly
within the span of time that he’s kept her. Do you believe that Emma in some
ways developed a form of stockholm syndrome?
I definitely think that was the case. I did a lot of research into
stockholm syndrome because basically she’s been in solitary confinement for two
years, and it’s a natural human response to have a quest for love or connection
no matter what the circumstances are. So it’s kind of a frightening thing, but
this sort of thing happens, but I have had to — I’ve tried to create my own
depiction of stockholm syndrome not based on anyone, any specific kind of case,
but I think it is like living in an environment with someone and creating a
relationship where it’s intriguing because he’s the only way that she will
cover her basic needs, and people will do anything for that, but it’s a whole
kind of psychological discussion.
Now
considering the whole dynamic between your characters, did you purposefully not
have as much rehearsal time with Luke Evans? How was that general work
relationship like with him?
It was fantastic. I mean we both had dinner and worked independently and
I think the dynamic that that created was really interesting because it was so
unpredictable. He was so unpredictable to me and the moves he was going to make
physically, emotionally. I really was kind of standing and waiting. It was
great and he didn’t really know what I was going to do. So yeah, it created a
very kind of visceral — it was like a chess game every time we were working
together.
You
also got to spend a lot of time with the rest of the cast in which you’re
sitting in there with the rest of the household, telling them they’re screwed
because of who they’re dealing with.
It was great. I think the physicality of each character was the most
fascinating thing. So that I really remembered just being really intrigued by
that and loving the process. Derek [Magyar] was fantastic and I was really
impressed by him. It was fun.
Now
what is your general approach when it comes to taking on roles like this?
What’s nice is seeing you continually broaden your acting scope with a variety
of different characters, like who you played in “Generation Um…” compared to
who you were in “Silent Hill: Revelation.”
I wasn’t formally trained and so my process has been very different for
every project. It usually starts with some form of research and as much as I
can really get my hands on really. I don’t really like talking about it too
much because it probably doesn’t make that much sense but sometimes I read
poetry, sometimes I read music. The director for me is always involved and
often just trying to get my head psychologically around the character.
Has
acting always been one of those things that you’ve been wanting to do ever
since you were a kid?
None of my family, my friends or anybody else around was involved with
the film industry. The notion of being an actor was so far fetched. So I never
really contemplated being it, but I look back and I obviously gravitated
towards it. I was always spending my extracurricular activities dealing with
drama or Shakespeare, dance, music, being involved with the choir, things like
that. So I definitely loved performing and it was just the kind of strange kind
of journey towards it, and here I am!
"No One Lives" is released and
distributed by Solar Entertainment Corporation.
Showing
on September 11. Nationwide.
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