TheHubNow caught up with actress Amber Chaney this week to talk about her new film, THE HUNGER GAMES.
Based on “The Hunger Games” trilogy of young adult novels 由 Suzanne Collins, the film features Chaney as Lavinia the Avox Girl, a Capitol servant who seems familiar to heroine Katniss Everdeen.
For our exclusive Q&A, we pitched her six (and only six) 问题 for a feature we’re going to call – yep, 你 guessed it – SIX QUESTIONS. Why not five? Too cliche.
1) Tell us how 你 scored the role of Avox Girl.
I was working on this play called “Circle Mirror Transformation,” for which I was playing the part of Teresa. I get this call from my agent asking me to audition for this film (they used a code name) that would shoot in April. I said, “I can’t do it. That will interfere with the 显示 run.” She 说 she understood and sent her apologies to the casting director, Jackie Burch.
Jackie called me on my 首页 phone that 日 或者 the 下一个 日 and said, “no… 你 don’t understand… this is ‘The Hunger Games.’” I told her that I had heard of the books, but I just didn’t realize how big a deal it was. She 说 she LOVED me for the part of the Avox Girl and to tape my audition ASAP! So, I set up some lights in my 厨房 and let ‘er rip.
My agent called me later in the 显示 run (just before I was about to go on stage) and 说 I got the part, and that they would work with me on my shoot dates, so I wouldn’t have to miss any of the play. It was bittersweet. I was jumping up and down in my dressing room, but I wasn’t allowed to tell anyone… the whole project being top-secret and all. I arranged a big 晚餐 with my family for Easter and told them I had huge news; that I would be in a huge movie, but I couldn’t tell them which one. We all laughed about it. It was great!
2) It’s one thing to play a character with lots of dialogue, but your Avox Girl can’t speak 给 her lack of tongue. Describe the complexities of playing a character where 你 need to communicate emotion without using your voice.
Well… in the 表演 program I was trained in we weren’t allowed to speak in our improv class for the first year. So, this really wasn’t a stretch. Lavinia (the Avox Girl’s name) has – just like any other character – an objective and an obstacle. Usually the character’s obstacle isn’t so blatant as “missing a tongue so I can’t cry for help,” so 你 really have to do your homework. I created a huge back story for her. Why would someone who lives a privileged life in the Capitol be fleeing to a District 13 that may 或者 may not exist? I think it has to do with secrets… secrets that Finnick gets into in “Mockingjay” [the third book in the series].
Read the rest here: link
Based on “The Hunger Games” trilogy of young adult novels 由 Suzanne Collins, the film features Chaney as Lavinia the Avox Girl, a Capitol servant who seems familiar to heroine Katniss Everdeen.
For our exclusive Q&A, we pitched her six (and only six) 问题 for a feature we’re going to call – yep, 你 guessed it – SIX QUESTIONS. Why not five? Too cliche.
1) Tell us how 你 scored the role of Avox Girl.
I was working on this play called “Circle Mirror Transformation,” for which I was playing the part of Teresa. I get this call from my agent asking me to audition for this film (they used a code name) that would shoot in April. I said, “I can’t do it. That will interfere with the 显示 run.” She 说 she understood and sent her apologies to the casting director, Jackie Burch.
Jackie called me on my 首页 phone that 日 或者 the 下一个 日 and said, “no… 你 don’t understand… this is ‘The Hunger Games.’” I told her that I had heard of the books, but I just didn’t realize how big a deal it was. She 说 she LOVED me for the part of the Avox Girl and to tape my audition ASAP! So, I set up some lights in my 厨房 and let ‘er rip.
My agent called me later in the 显示 run (just before I was about to go on stage) and 说 I got the part, and that they would work with me on my shoot dates, so I wouldn’t have to miss any of the play. It was bittersweet. I was jumping up and down in my dressing room, but I wasn’t allowed to tell anyone… the whole project being top-secret and all. I arranged a big 晚餐 with my family for Easter and told them I had huge news; that I would be in a huge movie, but I couldn’t tell them which one. We all laughed about it. It was great!
2) It’s one thing to play a character with lots of dialogue, but your Avox Girl can’t speak 给 her lack of tongue. Describe the complexities of playing a character where 你 need to communicate emotion without using your voice.
Well… in the 表演 program I was trained in we weren’t allowed to speak in our improv class for the first year. So, this really wasn’t a stretch. Lavinia (the Avox Girl’s name) has – just like any other character – an objective and an obstacle. Usually the character’s obstacle isn’t so blatant as “missing a tongue so I can’t cry for help,” so 你 really have to do your homework. I created a huge back story for her. Why would someone who lives a privileged life in the Capitol be fleeing to a District 13 that may 或者 may not exist? I think it has to do with secrets… secrets that Finnick gets into in “Mockingjay” [the third book in the series].
Read the rest here: link
