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 oleh 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) pertanyaan for a feature we’re going to call – yep, anda guessed it – SIX QUESTIONS. Why not five? Too cliche.
1) Tell us how anda 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 tampil run.” She berkata she understood and sent her apologies to the casting director, Jackie Burch.
Jackie called me on my halaman awal phone that hari atau the selanjutnya hari and said, “no… anda 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 berkata she LOVED me for the part of the Avox Girl and to tape my audition ASAP! So, I set up some lights in my dapur and let ‘er rip.
My agent called me later in the tampil run (just before I was about to go on stage) and berkata 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 makan malam 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 diberikan her lack of tongue. Describe the complexities of playing a character where anda need to communicate emotion without using your voice.
Well… in the akting 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 anda 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 atau 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 oleh 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) pertanyaan for a feature we’re going to call – yep, anda guessed it – SIX QUESTIONS. Why not five? Too cliche.
1) Tell us how anda 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 tampil run.” She berkata she understood and sent her apologies to the casting director, Jackie Burch.
Jackie called me on my halaman awal phone that hari atau the selanjutnya hari and said, “no… anda 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 berkata she LOVED me for the part of the Avox Girl and to tape my audition ASAP! So, I set up some lights in my dapur and let ‘er rip.
My agent called me later in the tampil run (just before I was about to go on stage) and berkata 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 makan malam 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 diberikan her lack of tongue. Describe the complexities of playing a character where anda need to communicate emotion without using your voice.
Well… in the akting 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 anda 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 atau 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
