REGINA

INTERVIEW

Lisa: When people were running by in the hallway…I think what had happened in that scene was that we were all sort of giving up hope, and then suddenly we hear a bunch of people running by the door and we're all yelling, and no one stopped to even try the doors or yell anything to us. Did that feel real to you? Do you think that would happen in real life if you were really stuck in a bulkhead?

Regina: I hope not. I sincerely hope not. But as far as that happening in the context of the film, it didn't feel creepy or weird. I was always aware of the fact that we were making a film, and it was probably Wade or Erik screaming in the hallway. But I certainly hope that wouldn't happen if that were real. That would be terrible.

L: Yeah. I think in the wake of the September 11 disaster and our heroism, it made me really think what I would do if I were one of those people trying to save my own skin and running by and hearing us all, you know, would I stop and try the door?

R: You'd stop and help, yeah.

L: And evidently those doors wouldn't have come open as the story goes, but it would have been nice for somebody to at least try. For some reason that sticks in my mind…that for us just to have a thread of hope…(hard to hear what she says). When I heard Wade dying, I didn't know it was Wade. I just heard someone yelling that there was water, and 'help, help" and I heard them yelling for a while and then not yelling. It made me ponder dying with everybody and dying alone. I just wondered if any of that set you to thinking about your own death or really being in a situation like that?

R: I think that was something that occurred to me probably during the rehearsals and prior to shooting the film and afterward it made me think of it. But while we were actually shooting it, I was really trying to be in the moment as my character, and thinking of it in those terms. But thinking really about my own life…that's something that I think I contemplated before and after. But during, I did think of that in terms of my character and how she would feel and how she did feel in the circumstances, knowing that she only had minutes of air left.

L: But it did give you food-for-thought after the filming? Did you spend some time thinking about it?

R: It crossed my mind. It certainly brought that to the forefront a little more than it would have if I hadn't done it. I didn't spend nights thinking about it but, sure, I did think about it a little bit.

L: Do you think the events of September 11 changed how you felt about being locked in that room?

R: No. That was a separate experience for me. For me, personally, it didn't affect me in any way being in that room.

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