REGINA

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LISA: Was there anything that you would have liked to have done that you didn't do?

REGINA: Maybe spoken up more in the beginning, but I think that it was difficult to do that initially because, you know, we were all kind of adjusting and getting used to each other. Everyone was talking a lot at the same time and competing, and everyone was yelling at the same time and it was very difficult. So, instead of contributing to the noise, I felt better just saying, 'Ok, wait 'till we all kind of calm down and figure out what we're doing.' And I think as we got some pointers from Greg, and some other pointers from Donald and Erik, and we all were tired…the voices seemed to have quieted a little more and there was a lot more give and take. And not because the actors weren't decent human beings, but they just didn't have the experience or the training to know that you have to watch out for steamrolling.

L: I find it interesting that half the cast had no acting experience outside of the few rehearsals that we had. How did that feel working with people who sort of didn't have the basic tenets of improv?

R: I'm certainly not incredibly experienced, let me just say that flat out. I'm not claiming that I'm any kind of a professional actress, which I'm not. But it didn't bother me. I thought, you know, this is their film. So, it's their baby…they know what they're doing. So, it didn't bother me. I liked everybody and I enjoyed everybody's company, and we had a really good time. I had a good time. Actually being in it (the film) was a little difficult just because, you know, there was a lot of talking on top of each other. But it didn't bother me. Like I said, it was their project and that's what they wanted.

L: I thought there were some things that were surprisingly good for people who had no experience, and the way they took their directions. For instance, evidently Bay Bay was told to go in there and laugh, and he laughed, and laughed, and laughed. It was really interesting how the rest of us reacted to him laughing. Then a lot of us started laughing with him. I can see that someone might really do that as a release of emotion.

R: Yeah, I think, for me, the most poignant moment was when Sam stopped bouncing off the walls. He was confessing his feelings for Joanna. I think that was probably one of the most real moments and the most poignant to me of the whole shoot.

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