RACHEL TRUE (Julianne)
Can you describe your character?
My character is Julianne, who is part of the elite group in this town. They let in a townie girl and there's the whole issue about how power corrupts. But my character is a bit of a follower, which I think a lot of girls are in college. They haven't decided how to get out there and do it themselves yet. I thought that was kind of interesting to play and also the fact that she's bulimic and I'm kind of a normal-sized girl. I thought it was good for them to cast me, rather than someone who looks anorexic, because there is a difference between bulimia and anorexia. Also, there's nothing wrong with a girl with hips in a movie!
You described your character as a follower. Were you a follower?
I don't think I'm a follower, frankly. Here's the thing, in the end is it that much of a stretch? Not really. I just have to think back a couple of years to what it was like when I was tortured and in school, and how weird that was, and in the end, especially with a movie like this, it's not so far [to stretch]. You're just thinking of yourself and perverting certain aspects of your personality.
Was this a fun set to work on?
It was. It was like we were on vacation. It's like Summer Camp; it's a blast. We filmed it in Wilmington, North Carolina on the Cape Fear River. It was beautiful. It was very hot and humid and my hair couldn't have been any bigger - it was a black girl's nightmare, frankly (laughing).
What's next for you?
I'm actually developing a project so that I can have a lead. In the end, I play a lot of friends and I really think it's about time that some ethnic girls get out there in the lead part. So we're developing something.
I edit too, by the way. That's my new thing. I love editing. Lock me in a room by myself and I love it. I just think it's the neatest thing.
How did you get into that?
I like to make collages - paper collages. Editing is a natural extension of the collage making. It's actually one of the few areas that women were able to excel in in the film industry from the beginning. I think it's kind of a neat thing. I'd like to do both. For six months I'd do movies and make it all about me. Then the other six months, it's not about me and it doesn't matter what my hair looks like or what anything looks like.
