Speaking of Chris Gorak, do you like working with first time directors?
“I’ve done it a lot. I actually like it. A writer/director, he’s a production designer first. I mean that was what he did for a decade so I knew he had a really great visual sense of it. I just thought the script was so well written that he knows what he’s doing. Yeah, I like working with first time directors. I’ve always liked it. It doesn’t always work out this well. Some people are more able to do it than others, but I do like the thrill of it.”
Did Chris Gorak do much rewriting during filming? Was he open to your input on the character and the story?
“It was really well written and done, but he did some. He was great, Chris was great. Because he was the writer director, he didn’t have to involve other people. He wasn’t precious with his words, which I think was really smart and a sign of a really good director. Because when things are that heightened dramatically, you don’t know what’s going to feel real or fake in the moment or what might come out. It was such a crazy ride that you don’t know what’s going to come out. I think with both of us, sometimes the scene would just get away or lines would get lost. Chris was always great about just having it be real. ‘Just let it be real, let it be real.’ He was just wonderful about that.”
Right at Your Door isn’t the typical sort of film that normally gets promoted at Comic Con. What do you think about bringing this film to this audience?
“I don’t know. I’ve never been to Comic Con before this.”
You’ll probably never come back.
“I don’t know, I just got here an hour ago. It’s interesting. I just went to the bathroom and I saw like a 2-year-old Spider-Man sitting outside sort of sitting on the ground sucking his thumb. With the mask and everything, with his little thumb…it was so sweet.”
How is going back and forth between TV and feature films?
“I like it. I like TV.”
Is it easier to do one or the other?
“No. I mean it depends. This feature was really fast and furious, and I like that.”
You liked the short shooting schedule?
“I like it. I like sort of just getting the work done. Two hours of lighting and stuff, of course, you look pretty, but I liked the pace. I like a fast pace. I did a movie with Steven Soderbergh and a TV show, and both were completely fast and on the fly. He does a driving scene and he just hops in the driver’s seat and you drive. That’s it. There’s no 20 cops locking down traffic. It’s just great. It’s just about the acting so I like that. TV’s like that. TV’s fast, really fast, so I sort of dig it.”
And you can get more into a character when it’s a recurring part on a TV show?
“You do. But TV’s tricky too because you don’t know… In a film you’ve read the whole story; you know exactly how to pace it. You know where you’re going A to B. You know exactly how to get there. In TV you can show up and go, ‘Oh, you did kill someone in your 20s.’ And you’re like, ‘I did? I would have played all the best of it!’ I kind of like that, too.”
What’s up next for you?
“I have a new TV show for USA. I play a federal marshal in charge of witness protection. It’s called In Plain Sight although I’m not sure…the title might change. It’s ready to go. I start shooting next week.”
And you’re ready to commit to being back on TV?
“I am. I love this part. She’s like badass and beats people up. She’s funny and sort of flawed also. It’s a great, great juicy role. I’ll really go where there’s a good role. They’re hard to find so you sort of dig under any rock you can find and if you find one…”
