I didn’t even realize it was based on a true story.
What was your research process like for getting to know the circumstances of adult adoption?
Anything horrible can happen, I guess.
That’s in the back of your mind throughout the film.
It has such a unique pacing.
It’s quite slow, but there’s a lot of tension.
Did that feel like an adjustment for you in terms of how you played the character?
Tension is something you discover in the edit.
You add tension, and you might build it that way.
It’s not an apparatus that an actor holds so much.
you could discover tension in a scene, but then it sort of evaporates and then turns somewhere else.
A lot of the awkwardness was built into the script.
It was definitely things we were exploring in the filming of it.
I have family members that resemble her, parts of myself that resemble her.
This film does that in a really unique way.
I’d love to hear more about that.
I’ve been feeling that for a while, but that might be my own journey.
Definitely, it feels resonant to myself.
I saw that it came out last year in some places.
It’s coming out this year here, but I didn’t realize you filmed it back in 2019.
It feels super current based on the protagonist always watching videos on her phone, dissociating a little bit.
Everyone has their unique appetite in that, which is what’s been emerging.
It’s a cool thing to talk about.
It’s not a dirty secret anymore.
Her character has spot-on survival instincts
Audrey also embodies such optimism.
I can hold this job.
I can move here.
If it does look like a mess, maybe that’s okay.
That totally comes through.
It’s such a beautiful dynamic that you see unfolding throughout the film.
It was all written, and we didn’t have much time to rehearse.
It was a big cinematic blessing.
It doesn’t make me feel deeply uncomfortable.
You have a couple of other projects coming up.
Is there anything that you are particularly excited about that fans can look forward to?
We did “The Ruins” together a long while ago.
We’ll see when we can see what Zack Snyder’s up to.
It probably won’t be until next year, but I don’t know.
That’s all so exciting.
No, I don’t want to tell anyone anything …
I’m like, “No, don’t do that.
I’ll get there.
We can have that conversation after I see it.”
Especially with the whole adult adoption angle, people are probably unfamiliar with that whole concept.
There is a newer reality show about it have you heard about “Adults Adopting Adults?”
I did, yeah.
I don’t know.
I didn’t ever get to see it.
“Adopting Audrey” is out in theaters now.
This interview was edited for clarity.
