You're currently at the Tribeca Film Festival for the premiere of your new film Open House. How is the Film Festival? Is this your first time there?
Tricia-It's my first time at the festival so it's quite exciting. The premiere was last night and I think it went over pretty well. I'm just excited to be here in Tribeca. Really looking forward to seeing what happens with Open House.
What most appealed to you about the part of Lilia in Open House?
Tricia-What I liked about Lila, what appealed to me in the script was there was more layer to the character than just being evil, seductive serial killer, kind of one note, icy so to speak. I saw when I read as just a real truth, psychosis, to the character and I wanted to try to portray that. You know you don't expect her to have vulnerabilities but when she's by herself you do see some glimpses of vulnerabilities in this narcissistic character.
How did this part challenge you differently from any other parts you've played?
Tricia-It was great working with Brian Geraghty, he is the playoff between the two of us. We're playing siblings and his character kept his emotions in and was very reserved in many ways until he lashed out. And it was a very dominate sort of relationship. So I think one of the challenges was playing with him and finding the right balance of the Lilia character, who's very strong and out there and outspoken. Definitely the dominant. And just her having to react to her brother and how she shows love to him but controlling him.
Is there a moment that stands out on set to you?
Tricia-On set just working with Brian was great. He's great to work with. He's very much an active actor. The whole environment on set was great. It was a nice environment to be able to talk about the scenes, talk about the motivations, and not just show up and say your lines. It was really a supportive environment. And you know when you're dealing with tough material like that you do want to bring a truth to it and a realism to it. You need to discuss it and have a good communication with your other actors and director.
You are now a series regular on Dark Blue, how is has that experience been joining the show? What can viewers expect from your role on the show?
Tricia-I'm having a great time. It was a definitely a challenge stepping in to a show that had already gone one season, coming into the second season, you're the newbie. But the crew is great and I've gotten to know the cast well now. They're a group of really good actors. so it's fun because you hope you challenge them and they challenge you. And I'm having so much fun with my character. You know they're all undercover PD and I'm FBI, so my concern coming in was oh she's just going to be the talking head that comes in and points fingers at them..but that's really not the case. She's in the trenches with them, she's a smart character, very tough. She's intelligent, but she can also get the job done in the trenches. So what's fun about the character is you get to do undercover work so you get to play the said role, you get to play the personal role of the character, and you also get to play within the character, when the character plays undercover. It's a lot of fun.
And I think the show is a fantastic show. It's so well lit. it's obviously got great producers with Jerry Bruckheimer and Danny Cannon, and some of the writers, they're just really high quality and fun to work with.
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