SFX: So how did you become involved in a low budget British horror?
CC: “You know it’ s funny. My agent also represents Paul Sculfor, who was cast in the film. I don’t know if the producers asked for me or if my agent jumped on it and said, ‘I think Charisma would be good for this.’ Anyway, whatever the case may be, I was soon on the phone to Reg [Traviss, director], I read the script, and loved it.”
SFX: What appealed to you?
“It was the range of things that I would have to play in the movie. And as an actor you always want to use your chops. It was the first time that I’ve worked on a film – or on television for the most part because it’s so fast – where I got to learn what I practised in acting school. I hadn’t actually ever been able to do that before. I was actually able to prepare and get emotionally ready, and do all that. Susan had this mental breakdown in the past, which you never see in the film, but that really colours everything about the character. Because of her history, her credibility has been lost a little bit, in terms of, ‘Is she sane? Is she not sane?’ And it’s frustrating for her, because she’s really bright. A great writer. So there was really so much to do in the film, and I just thought I’d love to get into that.”
“The scene that scared me the most was when I got drugged in the film. Because I’ve never done those sorts of things – psychedelics or mushrooms or anything. So I was like, ‘Reg, what has it got to be like? I don’t know.’
SFX: You could have asked Justin Hawkins…
“I met him. But I didn’t get to know him. We didn’t really work together in any scenes. The drug scene was with Ricci [Harnett]. He was very helpful. Why Justin?”
Read the entire interview here
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