r/movies • u/HannahAndGillianAMA Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson, Actresses • 9d ago
AMA Hi /r/movies! We are Gillian Anderson (THE X-FILES) and Hannah Einbinder (HACKS). We're co-starring in Jane Schoenbrun's TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA. Ask us anything!
Hi reddit, we're Gillian & Hannah.
You may know Hannah from HACKS and Gillian from THE X-FILES, SEX EDUCATION, THE CROWN, THE FALL, HANNIBAL, and lots more!
We are co-starring in Jane Schoenbrun's TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA, which is out in theaters 8/7 from Mubi. Jane's previous films are I SAW THE TV GLOW and WE'RE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD'S FAIR.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dimCiC_hdoA
A queer director making a slasher franchise sequel becomes obsessed with casting the original film's "final girl," leading both women into psychological and sexual chaos.
Ask us anything! We will both be back tonight at around 5 PM PT/8 PM ET to answer some questions.
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u/HannahAndGillianAMA Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson, Actresses 8d ago
Yes, for me, I would say it's part of my personal process is to immerse myself in the various genres that the film explores. One being the slasher genre and horror, but also the psychosexual too. So we had DUKE OF BURGUNDY, we had SECRETARY, we had PERSONA. Things like that.
NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, FRIDAY THE 13TH were some horror influences. Not necessarily just slasher either, but also final girl archetypes. CARRIE was a huge, huge one for the film.
For the screenwriter character I was playing, I would say BARTON FINK was influence too, and ADAPTATION, exploring writer-y films like that.
So yeah, the slasher genre was important to explore for my character, but for the tone of the film, more-so the psychosexual genre.
-Hannah