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Your movie There's
No Such Thing as Zombies - in a few words, what's
it about, and what can you tell us about your character in it?
This was our first time working together, and back when you
only sent me the Talk of
the Dead part, you never sent me the whole script. I've since seen
it, and I loved it but hadn't read it when I came to work with you. My
character was this really uptight businesswoman, you know, totally by the
book, and she was actually responsible for the zombie drug her company was
putting out, and she was determined to convince the world there are no
zombies, so she's just very stern and strong and ... not a very nice
person. It was a really fun part, and there were a couple of really long
speeches - and it's really fun for an actor to learn and study like that.
And in fact, I just finished another film, The
Neighbours, somewhere in England before I came to you in Leeds, so
it was a very interesting introduction for me to work with you [Michael
Haberfelner interview - click here] and
director Eddie Bammeke [Eddie
Bammeke interview - click here]
and the other people in the cast - and the film is great, it's just so
funny. What did you draw
upon to bring your character to life, and how much Lynn Lowry can we find in
Victoria Winkelhauser, actually? I hope that I'm not a lot
like that character, I don't think personally I am like her. The character
was just written that you know what she's going to be, that obnoxious
person. And having acted for five decades, maybe six at this point, I'm
not sure, I just know how to read a character, especially if the writing
leads me in that direction. I just know how to make this character come to
life. You know, years ago when I was studying acting, I broke down the
script, wrote down my intentions, did all that kind of work, but now I
just let my instrument kind of play it, it just knows how to do it
somehow. How did you get
involved with the project in the first place?
We were friends on Facebook, so ... I just saw you were doing something and I sent
you a message saying "hey, I'd love to work with you," and
whether you knew who I was, and that I was gonna be in England, shooting The
Neighbours with Mark Vella [Mark
Vella interview - click here]. And it was interesting, too,
with Mark it was such a quiet set, there wasn't a lot of action. Every
half hour Mark would say "it's time for tea," and we'd all break
and have tea and crumpets, it was just so "English", and then
with Eddie, who I love, he's just such a wild guy, it was so different,
the whole involvement. I don't know if I've ever told you this story, but
Eddie has a certain way of working, and it's good and he ends up getting
what he wants, but it's not my favourite way of working, where I like to
collaborate more, and Eddie's more like "do it this way!" - but
you know, he's great. But then we had to wait for so long for the producer
Luana Ribeira [Luana Ribeira
interview - click here] to come back and get us, and I was just
tired and kind of done, and when we finally were in the car, Eddie said
"Lynn, come to the bar and I'll buy you dinner," and initially I
said "no, it's ok, I'm just going to go to my room," but then I
thought about it and thought "what are you doing? This is an
opportunity to be with people who are from another country, they have
different ideas about everything, this is an adventure." So I said
"ok, Eddie, but I'm gonna have a steak." And then it was so fun,
he did that whole Mick Jagger thing, dancing through the restaurant, and
it was one of the most fun nights that I've ever had., and I learned from
that that whenever that opportunity comes along, ever, you should take it
because it's gonna be such a rich experience for you. To what extent could you identify
with There's
No Such Thing as Zombies' approach to both horror and humour? Some
of it was pretty gross, I thought, but I didn't think the horror was
overwhelming because it was so funny. So to me it was like a ... I don't
know, I wouldn't call it a horror comedy. Except for some of the killings
and stuff like that, but everything about the whole movie is just so
funny, so I think it's not horror but comedy - but comedy horror. And I
thought everyone in it was just hysterical, you know those commercial
skits were just great fun to watch. I was really proud to be a part of
it. And I'm still in touch with some of the people I've worked with that
day.
Rachel Brownstein, Eddie Bammeke, Alexander
Fernando, Lynn, Michael Haberfelner |
Do talk about There's
No Such Thing as Zombies' director Eddie Bammeke [Eddie
Bammeke interview - click here], and what was working with him like? Eddie
has a specific plan that he wants to carry out, and I think on that
particular movie it worked out well. Again, I was only on the Talk
of the Dead section, so I don't really know about any of the other
parts. I did to with him First
Impressions Can Kill, which he also was an actor in in addition to
directing, but I think when he's just the director, he's just really like
"I want it this way," and you know, I like to try something out
or I'm asking you a question, he wants to know what I'm asking, he just
really wants to be a part. of the entire film, and you know, a director
should be. So I think that's great. But from my training and all that,
some of my ideas that I have weren't often used, and I was sort of
"hey, what about this, or what about that," but ultimately I
just did what he wanted - and he's just such a crazy wonderful guy, a real
delight. A
few words about the shoot as such and the on-set atmosphere? I
thought everybody had a great time. I mean, the people that I were with,
we were all having a really fun time. I think I had problems getting my
hair rollers warmed up, silly little things like that, but the person who
did my hair and makeup and all that, she was great, and I looked just
perfect for the part. I thought that all the people that I was with were
great, we were laughing a lot and having a really good time, and I don't
think we were having a long time to shoot it. I don't know if it was the
cinematographer or whoever else, but we had to do it pretty quick, so we
were under that obligation to finish it at a certain time, which kind of
always makes you want to get it right as quickly as possible. So ... great
fun! You've
worked with There's
No Such Thing as Zombies' director Eddie Bammeke and writer
Michael Haberfelner [Michael
Haberfelner interview - click here] several more times over the
years - so do talk about these movies for a bit, and what makes you want
to work with them again and again?
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The reason that I wanted
to work with you mostly was because I love your writing. Honestly, I think
you're a brilliant writer. I love what you did with Ready
for My Close Up, I just think that film is so good., and we played
it here in the States quite often. Whenever they ask me what I'd like to
play at festivals and the like, I always say Ready
for My Close Up, because it's so funny, it's great. Of course
Eddie wasn't involved in that one, but as far as working with you, I think
you're wonderful and I love your writing. Working with Eddie, I think
Eddie's a very good director, and he has come a long way, learning more
and more about it in the past years, and I'd love to work with him again
because I think we've had a great collaboration between the three of
us. Any
future projects you'd like to talk about? I just finished a
movie what hasn't come out yet, it's called Mindflip, and I play
sort of an actress like in Ready
for My Close Up inasmuch as she's an older actress, who was a star
back in the day and she wants this actress working with her. She's very
rich, and she wants to take the body of the young girl and put her mind in
it. It's good fun, and that one should be coming out next year. Then
I did a film called A Hard Place, soon to be released, A
Halloween Feast just came out on Amazon Prime, Roku, and other
places. Oh, and Jesus Cop, I have really interesting scene in that
one, which is really bizarre. And there were a lot of other film projects
this year, I did Slash Squatch, Night of the Dead Sorority Babes,
a ton of different kinds of roles, it's been so fun. Your
website, social media, whatever else? I don'f have a
website anymore, but you can reach me at lynnlowry@sbcglobal.net,
or through my manager Matt Chassin. Social media:
https://www.facebook.com/lynn.lowry.5
https://www.instagram.com/lowry_lynn/
https://twitter.com/LynnLynnlowry
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Anything else you are
dying to mention and I have merely forgotten to ask? I want
to finish this by saying I'm so proud of the fact that all these fans have
followed me for five decades, you know my work back when I did I Drink
Your Blood, The Crazies,
Shivers - and by the
way, next year is Shivers'
50th anniversary. Fans are still talking about these movies now, and I
really appreciate them. I've never worked so much in my life, and I'm just
happy as can be and it's just great. Thanks
for the interview!
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