I knew that the two actors would be central to the film. They are present in every shot. There is almost no dialogue in the film, so their physical presence and the way they incarnate their characters without saying a word was going to be important. Demi and Margaret, in their own way, are two super instinctive actresses and I think the movie itself is everything but cerebral. It’s about telling the story with the body, it’s about what a physical presence can transmit without any words. For this the actors needed to be very grounded in the way they inhabit their bodies.
I read Demi’s autobiography before working with her, and it made me discover the other side of her that I didn’t know about. Everything she went through in her life, how she navigated the world, how smart she maintained her position in a very male dominated world, how she was a feminist ahead of the times. Also, the relationship that she had with her own body, transforming it a lot, being obviously obsessed with it as well. It convinced me to have her on board.
It was great that the ladies worked so well. It was an unexpected pairing but when they came together, there was an instant chemistry. Margaret is also a very instinctive and smart actress. She also knows how to tell a story with her body. She gave life to this surreal creature.
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