| JH: | |
What are some of your fondest and/or unfond memories of working on RETURN? |
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| EB: | |
Ummm…unfond…the cold I suppose. As we got closer to winter and were filming lots of nights it was pretty cold. But come on, how could I complain, the whole experience was amazing. I’d do it again and again and again, in minus-degree weather. Just tell me when and where! |
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| JH: | |
In the original script, "Karen" was going to be pinned down in the croquet fields and tormented with the large Camp lawnmower. That scene got changed because we had a couple days of rain and needed to be change to something indoors (and it became the basketball hoop hanging). How did you feel about that last minute change? |
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| EB: | |
Working on set, things are constantly changing. Just when you finally feel like you’ve got your lines down, they change the entire scene! But I thought the shift was brilliant! We just couldn’t wait any longer for the weather to clear, so there was pressure to come up with an indoor scene…obviously the croquet field/lawnmower situation (clever as it was) was out. I was a little disappointed at first because I thought the idea was so cool, but the hanging scene worked out even better! |
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| JH: | |
Would YOU be more likely to befriend a kid like "Alan" or make fun of him? |
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| EB: | |
Befriend, for sure. You shouldn’t make fun of anybody! |
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Have you ever gone to camp and did you enjoy spending almost 2 months at Camp making this movie? |
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| EB: | |
Yea, actually, when I was a kid. I went to bible camps a few consecutive summers before high school! Very, very different than my experience on the set of RETURN, I’ll tell ya that much! I enjoyed every last second of it. |
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| JH: | |
What did you and your family/friends think of the completed movie? |
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| EB: | |
They say they loved it! Haha, I actually have a cousin in St. Louis who was watching it with his buddies and then saw me run on screen. He was shocked…didn’t even know I was in it! I got a laugh out of that. But idk, I get shy watching it with anyone…I watched it for the first time with Michael Werner when it was first release d in November. Then I bought a copy…I watch it almost every night by myself. (fyi, that was a joke.) |
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How did you feel about the incredibly long post-production period (while Robert wanted to raise more $ to get the CGI effects done the way he wanted)? Did you sometimes question if it would ever come out? |
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| EB: | |
I never doubted that it would be released…eventually. So much effort went into making this movie, so I’m happy it’s finally out for the fans. This project is Robert’s baby, and he would accept nothing but perfection from the final product, so I understand why it took so long. I reckon it was worth the wait! |
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| JH: | |
How would you feel about RETURNING to Sleepaway Camp again one day? Do you think "Karen" has some unfinished business with Sleepaway Camp? |
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| EB: | |
Bring it on! Please! |
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| JH: | |
What have you done since RETURN and what are you up to now? |
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| EB: | |
Traveling…School…Learning, Living, Loving. I’ve recently relocated to NYC and am enjoying it immensely ;) |
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Anything else you would like to talk about this movie, making this movie, or anything else? |
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| EB: | |
Thank you to all the fans. We love you. Looking forward to another summer at camp! |
Special Thanks to Erin for reliving camp with us!
