31-year old Canadian actress Kristen Hager [1],[2],[3] (T&A Nude Debut) in Masters of Sex [S3E6]
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Q: Kristen, you come from small town and remote town of Red Lake…
You know of Red Lake?! Yeah, it’s such a small town.
Q: What has the transition to Hollywood and the world-at-large been like?
Amazing. It’s a dream come true. I grew up always wanting to act, always knowing that’s what I wanted to do. And it’s a very remote town, end of the road. The closest city is Winnipeg, Manitoba, and that’s a 5-hour drive. There wasn’t even a movie theater in the town. Nothing. Not even any fast food chains of any kind. Regardless, I knew that I was going to leave and become an actor, and be in film and television, and I’ve done it.
Q: A lot of Canadian actors hit mainstream America and don’t look back, but after both of you have done mainstream work in the US, you’re doing a small Canadian production. Are you both trying to stay involved in both US and Canadian work?
I know for me, specifically, L.A. is just an overwhelming and scary place. I like spending part of my year there, but I love having Canada as my home to come back to. To create art in this country is really what matters most to me.
Q: What differences do you notice between working on a U.S. film and working on a Canadian film?
By far, the content of Canadian films. You’re able to push the envelope in ways you can’t in the U.S., I find. But also, because of the budgets and everything, it’s all condensed, quick, and short. It’s a very short filming period that you have to work with, so these really jam-packed days of rushing around and trying to get everything done. It creates a lot of really fascinating scenes as a result.
Q: So you described your family as hunters and gatherers. You said they like to fish and hunt and grow things. Is that your inspiration for your cooking style?
I definitely grew up in a home where eating together as a family was very important, and every night we would sit down together for family dinners. Both of my parents cooked and still do. Because I grew up in that kind of house from an early age, I was in the kitchen helping my mom, cutting things up, baking, being the sous chef essentially. So being in the kitchen is very important to me. My dad fishes, as do I when I go home to see my family, and he also hunts moose, but I’ve never gone and partaken. Nor will I.
Q: You’ve played other roles in the fantasy, sci-fi genre before. Is that the type of role you tend to gravitate towards?
Well no, honestly, it’s been coincidental in terms of auditions and jobs I’ve gotten. Rather than seeking out the job, it sought me out. I didn’t choose the sci-fi, the sci-fi choose me. But again, it’s such a fun role to play in. The fans are the best! They are so dedicated and devoted. We wouldn’t have jobs without them. So it’s a really fun world to get to be a part of.
Q: Acting, by nature, is an exciting profession. What’s the best part about your profession for you?
Never doing the same thing. I love really not knowing what city I’m going to be in in the next couple of months, or what I’m going to be working on, or who I’m going to be meeting. I just think it’s such an exciting job because of all that, because of all the people I meet, and the places I get to go to, and the experiences I get to have. I don’t know. I’m someone that overthinks things, clearly. I’m honestly a very anxious person in my own skin, and I think that when I’m working and being someone else, I’m suddenly far more relaxed. It’s weird. I find I’m grounded in a way.
Q: When did you realize that that was the case?
From a very early age. As soon as I knew that acting was a profession that one could have, I wanted to do it. My mom was the drama teacher in the only high school in the town I grew up in. She was always doing theater, and she writes and directs, and so, for as long as I can remember, I was around that world, and doing plays and back stage, and she would be making all the costumes.
We had a room in my basement that, never mind a trunk of costumes, we had a whole room that was full of clothes she had made or had been given to us because she was so involved in the theater community. So I would just play dress up and literally live in a world of imagination, and I started doing that from age three on and did it until I was probably too old to be doing it. I honestly can’t remember a time when I wasn’t performing and wanting to entertain people.