Porcelain Dalya : “I Picked This Role Specially Because It Had Nudity.”
TEN Cast Interview: Porcelain Dalya [1]
We took a quick break from posting cast interviews to tell you about our first rehearsal and share the amazing postcard that Kristilyn designed for us, but today weβre back! Porcelain Dalya, who plays a coed in TEN, was born in the sea to a bearded lady and raised by clowns. Read on to learn about how her love of Marilyn Manson led to her beginnings in burlesque, how sheβs having trouble making a scared face that doesnβt look like an orgasm face, and lots more.
How do you feel about the nudity that your role entails? I picked this role specifically because it had nudity. I was like, I think I would be good at that. [Laughs.]
“One of the things I had been told over and over and over again whenever anyone involved with film heard that we were shooting nude scenes was that a very high percentage of the time, people back out of the scenes at the last minute. They really think they can do it, but once the lights are on, the room is filled with strangers, and the anxiety hits full throttle, it falls apart. While watching a documentary about the making of Toxic Avenger 4, Lloyd Kaufman said he always shoots major nude scenes before the rest of production begins. That way, if the actor backs out, they can be replaced without having to reshoot the whole movie. Interestingly, in TA4, they shot some nude scenes with the lead the first day and then later, she refused to do other scenes.In our case, we couldn’t have recast anyway, so it was more the idea that we should get the most critical nude scene over with so that there was no chance for anxiety to build up. The scene was also inherently upsetting and disturbing and had almost no dialogue. I knew that the actions would be convincing because everyone was genuinely afraid about hurting Leah as she went from holding her breath, submerged underwater with an opaque mask to thrown down on the cold bathroom tile, receiving CPR.”
Mass. based film production company. The writer-director is Michael J. Epstein – a PhD and college professor.
Lifebuoy
He’s no dummy (or Brad Leo Lyon – still waiting for one of his films to be released). He wanted actresses comfortable with nudity, especially with a likely amateurish cast and crew present, not to mention that one nude scene contains a few fellow clothed actors. That’s likely why he used burlesque dancers used to stage nudity and not his students. I also guessing that as his wife was one of the Producers/Directors/Writers/Actresses on the film it may have not been wise to have young and nubile students fawning while she was there (I think her sister and/or mother was on crew). Most everybody doubled, tripled, or quadrupled up on jobs – shoestring budget.
Karin Webb – UNAmerika’s Sweetheart:Β https://www.facebook.com/UnAmerikasSweetheart
Maud Baecker: Clin d’oeil @ Eye On You
Quail eggs + lovers on a bed = ???
This is a film by Tibo Pinsard, made for fun between two bigger projects. With Maud Baecker and Antoine Morin.
“Mouth music” by Emmanuel Forat.