Denofgeek.com Interviews Emma Bell

Den Of Geek have posted up an interview they did with Emma Bell who plays/played Amy in The Walking Dead TV Show.  In the interview she discusses what it was like working on The Walking Dead, what she thinks of the comic book, the production status of Season 2, and her acting career, she also talks about her movie “Frozen” and Final Destination 5 and her roles in other horror movies.  And while the interview isn’t specifically geared toward The Walking Dead she does give some great behind-the-scenes information and some Season 2 stuff.

As a young actress who’s worked in the horror genre, what’s your take on the role of women in modern horror? Have we seen the end of women just playing screaming victims?

I hope so. I really hope so. We’ve moved on, women in general and in our own society, so we need to move on in how we’re portrayed in art. There’s still always some room for a screaming damsel who needs to be rescued. I mean, obviously I’m a girl, so I want to be rescued every once in a while, right?

But I think it’s good also to be able to play a woman who can defend herself and face demons on her own. I think that women are much more complicated than just damsels in distress, so I hope this is what we’re going towards.

How do you think your smaller roles in other genre shows like Dollhouse or Supernatural prepared you for something like The Walking Dead?

I think the genre really likes me or something. Those were all great shows to be a part of and definitely those aspects came into play.

When you’re doing a show like Supernatural or even Dollhouse, there’s this otherworldly quality to them, you know? In Ghost Whisperer, I’m chased by my father’s ghost. So there are elements that are not concretely in front of you. They’re sort of ideas like being chased by a ghost, or in Dollhouse, the idea of being this brain-washed person who’s just a doll.

In Supernatural, I was kidnapped by demon hunters or demons. So, in all those, you definitely have to suspend your disbelief and that certainly helped me for The Walking Dead.

Tell us a bit about life on set on The Walking Dead. Was everyone watching zombie movies behind the scenes for research?

Well, we were surrounded by zombies every day and they were no joke, these zombies. Greg Nicotero and his team of artists made the zombies look so horrifically terrifying that there was no research really necessary.

The background players who played them went to a zombie boot camp, and they never left character. They just never broke character. So, like, we’d go into lunch and they’d all be sitting over one side of the tent eating, and if you walked by, they’d look over at you and start to get up as if they were going to eat you.

To read the entire interview click here!

-Dane

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