The Verge: Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat
I have two technical questions. The first is when Katie's character is standing by the bed for a time lapse of over an hour or whatever it was. You weren't really standing there the whole time, were you?
FEATHERSTON: Yeah, I was. I can't really remember exactly how long it was, but I know it was for a while. I know I was tired.
SLOAT: It was a lot longer than you'd think.
FEATHERSTON: We did a few passes. Long enough for my feet to get tired, and I just had to keep rocking.
That was particularly unsettling to me. Because you're with us the whole time, and then suddenly you're like, yikes, why is she doing that.
FEATHERSTON: It's unnatural.
And Micah, we glimpse you several times in mirrors holding the camera. How much of the movie did you shoot yourself?
SLOAT: The camera, whenever it's not on the tripod I'm holding it or Katie's holding it. Most of the time I'm holding it, unless you see me on camera.
So you are pretty much the cinematographer.
SLOAT: I am the cameraman, cinematographer, actor and I actually put a few songs on the soundtrack as well. So it was a pretty creative opportunity for everyone, especially me. I was actually getting so into the camera work that Oren told me I was not allowed to look into the viewfinder and I had to shake the camera because the shots...
Looked too slick?
SLOAT: Yeah. He didn't think anyone would buy it as real home footage.
Some conservative critics of the film have written that the reason you're being punished now by this demon is because you guys are shacking up. What do you say to that?
[Both laugh]
FEATHERSTON: I'd say that would have to be a pretty conservative demon.
They tend to be religious.
SLOAT: I'm going to second that answer, if that's OK.
FEATHERSTON: I had not heard that before. I will think twice now before moving in with my real life boyfriend.
Was there a backend deal for you guys? Will you benefit from it blowing up so huge?
FEATHERSTON: We're not going to starve. Everybody's been pretty great.
SLOAT: We're definitely satisfied with how the producers are treating us. ♦
Subscribe to the new Movieline on YouTube
Comments
Hard work pays off by impressing people, no two views on that. Katie's standing on the same spot, with more or less similar posture, for over an hour is quite a hard work in my opinion and the way it has been shown on screen shows Oren Peli's being a smart filmmaker. With its gripping pace and progression, no wonder why activity is meeting that kind of success.
Wow, I'm glad that I found this interview. Micah Sloat and Katie Featherstone are both such great actors that I believed it was all real. Thanks for putting me out of my misery!
But I thought the old lady dropped it into the ocean in the end...
So it's not true?