Jeepers Creepers, it’s been 20 years!! 🤯#tbt If I look surprisingly calm in this picture, it’s because I was… kind of. It was taken as we were waiting in between takes and I remember being so drained from the scene, that I was stealing a moment of calm to try and recharge. Gina (Trish) and I had been avoiding meeting or having any contact with the actor playing The Creeper, Jonathan Breck, throughout the entire shoot, in the hopes that it’d be beneficial to all our performances. For six weeks, we’d been avoiding running into each other - which wasn’t an easy feat on a lower budget movie, shooting in a somewhat remote part of Florida and starring only a handful of actors. If Jonathan was coming to get his lunch at catering, we were quickly shepherded away - if he was in the makeup trailer getting ready, we’d wait somewhere else - and vice versa. When we were shooting the above scene, on our last day of working together, the mechanisms on his face wing things (?) weren’t opening properly and it required several extra takes of this shot where I’m supposed to be as scared as humanly possible. Eventually, I got so tired and it was easier for the crew, trying to get the shot, if I just waited there (rather than walking away to preserve whatever was left of the illusion that we’d spent so long cultivating). Jonathan could tell I was wiped out (I think I even started resting my head gently on his arm that stayed loosely wrapped around my neck) and, at one point, a kind, slightly twangy voice came from inside that hideously sinister face: “You doin’ alright?” But I didn’t answer. Either I’d gotten so used to not talking to him or I was still trying desperately to pretend he was a monster haha. Or both? I don’t think, looking back, any of those games or tricks made it a better performance - it was probably a total waste of energy and time. But you live and learn and I’m so grateful for all I’ve gotten to live… and continue to learn…