Omen – the origin of the omen, a prequel to the classic horror saga, is in Italian cinemas from April 4th. As the protagonist we find Nell Tiger Free (Servant) as a young American woman, Margaret, who is sent to Italy to begin a life of service to the Church and encounters a darkness that leads her to question her own faith. In an interview with THRthe actress told how she faced the scariest scenes in the film.
At the beginning of the film, her character witnesses a “birth” that causes her to pass out. Here’s how the filming went:
Much of that scene was shot without me seeing what was happening in front of the camera, but I got to see bits of it before I shot it, so I knew what Margaret was seeing. And on the other side of the glass there was always movement and activity. So there were moments where I saw [il personaggio che è incinta] having convulsions, which was very helpful for my performance, because it was shocking and visceral. So there were times where I saw it, but I didn’t get to see that shot in person.
At other times, Margaret finds jackals and spiders on her skin. Did you need a stunt double to shoot them?
I’ve put up with some, for sure. I definitely spent some one-on-one time with the jackal, which was a fabulously scary experience. The moments when you see yourself up close on his belly, sometimes it’s me and sometimes it’s not. I actually forget which ones are and which aren’t me, but for the most part they are me.
Over the course of the story, the girl then has uncontrollable spasmodic episodes, including one in the middle of a street full of people. On set, however, the actress did not feel at all agitated by having a thousand eyes on her:
To be honest, I felt the exact opposite. That was my biggest concern about that scene, but you have to get rid of all that if you want to do scenes like that. It’s really like this. You cannot be aware of yourself, because self-consciousness kills the scene. It would kill her. So I tried the exact opposite. During and after, I felt strong, emotionally. There’s something so satisfying about releasing parts of yourself that society says you should keep hidden. It’s a real animalistic anger that I tapped into and let out, so it was an incredible feeling. It really was like that. And it was really satisfying to see a couple of people walk off set because they were so uncomfortable. People no longer looked me in the eye because they thought I was evil. So I enjoyed the experience. It felt real and like we had done something beautiful.
Two shots were taken of the scene:
Physically I don’t know if I could have [farne di più], but I assure you that I would have tried. If Arkasha [Stevenson, regista] If he had asked me, I would have tried. Each of these shots was about six or seven minutes long, so it ended up being almost 15 minutes in total. We also had some more filming to do after that, so I guess [la regista] they wanted to avoid killing me [Ride]. So we only did two takes, but it’s all one take or one take in continuity.
Finally, the actress says she is available to return to the sequel to Omen, which the ending of the film suggests:
I’d like to see what happens next, if there is a sequel. I would be happy to stay in this universe for a little while longer, so whatever they choose to do will be the right thing.
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SOURCE: THR
