Crave Online interviews Katee Sackhoff about filming White Noise 2
Crave Online: How did this project come about for you?
Katee Sackhoff: My agent had called me and told me that this script had landed on his desk, and said that one was White Noise II and it was a leading character. I had been shooting The Last Sentinel though, so I was in Ojai in the middle of the desert, not thinking and shooting people with guns and really tired and he said, “Well, your can’t audition for it because there isn’t enough time. So, we are going to send the script to you and can you meet with the director tomorrow morning at 11 o’clock.” And I’m like, “We’re doing a night shoot until 9 o’clock tomorrow morning, so, um, O.K.” So, I’m reading the script in the car as I’m driving stick to go meet Patrick [Lussier] and I hadn’t slept, so I think I was so tired that I wasn’t nervous at all, because I was so tired. I just walked in and was like, “Yeah, O.K. cool. Alright. Totally understand the character” which I did and I don’t know why. And they offered it to me the next day. It was pretty awesome. I was very excited about it.
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Crave Online: How are you scheduling all this with BSG?
Katee Sackhoff: Battlestar started on Monday. I am really tired. I think I had a week off between when Battlestar ended and Last Sentinel. I had a week off and then dove right back in. That wasn’t the plan. I was sitting at my house talking to my agent and I’m like, “You know what? I need a job.” And he’s like, “You’ve been out of work for a week Katee.” And I’m like, “Yeah, but I’m a little bored. I’m just sitting around at home doing nothing which was great for the first three days, but now I’m really bored. I’m eating burgers and stuff. I need to get back to work or I’m going to gain 30 pounds.”
Crave Online: Is there any room for humor in the movie, or is it all serious?
Katee Sackhoff: Is it all death? And EPT ghosts? No, there are some moments. I think just working with Nathan is great, because you can have that. I think it’s one of those things even if it wasn’t written in it just seems to find itself a way into the script. Like, he’ll make me laugh so hard right before a scene and I’m like, “What’s my dialogue?” So, it’s been great. Really great.
Crave Online: You mentioned playing the damsel in distress finally, how did you go back and forth?
Katee Sackhoff: This character is actually close to I am in real life, more than Starbuck. So, this was pretty easy to walk into, unlike Starbuck. She rambles a little bit more than I do, so that hasn’t been difficult but it’s hard. I think the hardest thing is for me to go back to Starbuck, because she is so, strong and capable and crazy. Like, really, really crazy. So, that’s the hard one. But there are three overlap days coming up on the 19th, 20th and 21st where I’m doing days on Battlestar and nights on White Noise.
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Crave Online: Have you swapped convention war stories with Nathan at all?
Katee Sackhoff: Separated at birth!
Crave Online: Do you ever run into crazed Battlestar fans who are upset that Starbuck is played by a woman now?
Katee Sackhoff: Occasionally. There are definitely fans out there who are still purists and they don’t want anything to do with Starbuck being female, but you can’t win them all. So they are missing out. It’s a well-written show and if you want to sit here and compare the two characters, you can’t. They may have the same names, they may have some of the same habits, but for the most part, it’s not even the same character. So if they want to talk stuff about me that’s fine. I’m developing a very thick skin.
Crave Online: Hypothetical, who would win in a fight? Malcolm Reynolds or Starbuck?
Katee Sackhoff: Who is Malcolm Reynolds? You like that? Ah, I’m just kidding. Probably me. Yeah. Maybe. He’s bigger than I am.
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Crave Online: When you have time in Vancouver to have fun, what do you do?
Katee Sackhoff: I am a completely loser by the way. I hang out by myself a lot. I do run the seawall actually. I became friends with one of the sound guys on Battlestar and he’s become my workout partner and we hike and we run the seawall. I always hang out with my dog and I read so much. Or I get on a plane and go back to Los Angeles.
Crave Online: Are you dating that sound guy?
Katee Sackhoff: Am I with the sound guy? No, I am very single.
Crave Online: Do you believe in any of the paranormal stuff?
Katee Sackhoff: Yeah, of course I do. I think that’s what so scary about this film as opposed to something like a Halloween, and I bring that up only because I did one and I know how unrealistic the horror is to me. I think this is more of a psychological thriller. Those little things that you always ask, could there really be someone behind me, but you never know. I think that’s what is scary about White Noise is that it’s so terrifying. Everyone else has seen those little ants on the screen and you always wonder if you stared at it long enough if, because I’ve actually done this. If you stare at it, it can actually flip channels. Kind of like a radio station does. It will flip back and forth occasionally. You never know and I think that’s what’s so great about it. You never know.
- Full Interview [May contain spoilers]
www.craveonline.com/articles/filmtv/04649412/…