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Brittany Snow on Prom Night
By Fred Topel | Image property of Screen Gems
Prom Night is the latest horror remake of a popular slasher franchise. The 2008 version has significantly altered the story though. It is still a killer stalking a high school prom, but this killer is an obsessed stalker who murdered the heroine's family, not some vengeful spy who knows a dark secret. For actress Brittany Snow, the original take made it easier to sign on for a remake.
Brittany Snow Enjoys Her Prom Night
"This was definitely something that I had to really think about and kind of weigh all my options," said Snow. "I never wanted to do a teen horror film that was not something that I could kind of dig my teeth into or be challenging or just one of those very basic teen horror movies where there's the killer and then they go after all the young teenagers and it's the stereotypical thing. I never wanted to do that."
Prom Night '08 director Nelson McCormick worked with Snow to sell her on his version. "After meeting with Nelson McCormick a few times, talking over the script with him and kind of sharing my ideas and what he thought for the movie and his changes to the script and how it was different from the original and what he was thinking, I was really, really interested. This was a story that is so based on what the psychology is of the killer, and not necessarily just him racking up a body count, or him just killing people for no reason. It's actually a very smart story of a guy really obsessed with this girl, and loves her, which I kind of liked. It wasn't so one-dimensional."
Don't worry, Prom Night fans. Snow has no ill will towards the 1980 original. "The first Prom Night was, of course, a classic. I respect that and I love that we're kind of using that to create something else. I think we're very lucky that we got to do that, but I do like that this is a little bit more updated version of something that I think has the same theme, of course. You know, prom and coming of age and stuff like that. So it works."
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The original was one of Jamie Lee Curtis's trademark "scream queen" roles. This version relies on a different talent of Snow's. "I do really feel like it's important for this character, and for this movie especially, to be very realistic in the way of, you know, this could actually happen. You know, you see this on TV all the time, about somebody being obsessed with their student and going after them. Maybe not killing 11 people in the process, but with that whole story. So I wanted to make Donna and my character very, very natural and draw the audience into this girl whose had it so bad. So I find myself crying a lot and being very sad, because everybody dies. So it was very cool to get to play the different levels of that, of losing my family, and having this killer, and having a great time at a prom, and there are so many different things that I got to play in this."
Snow is a real method actor, so those tears are real. "I've never used the eye drops before. I can't use eye drops in real life. Like I've never used even like Visine or anything. I have like a weird thing with my eyes. For some reason, I think I'm just a very sensitive, emotional person, and I cry at anything. I cry at almost every movie, even if it's a comedy. There will be like a sad moment, I'm like, [sobbing] 'Oh my God!' I don't know, it's just very strange, but I do have certain things that I do that are a little weird to maybe the cast and crew. I am definitely a very emotional person, as most actresses are, I guess. So it is, at times, easy for me to cry."
Prom Night opens to theaters on April 11th.
For the poster, trailer and additional movie info, go to the Prom Night Movie Page.
Fred Topel
Sources: Image property of Screen Gems
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