Girl Talk with Leah Pipes from “Sorority Row”

Here is my exclusive interview with Leah Pipes from ”Sorority Row”….

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CAM: This is nice. I’ve never been here before.

LP: Isn’t this a great Hotel? It’s actually a historic landmark. Natalie Wood had her honeymoon here.

CAM: Oh I loved her… Especially in Splendor in the Grass.

LP: She was so beautiful!

CAM: What’s your favorite movie?

LP: My favorite film of all time, since I was 3 years old, has been The Princess Bride.

CAM: I love that movie!

LP: Yeah, it’s gotten to the point where I’m watching it, but I’m not. It’s become more like a comfort thing to me because I’m obsessed with this film since it’s so ingrained in me from my childhood. And I think Wesley is the hottest guy!

CAM: Oh I know! I love how that movie has everything; it’s funny, romantic…

LP: Yup –Fighting, revenge, true love, miracles. I’m not going to quote that for the rest of this interview, I promise.

CAM: Were you ever in a Sorority or involved in Greek Life?

LP: No. I have never gone to college, so this was a very foreign world to me; I’m really kind of a nerd. My mom was in a Sorority, so I asked her a few questions. I also read a book called Pledged, which educated me a little bit more on the mentality of Sorority girls.

CAM: So what all did you have to do to get into character? Did you have to go to events to research it more?

LP: No, I didn’t ever go any Sorority events, –I wasn’t that bold. But I read the book, and worked a few days with Stewart while in Pittsburgh just researching the character, giving her a background, giving her a reason for acting the way she does throughout the film –which is pretty mean! Jessica is a pretty malicious character.

CAM: Speaking of malicious, what’s the most evil act of revenge you’ve ever done to a boyfriend or roommate?

LP: A boyfriend or roommate…hmmm…

CAM: you must be so nice…

LP: I cannot hold a grudge for the life of me; I just get over things too fast. That, and I can never come up with a clever and creative enough way to get them back! I usually end up forgetting about it and then it just kind of fades away into the future.

CAM: Know what I did once

LP: What?

CAM: I had a roommate once who kept stealing my food…I got so annoyed, that I hid her Chanel perfume, and the best part about it was that I hid it in her own messy room. That is probably the meanest revenge story I have.

LP: I thought you were going to say you put laxatives in the food! That would have been really funny.

CAM: Haha no! But it made it clean her room spotless the very next day, so she obviously found it.

LP: You did her a favour!

CAM: Was it fun playing a bitchy character? Since you’re so nice, was it cool to tap into the inner Grrrrr?

LP: It was exhausting! It was so much fun, but I have to say, being a bitch is surprisingly tiring. I don’t know how those girls do it. I have a newfound respect for them because they’re working their asses off to be mean ALL the time. And they are so viciously schemy, they put so much thought into it! I’m way too lazy to be mean; I’m forced to be nice out of laziness I guess.

CAM: What was the most gruesome thing that happened while filming this movie? Do you have any crazy stories?

LP: Well we filmed in a slaughterhouse, so we were walking around on tile floors with drains and there were these metal hooks everywhere where they hang pigs. You could almost hear the squeals and it was just one of those places where you’re like, oh this is kind of gross. But it was good for getting into character, so we all just had fun with it.

CAM: Are you a fan of horror films? If so, what’s your favorite one?

LP: I can’t watch horror films. I’m just a big nerd, but I do like thrillers, so I really like Rear Window.

CAM: With Grace Kelly? I love that movie!

LP: Yeah! I have a whopping crush on James Stewart. Always have, always will, so I love that film. The cool thing about James Stewart was that he was himself; he was immensely talented, but he didn’t try to act super cool or over the top. He was a little bit of a geek. I’m so attracted to that, I love the nerds who own it!

CAM: What’s the scariest thing that has ever happened to you?

LP: When I was about six and my brother was eight, we shared bunkbeds. He slept in the top bunk. In the middle of the night, he woke me up saying, “Leah, LEAH! Wake up! There’s a finger coming out of the hat on the side of my bed!” I bolted out of my room and hauled ass to my mom’s room, thinking there was some creepy finger chasing after me out of nowhere. I just remember that run across that long hallway and that black and white checkered floor. The walls were all windows, so you had to cross the house keeping your eye on the door.

CAM: Was he just saying that to scare you?

LP: To this day, he claims he “REALLY” saw a finger! He got me. He and my older sister would go underneath the house, and figure out where I was just so they could knock on the floor to scare me. They didn’t even tell me this until I was 16! They told me, “Remember when you used to hear noises and mom would say it was just the old house creaking? Well it was us.” And so now I have many problems with creaking floors, don’t like them, don’t trust them all because of my brother and sister.

CAM: Well I hope you’ve enjoyed your time here.  It was really nice to meet you!

LP:  It was nice meeting you!

xoxo,

Vanessa

Credit: Patrick Brogan from Allied

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See a Scary Movie Without Getting Scared

Last weekend I saw The Haunting in Connecticut and though it wasn’t exactly an Oscar-worthy film, it was still entertaining and pretty scary. After seeing this movie, I was in my bed trying to fall asleep but finding myself unable to because I (at twenty years old!) was too scared. So, this got me thinking, “how can I avoid getting so scared next time?” I came up with these five things to do to help you sleep after seeing a scary movie.

1.) Cover Your Ears: I know this sounds childish but let’s face it, a movie relies heavily on sound (why do you think they charge for earphones on airplane movies?) So if you cover your ears for a moment the heart-pumping music is gone and you can see how less frightening the film is without it.

2.) IMDB: If you check out imdb.com and see that the “ghosts” are just actors, it makes the movie less scary too. You can also see what else the actors are in to help you get their frightening roles out of your head.

3.) Do Some Research: When I Saw the movie Quarantine, I became obsessed with with getting rabies. I took this obsession to the next level by doing some research and I find out how incorrect the film’s representation of the illness was. So next time you get scared, do your research. It could save you some nightmares.

4.) Watch A Funny Movie: If you can’t get that scary flick out of your head, pop in a tried and true comedy to get the horror movie off of your mind. If you watch a funny movie, you can focus on that as you are going to sleep rather than the scary movie you saw before.

5.) Check for “Monsters”: Again it sounds childish but after you look in your closet and under your bed, when you hear a sound, you can tell yourself that it’s nothing because you’ve already checked. So do as your mother did and check for “monsters.”

Now that you have read my list, this weekend you can hit the theaters and see that scary movie without losing sleep after the fact.

How to Watch a Horror Movie Without Losing Sleep

This weekend I saw The Haunting in Connecticut and though it wasn’t exactly an Oscar-worthy film it was still entertaining and pretty scary.  So, as I was laying in my dark room trying to fall asleep, but unable to because I was too scared (at twenty years old!)  This got me thinking:  how can I avoid being scared after a movie?  I made some notes and came up with this list of things that you can do during and after the movie so that you don’t have to sleep with the light on.

1.) Cover Your Ears: I know this sounds childish but let’s face it, a movie relies heavily on sound (why do you think they charge for earphones on an airplane movie?).  If you cover your ears for a moment, the heart-pumping music is less intense and it doesn’t have as much of an emotional impact on you. 

2.) IMDB: If you go to IMDB.com and see that the “ghosts” that you’re so terrified of are just actors, it makes the movie less scary.  You can also see what else the actors have been in so that you can form a more positive association with that actor.

3.) Check for “Monsters”:  Again, sounds silly but when in doubt, do as your mother did and check under the bed and in the closet.  After you do that, if you hear a strange noise you will be able to reassure yourself that there is nothing there because you just checked.

4.) Watch Something Funny: I find that if I watch a TV show on Comedy Central or even pop in Knocked Up, I can focus on that movie or show when I go to bed rather than thinking about the scary movie before.

5.) Do Some Research: When I saw the movie Quarantine, all I did was worry about getting rabies.  In fact, I became so obsessed that I researched the disease and found out that it is not only extremely rare in humans, but it’s also curable.  The moral of this story: research!  It could spare you some nightmares.

Now, next time you’re in the mood for something scary, you can watch the movie in sheer terror but come home and sleep soundly.