An interview with Jenny Mollen
Interviewer:
Tell us about yourself, about your character and how you got involved
in the project.
Jenny: I’m Jenny Mollen, I am from Phoenix, Arizona. I am a graduate
of the UCLA School of Theatre. I got into the film industry during my
time at UCLA and I have been doing it ever since.
I play
the character of Jenny, she is basically the new woman in Julian’s
life. They’ve met at school and she doesn’t know as much
about what’s been going on in Julian’s world as maybe she
should but she learns with the audience as the film unfolds…
I got involved with the project sort of randomly. My agent called me,
I think a day before I left for Romania and asked if I would be interested
in doing a Zombie movie. Twenty four hours later I was on a plane and
the rest is history.
I:
How was the process of the prosthetic make up, how was the experience
for you?
J: Well,
the experience with the prosthetics, I’m thrilled that I don’t
actually have to morph. I’ve had some experience with prosthetics
before. I worked on the television show, ANGEL. Some of these guys are
acquaintances of acquaintances and it’s always a pleasure to be
out of the country and run into familiar faces. That actually has been
probably the best part of the make-up process for me since I actually
don’t have to morph. I think the art of it is astounding and really
inspiring to watch because with make up, I think people look at it and
say “OK well yeah you just check the eyes and put some stuff here”.
It’s like painting and it’s thrilling to watch it all being
put together and kind of be a part of that.
I: Tell me a bit about your experience with the
Romanian film crew and working with Castel Films.
J: It’s been a great experience to work with the Romanian crew.
I like the food and the people, I love being in Europe and I think it
really was one of the main reasons that I decided to join the cast and
come over here. I think as far as life experience goes, when are you
ever going to have a chance to be really thwarted into an environment
like this? It’s a life changing experience.
It could have been an uncomfortable situation because I came on to the
project sort of halfway through. They’d just finished the first
film and they were moving into the second film. John had shot some of
the scenes, certain scenes had already been shot with a different actress,
who became ill and was evacuated back to the States. I came in to re-work
some of that stuff. I think at first, it was intimidating because you’re
thinking “I’m sure they have a relationship, I’m sure
they have a chemistry and what am I going to bring to the table?”
but everybody was very welcoming and I feel like I’ve known these
people forever and I’ve never actually worked with them. It’s
rare to work with an ensemble of younger actors. I’m usually the
only young person on whatever set I’m working on so it’s
a very different dynamic and its fun, I feel like I’m at summer
camp.
I: Were you familiar with the series before?
J: The RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD series I was familiar with. I know
that it has a huge cult following and I actually just got back from
London where I was doing some publicity work for the TV show, ANGEL
and it’s a similar crowd. It felt like it would please some of
my supporters if I took this on.
I: What’s next for you? Do you think you will do any more Horror
Films?
J: So for me what’s next, actually in December I’m doing
a play in London that I wrote and it’s actually about my dog so
I will be over in London hitting the stage again. I’m waiting
to hear on a couple of films, we’ll just see, I can’t really
give you a straight answer but I will definitely be open to doing more
horror work I think.