Havana Rose Liu Interview: No Exit
The thriller No Exit, which is now streaming on Hulu, stars Havana Rose Liu as Darby. While stranded at a rest stop waiting out a blizzard, Darby makes the startling discovery a girl has been abducted and is trapped inside a van. What unfolds is Darby trying to figure out who the kidnapper is before it's too late. What makes this performance standout even more is the fact it's Liu's feature film debut.
Screen Rant spoke with Liu about her experience making No Exit, what drew her to the movie's story, playing games with her co-workers on-set, and more.
Related: Read Screen Rant's No Exit Review
Screen Rant: I have to say, this movie rocks. It was awesome from start to finish. I just absolutely loved it.
Havana Rose Liu: Oh, that's so good to hear! That makes me very happy.
What drew you in most? When you read the script for the first time, what was the big hook for you?
Havana Rose Liu: There were so many, to be honest. I was in a moment where I just watched my first scary movie in a really long time. I'm not a fan of scary movies, in general. I really can't handle them. I don't have the stomach for them. But I had just watched one that had made me reexamine the art of fear and how to use that as a tool in filmmaking, and also, in life, really. I think there's something very potent about that feeling and to use that to deliver a message, or to use that to artfully take an audience on a journey, and also to be able to experience fear in an enclosed environment that is actually safe. These things aren't actually happening to you. It allowed me to examine my anxiety a little bit differently. So when I got the script, I originally was like, «A thriller? I don't think I can do this.» And then once I was reading it, I just fell
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