

We’re pretty different from each other and we’re a little bit shy at first, and as we kept working together, we warmed up to each other more and more. We kind of complete each other a little bit in our real lives as well. They’re really good!” I’m glad that I worked with someone this talented. I remember the first time that I heard them speak, I was like: “Damn, okay.

OR: I met Liv and the next day, we were yelling at each other in the car. How did you go about building that dynamic? It was very believable that your characters had been friends since you were both 12 years old. That was a cool day, for sure.īT: You and Liv have an incredible character dynamic. We saw everyone’s characters, we got a glimpse of everyone’s storyline a little bit. That moment when we all met each other, it was cool. Sometimes I would mention a different character, but I hadn’t even met the person or seen what he or she was like in his or her performance. It was cool, I got to spend a little bit of time with everyone, mainly the last week, and it was a really cool moment after we had already read about everybody’s characters in the script.

OR: I knew of pretty much everyone, I was a big fan of everyone, and I didn’t even work with anyone in particular that much, besides Liv (Hewson). Had you worked with anyone in the cast before? I know that there will be many more like this for people growing up, who watch these movies and feel represented.īT: What an incredible ensemble too. We need more queer characters and we need to celebrate diversity. This sort of love story is needed in which everybody feels represented. I love John Green, but I stuck to the script as my Bible, or, as my Torah, for all the Jews out there. OR: No, I didn’t use the book as a point of reference. We didn’t overdo it, we didn’t underdo it, and I was very proud of it.īT: Did you look first to the book as research for encapsulating all the nuances of Addie? I’m really proud of the way that Luke and the editor put it together. It was tough, you know? It was tough to every day play angry and sad – they are very exhausting emotions, especially angry. The character…I realized yesterday, I was thinking about it, when I was acting out every scene that I did, I was almost on the verge of a breakdown. It’s a character that I’ve never done before and it’s a character that is totally different from me. Odeya Rush: Well it’s something that I’m very proud of. The following is a condensed and edited version of our conversation with actress, Starlight ambassador, and budding director Odeya Rush of Let it Snow.īrief Take: You’re so transformative as Addie in Let It Snow! I don’t think we’ve ever seen you play a character like her before.

Odeya Rush was genuinely warm and kind in our phone interview, which took place on the movie’s junket day in Los Angeles. As Rush shared exclusively with Brief Take, she channeled the discomfort of the chilly weather in Toronto into easing into her character, as cunning a strategy as I have heard, and perhaps a new form of method acting. The story involves a snowstorm on Christmas Eve that bringw together a number of residents. Rush is mesmerizing in the star-studded Let it Snow, an adaptation of a multi-author YA book, from first-time feature director Luke Snellin. It does not store any personal data.Keeping with the annual Brief Take tradition of finding the best Netflix holiday movies and then interviewing a lead actress (starting with Kat Graham for The Holiday Calendar), I was overjoyed to speak with standout performer Odeya Rush. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly.
