Megan Fox talked about filming an intense scene in Jennifer’s body that left her “crying” on set.
In a recent appearance at a special screening of the Karyn Kusama-directed teen horror film on Saturday, the 39-year-old actress reflected on how much she could relate to her character Jennifer Check and how it transformed her on a personal level.
In contrast to his 2007 film transformers which required more physical efforts, Fox said the supernatural transformation of her role in the horror film challenged her emotionally vulnerable side and “unlocked” her unexpectedly.
He Subordination The star said that filming the 2009 cult classic “wasn’t very physical for me, but it did push me.”
She went on to explain, “There were some moments that required a lot of vulnerability and I don’t think I was prepared to show them because it’s very revealing about possibly my own past, my own childhood, whatever, those moments where something comes up, whether it’s when I’m in the mirror doing my makeup, trying to cover my skin because I’m not beautiful anymore.”
Director Kusama, who also participated in the screening, recalled the mirror scene from the film in which Jennifer had to make a ritual sacrifice and noted that filming the scene was very intense for the cast.
“It was a really disturbing day,” he said.
Looking back on the scene Fox shared, “There was something about maybe from a past life, I don’t know, something about having a circle of men around me, and when they started singing the song mocking me before they went to kill me, that triggered something so deep in me that I was like… I was crying.”
“It unlocked things I wasn’t prepared for.” [for]” he added. “To be honest, it was like an ayahuasca trip. “I didn’t know it was going to unlock those things, but it brought them to the surface…” he added.
