Written by James M. Tate / 8/14/2019 / No comments / cult , dan curtis , horror , horror anthology , interview , karen black , karen black interviews , music , robert altman , seventies , thriller
KAREN BLACK REFLECTS 'TRILOGY OF TERROR' AND 'NASHVILLE'
Interview with KAREN BLACK on Trilogy of Terror and Nashville |
The most memorable has Karen battling a killer doll... Although the first story really shows her range as an actress, playing a shy college professor with hidden layers...
Karen Black and her then real life husband Robert Burton in TRILOGY OF TERROR |
Yeah, the teacher from the first story... Okay, I got it now… Now that I understand which story you’re talking about. You know a lot of actors can’t remember all these names.
Karen Black and the Zuni in TRILOGY OF TERROR |
I saw it as a kid, but recently re-watched it... Uh huh… How come you happened to see it again?
Well, for one thing, I’ve been brushing up on my Karen Black because I’ve been hoping for an interview... Well that’s good.
Karen Black in TRILOGY OF TERROR |
I think that it’s very good to wear your past when you’re acting and wear what has already occurred.
Karen Black in TRILOGY OF TERROR |
If you say something to your husband you may have said it a thousand times before, and you may have gotten the same result so you’re gonna have your despair or your… or your… weariness is going to have a certain feeling to it that it wouldn’t have if this was the first time you said it. I do think people should wear their past.
Go back to “Five and Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean”… I was certainly wearing my past. I walked in the door with my past on my shoulders. But in this particular drama it’s a little simpler – it’s an entertainment piece.
Karen Black with the famous Zuni Fetish Doll in TRILOGY OF TERROR |
When I did THE PLAY ROOM, the one I did on Broadway… and I think I talked to you about that… Joseph Anthony was talking to the actors, he said, “You know you are afraid of what will happen," he said, “Fear is," in his opinion, “Fear is the easiest thing for an actor to create. Just create fear and feel fear.”
Karen Black in TRILOGY OF TERROR |
They have created it. Life hasn’t created it but the effect is really so similar.
Karen Black in Robert Altman's NASHVILLE |
So
he said “I’m doing a picture in the fall where everybody has to write
their own Country/Western music.” And he said to come back and sing. And
I said, “I’ll sing now.” And he said he could have a pianist or
guitarist come tomorrow. And I said, “No, I’ll sing it now."
Karen Black sings in NASHVILLE |
So that’s how I got that part. And then that was a lot of fun and we would look at photographs of some of those country singers and I would sort of make a “look," you know? It was a big blonde longhaired look we picked.
Henry Gibson with Karen Black in NASHVILLE |
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