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Conversation With Sharon Lawrence
Q: What
attracted you to this movie?
A: When
executive producer Stan Brooks approached me about this movie,
I recognized the elements that make a good thriller, which include
real-life situations and realistic relationships.
Q: Tell
us about your character, Corrine Maguire.
A: My
character is a woman whose life is changing. She's a single mom
who has had to leave her son in the care of a babysitter so she
can work. And it just happens that she is the one in charge when
the tornado hits the plant. And in the midst of this crises that
is endangering the town, she finds out that her son is also in
the track of the tornadoes. So she has to make a tough choice
whether to save the town or go home and save her son.
Q: What's
it like being in front of the wind machines used to create the
effect of being in a tornado.
A: I'm
an adrenaline junkie, so it's great. The tornado is in my body.
The wind machines they are using here are incredibly powerful.
They heighten the circumstances immediately. It's hard not to
fel the pressure of the elements. So when I say the tornado is
in my body, I mean we are breathing it and sneezing it and feeling
it in every way.
Q: Do you
think the situation in the this movie is plausible?
A: From
what I understand, there's a very high percentage of nuclear power
plants in the United States that are situated in what's called
Tornado Alley. The chances of something like what happens in this
movie actually happening are probably very small, but the simple
fact is, it could happen.
Q: How
has it been working with Mark-Paul Gosselaar?
A: I've
had a great relationship working with Mark-Paul and getting to
know him. We have a kind of coincidental relationship in that
he is just starting on NYPD Blue, a show on which I spent
many years.
Q: Why
do you think people will want to watch this movie?
A: How
can you resist the name "Atomic Twister?" It's "Twister"
meets "The China Syndrome." People like to watch these
natural disasters and see how they affect people they can identify
with. It's about ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances.
Q: Do you
think this movie has a message?
A:
I'm interested in the environment, so the idea that we as human
beings feel that we can control our environment and harness nature
certainly gives us a sense of accomplishment and control and safety.
But in a lot of situations, we have to acknowledge that we don't
have that control.
Q: What
do you hope the audience gets out of this movie?
A: I think
the audience will get a great ride that's as emotionally involving
as it is thrilling.
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