The Training of Camille - Session 2

For our second session I decided to have a little of more action. I had to advance in her training for this very important role. We were days away from the start of the shooting of the movie and she had to be ready for the scene where in her role as the twin sister, she's the victim of a psycho.

I was very concerned about how she would react to what I wanted her to portray. The first time we worked on this scene she did well, better than I had hoped. I have to admit I was less worried this time around except for one thing; I was falling for her in a big way. And while that was a problem in itself, I had another one. I wanted Camille to go beyond the role I was preparing her for. I felt that if she did, she could be THE ONE.

It is not easy to have someone like Camille to do what I had in mind. Margot worked with me and when she did, she was wonderful but Margot didn't want to continue. I tried working with another of the actrecess I was preparing, it was an spontaneous moment for which I was un-prepared. It happened before I began writing the story I'm about to shoot.

A small group of my actors and I were having a drink, discussing the yet unwritten project, when I put a cassette in my stereo: The music from Twin Peaks. MaRe, the one female in the group, said something intriguing. "I love that series, I fantasize about the girl that gets killed, this music gives me thrills". I took that as a message, maybe not directed to me. I had to get rid of the two other guys.