{"id":12131,"date":"2014-08-06T15:18:03","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T21:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=12131"},"modified":"2014-08-06T18:40:39","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T00:40:39","slug":"five-quick-questions-with-erin-marie-hogan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=12131","title":{"rendered":"Five Quick Questions with Erin Marie Hogan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Born and raised in St. Louis Missouri, Erin Marie Hogan began singing, acting and dancing at a young age.\u00a0 When she moved to L.A. she starred in the film Paranormal Entity<\/em>.\u00a0 It was only fitting to be Erin\u2019s first feature film because her parents claim that Erin as a young child had conversations with her deceased grandfather.\u00a0 Since then, Erin has been in numerous features including Jared Cohn’s Hold Your Breath<\/em> along with many other shorts, and TV series.<\/p>\n

Her upcoming films include Brandon Slagle\u2019s horror House of Manson<\/em> and Throwdown<\/em> (formerly known as Beyond Justice) <\/em>with Danny Trejo and she\u2019s starring with Devanny Pinn in\u00a0 Dwelling<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Five Quick Questions with Erin Marie Hogan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dwelling<\/em> starring yourself and Devanny Pinn is currently filming. Can you tell us about your character and the film in general, including the rigorous physical training you did in preparation for the role?
\nERIN: My character Ellie is extremely emotionally damaged, though she appears serene, and at peace.\u00a0 It’s an interesting thing to play a character who is trying to hide who she really is.\u00a0 A long time ago, an incident with her sister River (Devanny Pinn) traumatized Ellie for life, and she feels she needs to make contact with the other side for closure.\u00a0 I think a lot of people can relate to that feeling, though most would never act on it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

My training schedule was difficult, but was not suggested by the production company-it was my choice.\u00a0 I’d gotten to a point that I was unhappy with my body, and saw playing Devanny Pinn’s sister (Dev is significantly shorter than me, and smaller proportionately) as an excuse, or opportunity to push myself.\u00a0 I run four days a week, I lift weights three days a week, and I do some kind of outdoor activity twice a week.\u00a0 Along with that, I dyed my hair darker, and have been getting more color in my skin.\u00a0 Devanny Pinn has a darker skin tone. We are trying to meet somewhere in the middle so we look more like realistic sisters.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A couple of other highly anticipated films you have due out later this year are House of Manson<\/em> directed by Brandon Slagle and Beyond Justice<\/em> with Mischa Barton, Danny Trejo, Vinnie Jones, and Timothy Woodward Jr.\u00a0 Can you briefly tell us about working on those films and do you know when and how they\u2019ll be released?
\nERIN: House of Manson was my second film with Devanny Pinn, (the first being Hold Your Breath) but the first chance I got to work along side her.\u00a0 She’s a brilliant performer, and takes her job as an entertainer and a filmmaker extremely seriously.\u00a0 It is nerve-racking to portray a character that people remember so vividly.\u00a0 My mother remembers the Manson situation as though it just happened.\u00a0 We studied every movement, every tick.\u00a0 The way they spoke, the way they carried themselves… All these things are extremely important, especially because some of these real-life people are still alive.\u00a0 The trials were such a sensation, everyone remembers these people so clearly.\u00a0 It’s important, and scary, to portray them realistically.\u00a0 It was also nice to escape for a bit from being the “eye candy,” of the film.\u00a0 I take being cast in those roles as a huge compliment, but I don’t see myself that way at all.\u00a0 Manson had an interesting dynamic.\u00a0 The cast ended up really being a “family.”\u00a0 There was a lot of staying up, singing songs, playing games together… it was like the real Manson family, minus all the drugs.\u00a0