{"id":5803,"date":"2012-12-31T15:46:12","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T21:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=5803"},"modified":"2012-12-31T15:46:12","modified_gmt":"2012-12-31T21:46:12","slug":"five-quick-questions-with-olivia-alexander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=5803","title":{"rendered":"Five Quick Questions with Olivia Alexander"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Olivia Alexander did a great job playing the mean girl head cheerleader in \u201cAttack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader\u201d.\u00a0 Olivia\u2019s acting began at the very early age of 2 when she appeared in \u201cLittle Debbie\u2019s Snack Cakes\u201d and \u201cUltra Gain Detergent\u201d commercials.\u00a0 She\u2019s also been dancing and singing since a young age and has won national dance titles.\u00a0 We\u2019ll be seeing a lot more of Olivia in future films and thank her for sharing her filming experience with Roger Corman and about herself.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve worked with two amazing film makers, Roger Corman and Charles Band in \u2018Killer Eve: Halloween Haunt\u2019. Did Roger or Charles share with you any advice or encouraging words that stuck with you?<\/b><\/p>\n

OLIVIA: <\/b>Having spent more time with Roger (getting to promote cheerleader by his side at Comic Con), I could write a book on the lessons I learned from him. He is a storyteller at heart, so there wasn\u2019t a moment when he wasn\u2019t telling some incredible story about the talented people he has worked with.\u00a0 I think the most valuable thing I learned from Roger was to remain genuine rebel.\u00a0 He did it his way and never sold out. He is the kindest gentlest man, but he is a rebel at heart. He\u2019s a risk taker and fearless when it comes to his filmmaking. That\u2019s why he has discovered the most influential filmmakers, producers, and actors of our time. He\u2019s not afraid of making a movie without a name or taking a risk with the content. \u00a0I will aim to never play it safe with my work. I want to always be out of my comfort zone because that\u2019s where real magic happens.<\/p>\n

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You and Jena did a great job especially with the fight scene. How did you prepare for that scene and did anyone accidentally get injured?<\/b><\/p>\n

OLIVIA: <\/b>We learned the entire fight and rehearsed it into the ground!! Jena and I had been preparing for it on our own with a lot of training.\u00a0 I am a trained dancer and yogi, but I did 6 weeks of cheer before the movie. It helped me get into my character.<\/p>\n

The fight was separate from everything we did on location in LA. We had two ninja turtles and one amazing stunt choreographer. It was just Jena and I on a freezing green screen stage. We just threw caution into the wind and lost our minds! I definitely made Jena bleed at one point! You can\u2019t have a Corman catfight without real blood! I felt super bad about it, but she was a total pro about it! We were both really banged up, but who can say they have been in a 50-foot cheerleader catfight?<\/p>\n

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