| Soderbergh’s acclaimed King
of the Hill – and then landed another major assignment as Steven Seagal’s
kidnapped niece in Under Siege 2. Heigl’s first love has always been film
rather than TV – which is why she accepted the role in Valentine.
"Still, I think this will probably be my last horror movie for a while," she
says. "I’ve sort of had my fill of it."
But she’ll also defend this much-maligned genre and says there are reasons why it
has proved so durable.
"I think it’s really very simple. People like a good date movie. They can go
with their boyfriends or girlfriends to see a movie that is highly entertaining in some
way. Entertainment can cause fear or excitement or suspense, and these films have all
these ingredients when they’re done well, and people just have a good time with
them."
Movies such as The Silence of the Lambs or the upcoming Hannibal come
from "a more realistic area," she says, whereas this one falls into the
"fun" genre.
"Something like Valentine is much
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sell to a lot of young
people as a good date film, because it’s almost absurd in some ways." And yet,
she reiterates, such films can scare the daylights out of you – "provided
they’re done well." At a time when her career is purring along nicely, Heigl is
trying to make fewer demands on herself. She says that if there’s one word which
describes her, it’s "insatiable," and this can be a problem because it
means she has unreasonably high expectations.
"I have a tendency to never quite be satisfied with anything.
"I’m the kind of person for whom so much that happens is never enough."
Interview and article by
Jamie Portman |
