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\n Related: <\/span>Heather Graham on Aging, Dating and Making It Through Hollywood Unscathed<\/span><\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tWatching Heather Graham pose in a pair of baby-blue roller skates on a gorgeous L.A. day in late February, it\u2019s almost impossible to believe it\u2019s been nearly three decades since she starred as Rollergirl in Paul Thomas Anderson\u2019s cult classic Boogie Nights. While the actress hasn\u2019t changed much on the outside (she still has that [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
There have also been moments when the role blurred into something else entirely \u2014 namely, creative direction. \u201cOne time, I had an intimacy coordinator, and they started directing me on, like, how to have sex in a scene,\u201d Graham says. \u201cThey were like, \u2018When you do this, you can do this.\u2019 And I was like, \u2018You\u2019re not the director, OK? I\u2019m not asking for notes on how to have sex in the scene. I just felt, like, \u2018Shut up,\u2019\u201d she laughs. \u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018You can just tell this to the director\u2026 because I don\u2019t want to have two different people directing me.\u2019 It\u2019s confusing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Still, Graham isn\u2019t dismissing the role<\/a> altogether, and she can see how some actors could benefit. \u201cIt might be better if you\u2019re younger and don\u2019t know how to stand for yourself and speak up for yourself,\u201d shares the Hangover<\/em> alum. \u201cAt this point, I feel like I\u2019m strong enough. So I just don\u2019t want a lot of extra people in the room.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\nThank You!<\/h3>\n
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<\/div>New Line Cinema\/Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThat sense of confidence carried into her latest movie, too. Graham describes They Will Kill You<\/em> as a mix of Get Out<\/em> and Rosemary\u2019s Baby<\/em>. \u201cIt\u2019s like Quentin Tarantino<\/strong> doing a horror movie,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s not just a slasher \u2014 there\u2019s a lot of fun and action in it as well.\u201d<\/p>\nGraham, who stars alongside Patricia Arquette<\/strong> and Zazie Beetz<\/strong>, tells Us<\/em> she found new ways to challenge herself in the project, including taking on physically demanding scenes. \u201cIt was so fun to get to do something new,\u201d she says. \u201cZazie and I have a lot of fight scenes, and I definitely wanted to do some of the stunts<\/a> myself. I didn\u2019t do all of them, but I did do a lot of them, and I would love to do more action and kick ass more.\u201d<\/p>\n
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You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n That sense of confidence carried into her latest movie, too. Graham describes They Will Kill You<\/em> as a mix of Get Out<\/em> and Rosemary\u2019s Baby<\/em>. \u201cIt\u2019s like Quentin Tarantino<\/strong> doing a horror movie,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s not just a slasher \u2014 there\u2019s a lot of fun and action in it as well.\u201d<\/p>\n Graham, who stars alongside Patricia Arquette<\/strong> and Zazie Beetz<\/strong>, tells Us<\/em> she found new ways to challenge herself in the project, including taking on physically demanding scenes. \u201cIt was so fun to get to do something new,\u201d she says. \u201cZazie and I have a lot of fight scenes, and I definitely wanted to do some of the stunts<\/a> myself. I didn\u2019t do all of them, but I did do a lot of them, and I would love to do more action and kick ass more.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>