Interviews – Juliet Landau – Directorial Debut A Place Among The Dead!

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TFG1 Mike. Coming to the studios tonight is Juliet

Landau. Miss Landau is an actress, director,

producer, and writer. As an actress, highlights

include her role as Drusilla on Joss Whedon's

Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the spinoff Angel.

Co -starring in Tim Burton's Ed Wood. as Loretta

King. She played the recurring role of Rita Tedesco

on Amazon's number one series, Bosch, in 2014.

She played that in season five of that show.

She is recurring as Cordelia. Hey, wait a second.

Yeah, different show, different character. On

TNT's Claws, Juliet just helmed her visionary

feature film directorial debut, A Place Among

the Dead. Which I have just recently seen, and

wow. We welcome Miss Juliet Landau to the show.

How are you doing? Hi, I'm really happy to be

here. How are you doing today? I am doing wonderfully.

And I have seen your directorial debut, A Place

Among the Dead, and it's very interesting, and

I will get to that. I have several questions

down the line here, but first... Did you always

want to be an actress? Did you always want to

be in acting? You know, I was a ballerina to

begin with. So I have a dance background. Then

I started taking acting classes and really loved

the verbal communication, getting to use physicality

as one aspect of a character, but also getting

to use dialogue and have a discussions about

conceptual ideas and all of that stuff. And so

then I got bitten by the acting bug. Awesome,

yeah. Okay, you've played numerous amounts of

characters in your career. Looking at your filmography,

you've played all kinds of characters. I know

I've played up the whole Drusilla thing because

that's mainly where I know you from. like i said

to you off air i'm like my buddy steve told me

and i was like do you not know who that is and

he's like i'm like dude that's yeah we need that

interview because wow it'd be such a pleasure

to talk to her yay what are some of your favorites

out of your characters that you've played over

your career Gosh, well, I would say right now,

Jules, which is the character that I play in

my directorial feature debut, A Place Among the

Dead, and it's right now in its first window

of distribution. Also, Loretta King from Ed Wood,

Drusilla, of course, on Buffy and on Angel. And

then I think I'd have to mention a couple theater

roles. I loved playing Roberta in Danny and the

Deep Blue Sea, which is a beautiful John Patrick

Shanley play, and Blanche in A Streetcar Named

Desire, which is one of the best roles ever written.

Which characters are the most challenging for

you? Huh. You know, every character has its challenges.

But that's really what's fun about what I get

to do. Each role is sort of its own puzzle, its

own recipe of ingredients. And so, I don't know,

there's always a moment with a character where

it sort of all starts to coalesce and come together.

I think, you know, you mentioned Rita Tedesco

on Bosch, and it wasn't a challenging character,

but one of the things that was interesting is

that I think when I started, it was... Hard for

me to not be at arm's length and sort of have

some preconceived judgments about the character.

She was a character who was married to a man

on death row. But as I started to do research

about the real women that are involved with these

men, and it's quite a phenomenon. There's actually

a... Believe it or not, there's dating sites

for men on death row. There's all kinds of things

that I didn't know about prior to getting this

part. But what was sort of interesting is finding

that at the end of the day, it was... almost

like a long -distance relationship, a traditional

long -distance relationship, except that instead

of it being across countries or states or locations

in that way, it was inside of prison and outside

of prison. And I started to realize how most

of us could relate to having had at least one

relationship where we sort of fell in... Love

or like with the idea of who the person was rather

than the reality of who they truly were or are.

And so so it was interesting to start to crawl

into that skin and sort of see the elements of

it that are very human and that we all can relate

to. Yeah, that's. Yeah, it's always kind of crazy

when you have a picture of somebody in your head,

and when you see the reality, it's like they're

nothing like that. Absolutely. It was funny because

I actually, for Rita, one of the things I asked

was, we had the second -in -command of South

Central Homicide for 25 years consulted on my

film, A Place Among the Dead. And so when I was

doing... I knew Sal from before, and so when

I was doing Bosch, I called him and said, well,

what do you think about, you know, you've come

into contact with a lot of these wives and girlfriends

and stuff. And he said, Juliette, you know, I

hang out with these, I put them behind bars.

I don't really hang out with them once they're

there. So it made me laugh. I was like, okay,

I just thought you might have a take that would

be interesting. He said, look, I can consult

on the police side of it, but I can't really

talk. to you about that side too much. Yeah.

Yeah. Okay, so I kind of think I know what the

answer's gonna be to this one, because it's kind

of a well, all of them are, because it's just,

how could they not be? But I know some... Sometimes

some are not so. Which characters were the most

fulfilling for you to play? Ooh. Gosh. Well...

I mean, all of the ones I previously mentioned,

I would have to say, were incredibly fulfilling.

But there is nothing like the theater and doing

the run of a play. So I would have to say Roberta

and Danny in the Deep Blue Sea because it was,

you know, we were originally going to do a six

-week run, and we ended up... doing a six -month

run in Los Angeles, which is not a theater town.

No, it's not. Yeah. So it was incredible because

of the rave reviews and audience response and

repeat business and all of that stuff. We ran

for six months straight. Every night we were

more than sold out, like way past capacity, had

to add seats. So that was a tremendous experience.

And also Blanche and A Streetcar Named Desire

just because it's so... profound in the way that

it that you know the all of the dynamics of the

character so i i would have to mention a couple

of the the theater roles just because you get

to live with them over uh such a such a period

of time and they get to grow much like when you're

doing either a series regular or recurring role

uh you get that experience uh obviously i got

an experience to live for a long time with drusilla

and that was uh you know really really something

too yep absolutely you mentioned Drusilla, this

is the only question I'll ask about her. What

was your favorite part about playing that role?

Because it seems to me, just as a viewer of that

series and of those two series and that character,

it seems like you had a lot of fun doing that.

I did. She was a delicious character, and I think

what I responded to most was, first of all, the

writing. Joss is a brilliant and visionary writer

and creator, and I You know, the character of

Drew was multidimensional. Many times you get

villains and they're one or two dimensions. And

she really had so many different sides to her.

She had this epic love affair as well as being

a diabolical character. She was very childlike,

but sensual. She was, you know. clearly not the

most stable mentally of all people or all vampires

included. So I think it was the fact that there

was so many colors to her, and that makes it

really fun for an actor. Yeah, absolutely. Before

we get to A Place Among the Dead, again, when

Steve told me Juliet Landau, I'm like, hey. That's

Tala from Justice. I'm like, oh, goody, yay.

What is it that you enjoy about the voice acting

side of acting the most? Well, I love Tala. Tala

is definitely one of my favorite voice acting

roles. And also there was a character named LaBella

that I did in a Green Lantern movie. The thing

that I enjoy the most, I would say, is that...

it really even further expands your range. For

the character of La Bella, I would never have

been cast. in real life in terms of physically

for the character. So you get to play roles that

you wouldn't necessarily be able to because of

the limitations of your age or your type or all

of those things that you can transcend when it's

just your voice and you can play with modulating

it and you can play with accents and you can

play with all of that kind of stuff. So I think

that's my favorite part about it. And I think

my second favorite part is that you don't have

to go through any of the primping part and you

can basically practically be in your jammies

and you don't have to have your hair done and

often you're either sometimes you're recording

alone in a booth but often you get to work in

a semi -circle with a group of actors and play

off of one another in the moment and that's really

like a dance and it's just so much fun. Yeah,

that ensemble. I remember a number of years ago

now, we got to interview Jason Marsden, and I

had mentioned to him about the same thing that

you're talking about, about the voice acting,

and basically you don't have to put on a suit

and tie or anything like that. And I'm like,

really? Really, Jason? Prove it. The day after

we recorded that interview, he tweeted me a picture

of him in his pajamas at a session for Thundercats

back in 2011. It was hilarious. You know what's

funny, though? I know I voiced Lois Lane in a

project, and I think that may have been the one.

I went, and somehow the publicist there didn't

tell me that they were going to be doing the

EPK that would be filmed on camera while we were

doing it. And I actually generally go to voice

recordings somewhat dressed and stuff. And for

whatever reason with scheduling that time, I

think I came straight from the gym. sweaty no

makeup my hair was a mess i i walk in and they

were like oh uh did you not get the memo i'm

like what memo oh we're shooting on camera today

i was like no are you kidding and so it's crazy

and they actually they were like we can we can

reschedule your bit i'm like i think that might

be a good idea. I'm wearing like this sweaty

tank top. I don't know if that's like the sort

of Lois Lane persona that will be the best. So

that was funny because it was the one time that

I actually showed up assuming I wouldn't be seen

but it ended up working out anyway. No, you know,

worse things have happened. Yeah. I think that

was Justice League Throne of Atlantis. It was.

Yeah, that's what it was. Oh my God. I'm impressed.

I'm impressed. I also love the other character

voiceover -wise that I love is the little sisters

in Bioshock. That's a particularly fun, was a

fun recording session, and the character was

incredible in how she fit into the game. Very

cool, very cool. All right, now the thing that

everyone's here for, A Place Among the Dead,

your new film. How did this come about? How did

you go about writing it with Dev and the whole

thing? What was the genesis of this? The movie

explores the repercussions of growing up under

the sway of narcissism and evil. My husband,

Debra Weeks, Dev, who you're talking about, he

co -wrote and co -produced the movie with me,

and we both come from this background. We wanted

to make a movie that we hadn't seen before, talk

about something that isn't covered in films,

and really... isn't talked about in society as

a whole, but there is a yearning for it. If you

type in narcissism, For a search, the numbers

are staggering. YouTube has 9 ,120 ,000 videos

on the subject. Google has 70 ,400 ,000 results.

And when you type in psychological abuse, it

has 188 million Google results. Of course, we're

getting at this through art and entertainment.

Right. How was this, with it being your directorial

debut, how was it being on that side of things?

Because most of the projects you've worked on,

at least to my knowledge, you can always correct

me, you've been the actress. You've been the

person playing a part that someone has written

for you. So with you and your husband writing

this and crafting this and you directing everything

to go along with it, How was that process for

you? How did that work in your brain and all

that? You know, I had directed two shorts before,

but this was the first time directing a scripted

narrative feature and being in it as well as

directing it, which means that you're switching

between subjective and objective constantly while

on set at least. The thing that's interesting

in terms of this movie is It is crafted in a

way that it's entirely scripted, but we wanted

to blur the lines of reality. So there's part

fact. factual stuff in there. It's part fiction

and part fantastical. And I play an alter ego

version of myself, as does Gary Oldman, Ron Perlman,

Robert Patrick, Lance Henriksen, Joss Whedon,

and best -selling authors Charlene Harris and

Anne Rice appearing for the first time ever in

a scripted movie. And even the interview sections

in the movie, they're all faux interviews. They're

all completely scripted to seem spontaneous.

And so so it was definitely I'll put it this

way. It's definitely a bigger workload. It's

funny. I just was shooting a movie again as solely

an actress. And even though, you know, and it

was a very covid protocol safe set. The director

uncle passed away from covid. So he was particularly,

you know, it was it was really buttoned down.

But the thing that was funny is even when you're

shooting, you know, really long hours on film

sets, you often go 16, 17 hour days. It actually

felt like a vacation compared to when you're

wearing so many hats because you're one component

of the whole. You're not making every creative

choice. As the director and producer, you're

there first. You're leaving last. You're busy

looking at footage after the workday. You're

working, prepping for the next workday. It's

basically a 24 -7 gig. So it was funny because

I... I, you know, was like, oh, the few jobs

I've been back recurring on clause and all of

that stuff. And it actually feels like really

being, you know, essentially like I'm in Hawaii

or something because it's so much less work,

you know, even though there's work, obviously.

Obviously, yeah. So with the COVID precautions

and protocols and all that and everything else.

How has that, how do you feel that has changed?

I'm sorry, I didn't send this to you before.

How do you feel that has changed Hollywood? How

do you feel that, you know, obviously it's for

the best, hello, everybody needs to stay healthy.

But, like, as the creative part of it or whatever,

how much of a hindrance is, like, what's the

difference between before and now? Well, I agree

with you first and foremost. Everybody needs

to stay healthy and we all need to take care

of one another. The thing that's been interesting

for us work -wise at this juncture is that we've

been doing something which is, you know, we made

this movie for a number of reasons. First of

all, to make an entertaining film, but also to

give voice to what has affected many. to invite

the audience member to become the participant,

to open up a dialogue about this subject, which

is needed right now. We're in a time where there's

an escalation of narcissism, cruelty, evil actions,

bad behavior. So one of the things that's been...

interesting in this time period is that we have

been doing something that has been very much

in line with the vision of why we wanted to make

the film and in having the the this kind of conversation

and so what's happened is we've been we our distributor

is modern films and they do screening events.

And so we started thinking about, well, why don't,

like our premiere, why don't we talk to New York

Comic Con? And we ended up being sponsored by

New York Comic Con and MAC Cosmetics. And one

of the things that was incredible... is that

I've been to Comic -Cons and I've done a lot

of panels, and the whole structure of that is

that it generates later ticket sales. But this

made the film available right there. There's

a hub virtually where everyone from all over

the world, and we've been having this at our

screening events, streams the movie, watches

it together, has a Q &A, and then we interact

about it right then. And it is a brand new way

to reach. the audience and with the closures

of cinema everywhere, as well as the general

direction that movies were going in before COVID,

this will be some aspect of the future. It's

the water cooler slash cinema experience, which

has been lacking culturally, where everything's

been so spread out and dispersed. People watch

stuff on streaming, but there's no sort of coming

together to talk about it, other than people

separately doing blogs and stuff. And so it's

been... kind of incredible to get to actually

be in the moment when people are watching it

together and then having these discussions on

a global level. And so that's something that

I wouldn't have happened pre. covid and in thinking

about how to do it and and what's been extraordinary

is every single interactive zoom with the audience

the entire audience has stayed and these zooms

are lasting four hours every time it's been just

so profound and so powerful yeah and the movie

itself i mean when i was watching i was like

This melds, like you already said, so many things.

Since about, I would say, 2008, 2009, I've been

a true crime fan. I've been, you know... watching

Investigation Discovery or I've seen every single

Forensic Files episode multiple times where I

can hear the first sentence out of Peter Thomas'

mouth, may the man rest in peace. I can hear

the first sentence out of his mouth and know

what episode it is and I'm like, okay, no, I

can't deal with that episode right now. Kind

of thing. But your movie... melds that kind of

thing in with an actual fictitious universe and

i think that is so interesting thank you thank

you you know we we chose to use the the you know

genre for a number of reasons i mean first of

all it's an entertaining genre if you if you

type in vampires there are two 278 million in

Google results. And same with when you look at

true crime, like the results, the numbers of

results are astounding. And so we wanted to really,

and in our film, you're never quite sure there's

a character, you're never quite sure is he a

vampire or is he a serial killer who's emulating

a vampire in the way that he murders, like you're

talking about in terms of the true crime. You

know, we wanted to lull the audience into a sense

of safety to explore unsafe and radical ideas

it was a way also to bring in my history and

my connection to Buffy and Angel and also the

other characters and actors histories and the

vampire felt like the perfect metaphor for the

ultimate narcissist. And whether he's a serial

killer or whether he's a vampire, the traits

are the same. And so that was, you know, what

we're really sort of, why we're using this particular

thing, and that's why we married it in the way

that it's constructed. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, I

honestly think, like, if you think of all the

Universal movie monsters, the vampire is probably

the only one you could, you know, really, accurately

say that it could also be a serial killer kind

of thing. Because, I mean, the mummy, you just

unwrap it. Frankenstein, you put his brain back

in his head. Right. The wolfman, you just shave

him. He's fine. Right. Now, I know that you're

talking about the Zoom audience watches and things

like that. Actually, I'm going to actually have

this up December 11th. You've got an event coming

up Saturday, December 12th, correct? Yes, we

are doing it along with Wales Comic Con, and

it's another interactive event, and we will be

streaming the movie, doing the Q &A, and having

the interactive. And so, yeah, that's amazing.

I'm excited that you're going to be posting before

our next event. Yeah. So hopefully everyone can

listen to this and then you can go check that

out. All the links will be in the show notes

for the interview post. You know what? I was

going to say, one of the things that's been so

fascinating in the conversations is how much

the film is resonating and how many people have

started the conversation with things like, I've

never told anybody this before, but, and this

particular part or this dialogue made me think

about that, which is exactly what I was saying

about wanting the viewer to become the participant

in the movie. That's what we're really looking

at is that self -reflection. And, you know, whether

it's in the case of the movie, it's familial

narcissism. But whether it's an ex -boyfriend,

a wife, a... family member, a boss, a coworker,

a friend, or our world leaders, one of the things

that keeps emerging in all of these talkbacks

is how people start saying, it feels like we're

talking about one person. No matter what, like

these traits are so much the same that I feel

like you're talking about my ex -husband or I

feel like you're talking about my girlfriend

or I feel. And that's been one of the things

that has been emerging from these discussions.

Well, yeah, because everybody, you know, you're

approaching a topic that everyone has some sort

of, it's sad to say, but some sort of experience

with. Yes. I don't think there's anybody in.

on our entire planet has not experienced some

form of evil as sad as that is to say, but it's

out there. And while it does suck, you know,

we all have things like the first thing I thought

of as I was watching it was, I know I am so.

self -deprecating to the point of my depression

just going even further than it already does.

Right. Because I always say, oh, I'm the worst,

or I'm this, or I'm... Right. In the last couple

of... Because this is... You are my first...

Well, not my first, but the first interview I'm

actually producing by myself in over a year because

my computer had been in storage for the last

year. Right. So it's like... Oh, God, I don't

want to screw this up. I don't want to screw

this up. Oh, my God. In a few of the episodes

that I've been recording in the last couple of

weeks, I'm like, at some point in the episode,

it's like... Eh, it's okay. I'll fix it in the

editing. I'm the worst podcaster ever anyway,

so it's not like anyone's going to listen to

this. But people should listen to this one. But,

you know, what you're sharing is exactly what

we've been talking about. I mean, Dev and I talked

about the fact that we had never seen a film

where the voiceover sounded remotely like the

thoughts running through our minds. And, you

know, we did some studies on this, and even for

people that come from the most healthy, loving,

stable backgrounds. It turns out that 80 % of

the thoughts in all of our minds, those voices

running those tapes are negative. That's a huge

amount of derisive inner monologue going on.

And so what we really wanted to look at is especially

if you come from this kind of background, you're

not your authentic self and you let those negative

thoughts and voices run you and lead you to destructive

choices. You know, the whole point of the movie

is that there is a different way. As an adult,

you can make different choices. You can break

those agreements because we all make agreements,

especially in our formative years and with our

families, we make those agreements and then you

operate out of those agreements to a point. But

as adults, we can say, no, I'm not going to do

that anymore. Obviously, in the movie, my alter

ego is... not doing that. She's letting the unconscious

run the show. She's letting those voices lead

her. Hopefully I'm not doing that in life anymore,

but I did for a long time. And so what you're

sharing about the thoughts, I mean, that's one

of the things that people are responding to so

strongly is, you know, We sort of pretend that

those thoughts don't exist, you know, and what's

been people, I feel, I think, liberated to say,

oh, my God, I have I say I'm terrible and I screwed

this up. And, you know, I'm I'm drive myself

in this way that, you know, isn't. Imagine if

we spent, you know, even 20 percent less than

that, like we had 20 percent more energy instead

of having those negative thoughts to what could

be positive. contributing to the world you know

what i mean like you know and it's and it's so

interesting uh what what you're talking about

because Because, you know, in distilling, like,

where do those thoughts come from? And how many

of those are actually legitimately my thoughts?

Or how is that? How am I running that from something

else that, you know, I was either told or that

I made this agreement on? And it's sort of interesting

to step back and look at that and say, hmm. And

one of the things that was interesting in scripting

it is Dev and I sort of pooled. Our backgrounds

are so similar. socioeconomically, not location

-wise, but in every other way. And that's the

thing that we're finding is that it crosses all

boundaries, it crosses all parts of the world,

all of that stuff. But what was interesting in

doing that and recording this stuff is thinking

at first like, wow, it's sort of particularly

revealing these ugly thoughts. Oh, you know,

people are going to think whatever they're going

to think about. And the thing that everybody's

been saying is like, oh, I have those all the

time. Those are my thoughts. Like, I felt like

you were recording a lot of my thoughts. Yeah,

the narration really does drive the film as well

as obviously the rest of the pieces that drive

the film. But the narration, I feel, is a big

part of it, especially when you get towards the

end. I don't necessarily want to spoil it for

people, but I'm going to say there is a scene

where your character is in a room by herself.

And there are times where, like for me, I try

my best every day to wake up and do the best

I can. But if just one little thing, all it takes

is one little crack, and it just ruins the rest

of my day. There have been times where I'm like,

I just want to... be in a padded room and just

scream for hours on end. That's all I need. I

just need to let it... And there have been times,

last year or whatever, when Karen and my wife

and I were out, we were living in Illinois at

the time, I slipped and fell on the ice. I just

laid there and screamed for 20 minutes because

I couldn't move. Oh, gosh. You know, so it's

like... All of these emotions, all of these feelings,

yes, we want to project the best self we can.

However, all it takes is one bad day, and it's

just one of those things where a switch flips,

and you're like, well, this day has sunk. Even

though you may try to get it to be still a good

day after that sinking moment. Right. Sometimes

you just need to go to bed and just let that

day go. Say, okay, that's that day. Let's continue

on to the next one. Well, it's interesting, too,

what you're talking about because how many of

us have had moments in a room alone. where you're

having an excess or whatever of emotion that

you end up in a room on your own when you've

had that bad day, when you've had that bad thing,

that thing that sort of set you off into the

wrong direction or feeling like that. It's another

thing that's been so interesting is I had a woman

write me a letter who is a BAFTA -nominated...

a hugely successful producer. And I didn't know

her prior. She saw the film and she said, you

know, I've never told anybody this before, but

this was, you know, this was my mother. And I

spent my life basically, and she's had all these

amazing deals she's put together, like all this

incredible stuff. And she said, every day I would

wake up, it's sort of what you were describing,

I'd wake up and it was like crossing this abyss

to feel like I deserved to actually do this.

And some people have an easier go of it. Some

people don't. But for me, every single day, and

now it's gotten easier. And it's so amazing that

you've directed this movie and that this movie

is having the kind of response it is and the

discussions that it's having. Because if I had

seen a movie like this when I was younger, I

maybe would have had this discussion way before,

like, you're the first person I've talked to

about it. And I would have never known about

her from looking at her life on the outside that

she would say every morning it was like crossing

an abyss, right? Yeah. Yeah, because we don't

always, even though social media has, even though

it has its toxicities, it's given a voice to

everybody. But most of the time on social media.

Most people are trying to not be their real selves.

Right, right. I mean, it's just a defense mechanism.

It's like you have to fake it to make it. Well,

that's not always true, but sometimes most people

do that just because they feel as if it's going

to be too vulnerable to share what they're really

feeling, or it's going to be too... I don't want

to say, what am I looking for here? It's going

to be too controversial, or it's going to make

their family and friends look at them in a different

light. It's like, you know, I don't know. It

just feels like you need to be able to have that

outlet, and I think A Place Among the Dead is

going to give people... like you've already said

in this interview, that it has given people,

but once more people see it, it's going to show

people that you can talk about these things and

it's okay to share these feelings with whomever

you need to share them with, whether it's a stranger,

whether it's your family, whether it's your friends,

spouse, children, whatever. This is something

that I, and a lot of people say this, it's not

just me, but it's okay not to be okay. Yeah,

and it's okay to have, I mean, and obviously,

you know, you pick and choose like who you want

to, you know, share stuff with and all that.

But you are talking about something where also

there's been a stress sort of on. the superficial

right uh and and you know like what sort of material

is materialism and what people have and what

how people look and you know and it's nice to

look nice it's nice to have things that you like

but really if that's it and that's the the level

of of what sort of out there. Again, we're dealing

with something when you're talking about superficiality

that links back to narcissism, right? You're

not going deeper and not having a true human

connection about all the other parts of ourselves

that we can connect on and that we can share

on and that we can try to make the short time

that we have on the planet an experience where

we contribute and connect and communicate and

do all these things that hopefully help. one

another yeah absolutely uh so a place among the

dead you've got the premiere tomorrow december

12th 2020 can you give us the details on that

please well yeah we we actually have done the

the uh premiere already but we're doing these

sorry that's okay we're doing this We're doing

these series of screening events, and they are

interactive, and they are amazing, as we've been

talking about. And the best way for people to

check it out is to go to Modern Films, which

is our distributor, so modernfilms .com slash

A Place Among the Dead. We're also playing right

now at Lemley Virtual Theaters in the U .S.,

and we will be, you know, worldwide POVD window

will be. coming soon, but we're going to be continuing

doing these interactive events for a while as

well, and so the tickets and the info is all

available at that link. Awesome. Anything else

you want to say about the film before I close

it out, Juliet? I don't think so, unless there's

anything else you wanted to sort of ask me. I

mean, this was a really incredible conversation.

It was, it was. I know this will probably never

happen considering what happens to them, but

how would you approach Drusilla if she ever came

back? Ooh, I don't know. It would be interesting

to see what the storyline would be. It would

be so great. I got to co -write two issues of

the comic book, the IDW comic book about Drew.

It'd be really... cool to see if Drew ever got

to have either like a soul or a redemption story,

like what she would do with sort of all of the

damage that she had created. It'd be kind of

interesting to see what that storyline might

afford. You know, so I don't know. I think that

maybe. Absolutely. All right. I would like to

thank Miss Juliet Landau for taking the time

to chat with me here in this Geekcast Radio Presents

interview. You can visit our website, and it'll

have links to the Modern Films website and everything

else where you can connect with all of that for

A Place Among the Dead. Until next time, unleash

the geek in you, and I will see you soon, folks.

Hi there. This is Juliet Landau, and you are

listening to the Geekcast Radio Network.