Cinemagoers will recognise Teegarden as one of the opening victims in Scream 4 from earlier this year and the 21-year-old actress certainly has playing the high school role down having starred in the critically acclaimed American TV show, Friday Nigh Lights that focused on high school footballers. We Q+A Aimee about this latest film project, her entry into acting and working with Wes Craven.
What is your earliest memory of film?
My earliest memory of film is probably one of the Disney movies, like, Pocahontas or something like that. And no, I’m not contracted to say that! [laughs]
When did you decide you wanted to act?
I grew up watching a lot of I love Lucy and I think around 5 or 6 I knew I wanted to do whatever it was she did. I didn’t understand the concept, obviously, but I wanted to perform and then I finally convinced my parents when I was about 10 to embark on that and take some classes. I think they were thinking I would get bored of it and move on – but here I am! When I was about 15 I got really serious about wanting to make a career out of it and then I got lucky and worked on a TV show for five years and after that got really lucky again and started working in movies.
Your new film Prom sees you falling for ‘the bad guy’ – have you ever been attracted to a bit of rough in your real life?
I think every girl at one point or another is attracted to the off kilter kind of guy. But luckily I’ve never had any stories to tell from dating someone like that. I mean… I suppose I have dated someone who’s not as sweet a person as I had hoped.
What was your experience of Prom when you were younger?
It wasn’t anything quite as exciting as the movie. I wasn’t involved in any of the decorations or the prom committee or anything like that. But it was great. I was with my friends and we had dinner before and went dancing. Nothing crazy!
And what was it that attracted you to this role?
It was very different than anything I had done before and I really enjoyed the complexity of the different characters. It’s not one of those movies where we’ve dumbed down to the lowest common denominator – it’s high school and in reality there are a lot of struggles that go on in daily lives in high school. I thought it was interesting and well portrayed in the script and the director [Joe Nussbaum] was so passionate about how he wanted to shoot it.
It’s a contrast to being murdered in the opening of Scream 4 – what was the experience of being killed on screen like?
It was so much fun! I get to be part of such an iconic franchise and got to work with Wes Craven and seeing ghostface on set – it was such an experience and definitely one of those things you can check off the list. In life I have this determination to try everything once and with my career I want to diversify in every kind of genre and see different sides of movies. Are horror films less scary now I know how they’re made? I don’t think so because even on set it’s actors and you know its all fake blood but it’s still has it’s scary moments!
We have to ask – “what’s your favourite scary movie?”
I’m not a big scary movie person. I enjoy the kind of the classic screamer movies like Friday The 13th and that kind of stuff as opposed to the kind of human mutilation screaming torture thing.
You were also in NBC’s Friday Night Lights – are high school roles something you are attracted to?
I guess I’m at a certain age where I’m limited to the age I can play so I guess high school is where I am right not until I get older. But there is something special about that time in life between high school and college where you are figuring out who you are and making those pivotal decisions that will affect the rest of your life.
What can you tell us about your next projects?
Right now there’s a couple of things I am working on and I’m looking for the next great project – but nothing I want to talk about right now.
What do you hope Prom achieves following its release?
I hope that it is the type of film that teenagers can go to and parents can go to and even someone who went to Prom 40 years ago can watch and have it be relatable. And for me, I wanted to be part of something that will hopefully be my generations Pretty In Pink or Breakfast Club.
[Originally published on wonderlandmagazine.com/blog]
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