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Actress/Activist AnnaLynne McCord @theannalynnemccord interview on the red carpet at the premiere of her psychological thriller film "Condition of Return" held at the Cinemark Baldwin Hills in Los Angeles, California USA on September 22, 2023. This video is only available for editorial use on Broadcast TV, online, and worldwide platforms. To ensure compliance and proper licensing of this video, please contact us. ©MaximoTV
Actress/Activist AnnaLynne McCord @theannalynnemccord interview on the red carpet at the premiere of her psychological thriller film "Condition of Return" held at the Cinemark Baldwin Hills in Los Angeles, California USA on September 22, 2023. This video is only available for editorial use on Broadcast TV, online, and worldwide platforms. To ensure compliance and proper licensing of this video, please contact us. ©MaximoTV
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00:00 (chimes)
00:02 - How was the preparation on taking this role
00:05 mentally and physically?
00:07 - Oh, this was a heavy role.
00:10 I have a process that's very instinctual.
00:14 So I come to set and I let all of my nervousness,
00:18 all of my vulnerability, all of my struggle
00:21 with anything that I've dealt with in life,
00:23 but also kind of the fear of doing something new
00:26 and like, am I gonna be good enough?
00:27 Are they gonna like me?
00:28 Is the director gonna approve of my choices?
00:30 I let all of that play into the shame
00:33 and the vulnerability of Eve's character
00:36 because of the things that she does.
00:39 But I also, I had to check Anna Lynn McCord at the door
00:44 and that was harder with this role than any other role
00:46 and I've played villains for 22 years,
00:48 but I don't believe that villains are real,
00:50 but for the sake of stories and context,
00:53 I had to not judge this character.
00:56 And that was the biggest preparation.
00:58 I had to find a way to find something within her
01:01 that I could connect with and I could attach to.
01:03 And ultimately, that was innocence.
01:06 She believes that she's saved
01:08 and she believes that her faith is gonna save her.
01:11 And I had to believe it as strongly as she does
01:13 in order to do her justice
01:15 and I hope that's conveyed in the film.
01:17 - How was it working with Dina and Natasha?
01:19 - Oh my gosh, Natasha, first of all,
01:21 let me just start with the devil.
01:23 (laughs)
01:24 Natasha is amazing.
01:26 She was so wonderful to work with.
01:27 We had crazy hours and crazy heat in Arizona.
01:30 It was like triple digits in the temperature,
01:33 the degrees of the temperature out there
01:35 'cause we shot in the summer in Phoenix and around.
01:39 But she was such a trooper
01:40 and she brought so much humor, actually,
01:45 and it was kinda like comedic relief
01:46 that we needed in the film because it's so heavy.
01:49 So it was amazing working with her.
01:50 It was fun and she's just,
01:52 she's an awesome down-to-earth chick.
01:54 And then working with Dean,
01:56 I mean, he's just charming.
01:58 He's Superman, you know?
01:59 How can you not be charmed by him?
02:01 We had really serious conversations.
02:03 We agree on things, we don't agree on other things,
02:06 and we talked a lot about issues in our world
02:09 that this film highlights
02:12 and we had some really deep conversations.
02:14 And then every two minutes, he whipped out his,
02:16 he's a part-time law enforcement officer,
02:18 he whipped out his handcuff key to uncuff my cuffs
02:22 'cause he was like, "You can't be happy
02:24 "sitting there in those metal shackles.
02:25 "I have to let you out of them."
02:27 So he doubled as a PA on set. (laughs)
02:32 - What have you learned from working with him?
02:36 - What have I learned by working on Condition of Return?
02:41 You know, I think it's to trust my gut instinct.
02:46 I didn't want to do the film in my head,
02:52 but I immediately said yes in my heart.
02:54 And throughout the film,
02:56 and throughout the whole process, actually,
02:57 even with everything going on with the strike,
02:59 I just kept trusting the process
03:01 and SAG ultimately approved an interim agreement
03:03 so that we could do this tonight here.
03:06 And I just kept trusting that this was meant to be,
03:09 that this is something important,
03:10 and if it was meant to be, then everything would unfold.
03:13 And I think that's the thing that I learned the most
03:15 as far as me as a human.
03:16 - Here in LA, at the LA Center.
03:20 - Oh no, San Diego.
03:22 - I was kidding, it's a spot for a picture.
03:23 - Three, three.
03:25 (whooshing)