Riki Lindhome

The Last House on the Left star gives us an exclusive look at what her and her character are jamming in iTunes…

A Taste:

Hall & Oates, Simon & Garfunkel, The Lonely Island

Riki Lindhome doesn’t simply act. She allows her characters to posses her. That’s exactly what she did in the terrifying re-imagining of The Last House On the Left. In order to play the particularly psychotic Sadie, she did everything she could to get into character.

“I’m such a dork,” laughs Riki. “I always have a mix CD of what my character would listen to. I made a playlist for Sadie. It’s the coolest way to center yourself because you’re in your trailer and there’s always noise. If I listen to my character’s music, I can get right into her headspace.”

And, what did she have on Sadie’s blood-spattered iPod?

“I had some heavy metal and some ’80s stuff,” she exclaims. “I did Comedia Dell’Arte for a long time. It’s Italian masked theater. It’s an outside-in form of acting. Usually acting classes are inside-out. However for Comedia Dell’Arte, you find your costume and your mask first, and you let that inform everything else you do. I like to have a combination of both. My costume, hair, makeup and nail polish are all really important to me—as is the character’s playlist. It all informs the performance and the perception of the character.”
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