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Olesya Rulin

Olesya Rulin

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We sit down with young starlet, Olesya Rulin, at SXSW to get the scoop on her intense new flick, 'Apart'! The Girl With the Magic Fingers also chats about her past "normal" jobs, her lack of Twitter updates, her blog, and an intriguing writing project should would like to take up. Stick around for a rousing game of Texas True or False!

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Young Hollywood

True or false, it's illegal to graffiti someone else's cow?

Olesya Rulin

True. Absolutely true.

Young Hollywood

Kinsey here for Young Hollywood at South by Southwest. I am sitting here with the girl with the magic fingers. Alicia Ruland. You're in a new movie here at South by Southwest called Apart. Are you very excited about that?

Olesya Rulin

I'm really excited. We actually shot it about a year and a half ago, and it took a lot of time to get it to the perfect place. Listen, okay? These things, they don't mean anything. We're gonna have to get to him first. We're gonna have to. We see these things. No, it wasn't your fault. We're gonna have to stop this. You didn't do anything. I play a a girl with schizophrenia. Wow. And so it was a really deep role for me and an extremely difficult role and I'm really proud of it. And now, um, I'm excited to showcase it.

Young Hollywood

Can you tell me about any kind of onset pranks? Like any fun stories from the set of Apart?

Olesya Rulin

We had a lot of fun. I pranked the director a lot, Aaron. I really enjoyed teasing him daily. And we had a joke. I'd be like, I don't know, I just I just don't know if I trust you today.

Young Hollywood

Even though you've had all of this success, you are recognized all over the world, but you still want to have like a normal job. Like you would be willing. I just think that that's really interesting that you'd be willing to do that.

Olesya Rulin

Yeah, I've had a lot of normal jobs. I worked at Nordstrom's boutique department, so cute. For uh, and I was, I used to be a certified nursing assistant, I used to work at an animal doctor, I was a bra specialist for Victoria's Secret. Yes.

Young Hollywood

I kind of have to play Twitter police with you right now. I know. You're my papa this time. I have not seen you update in over a month. I I you know, I don't really know how to do that that well. We have to get you one of these BlackBerry Playbooks because you can update all of your social media from them. You can take pictures, like we've got to get you on top of this because your audience wants to know what you're doing 24/7. You can like we can just do it right here while we're on Young Hollywood.

Olesya Rulin

I'll do it today. I'll I'll for you, I'll grab my phone and I'll tweet, I'll plug it in and like, hi, I'm at South by Southwest. I'll do it. I promise. But I am starting a web vlog for everyone. Be really excited. And I I cook a lot. So it's gonna be recipes that I try and then I take pictures of them and show you like, oh, was I, were they successful or not.

Young Hollywood

Do you have any desire to write or direct in the future?

Olesya Rulin

I want to do, um, the story of my parents. I want to write a book of my parents' lives. We're from a little village of like 8,000, no indoor plumbing.

Young Hollywood

I know. Tell you, like, dealing with BlackBerry's and all this all these different. I'm sure that that's like insane. I wanted to throw some Texas facts at you. True or false.

Olesya Rulin

Oh, boy.

Young Hollywood

It is illegal to curse in front of a corpse in Texas.

Olesya Rulin

I'm gonna say that's true.

Young Hollywood

It is true. It's illegal to shoot a buffalo on the second story of a hotel.

Olesya Rulin

You know what? Texas, I'll say that's true.

Young Hollywood

It's illegal to spit on the sidewalk.

Olesya Rulin

False.

Young Hollywood

True. Yeah. True or false, it's illegal to graffiti someone else's cow.

Olesya Rulin

True. Absolutely true.

Young Hollywood

Absolutely true. You're like you're winning, basically.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Olesya Rulin

    The interviewed starlet

  • Kinsey

    The interviewer for Young Hollywood

  • Aaron

    Director of 'Apart' pranked by Olesya

FAQ

What is Olesya Rulin's new film mentioned in the interview?+
Olesya Rulin's new film discussed at SXSW is called 'Apart,' where she plays a character with schizophrenia.
What 'normal' jobs has Olesya Rulin held?+
Olesya Rulin has worked at Nordstrom's boutique department, as a certified nursing assistant, at an animal doctor, and as a bra specialist for Victoria's Secret.
What kind of web vlog is Olesya Rulin starting?+
Olesya Rulin is starting a web vlog that will feature recipes she tries, along with pictures to show their success.
What writing project does Olesya Rulin want to take on?+
Olesya Rulin wants to write a book about the lives of her parents, who came from a small village with no indoor plumbing.
What is one unusual Texas law mentioned?+
One unusual Texas law mentioned is that it is illegal to curse in front of a corpse.

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