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'The Final Girls' Actresses on Real-Life Horror-Comedy Moments

'The Final Girls' Actresses on Real-Life Horror-Comedy Moments

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YH sits down with the ladies of horror comedy 'The Final Girls', including Nina Dobrev, Malin Akerman, Alia Shawkat, Angela Trimbur, and (later) Taissa Farmiga, at SXSW in Austin! The feisty femmes dish on some of their own real-life "horror comedy" moments, talk about how the film addresses old horror movie tropes, and reveal what other movies they would love to be stuck in. Plus, check out Angela's dope moves!

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Young Hollywood

I am here with the ladies of The Final Girls, which first of all, congrats on the New York Times review.

Young Hollywood

I mean, it's a Did you guys read it?

Young Hollywood

You're No, they give you a like amazing review.

Angela Trimbur

Really?

Young Hollywood

I have it here.

Angela Trimbur

We've been working all day.

Angela Trimbur

We haven't had time.

Young Hollywood

Yeah.

Young Hollywood

There you go.

Angela Trimbur

It was really good.

Young Hollywood

They loved it.

Young Hollywood

I'm gonna kick things off a little game because this is a horror comedy.

Young Hollywood

Have you guys ever had a horror comedy in real life?

Angela Trimbur

Yes.

Angela Trimbur

I did a hair show once and they you're sitting on a stage and they're cutting your hair and you don't know what they're doing.

Angela Trimbur

And then you get off stage and all of a sudden you have a mullet.

Angela Trimbur

Uh it was it was fantastic.

Angela Trimbur

I mean yeah, not a lot of people can say they had a mullet.

Angela Trimbur

The sides of my hair grow uh doesn't grow and the back of my hair grows very fast.

Angela Trimbur

So I always have a natural mullet if I don't get a haircut.

Young Hollywood

Right.

Young Hollywood

Okay.

Young Hollywood

So, mullet sisters.

Taissa Farmiga

I cut my hair like boy short once like super like Anne Hathaway boy short in the fifth grade, sixth grade, something around that time.

Taissa Farmiga

Um and I had to wear dresses so that people knew that I was a girl.

Taissa Farmiga

It wasn't a good look.

Taissa Farmiga

It wasn't a good look.

Young Hollywood

Um okay.

Young Hollywood

Any horror comedy first or blind dates?

Angela Trimbur

Do we have enough time?

Angela Trimbur

One guy cut cut me and What?

Angela Trimbur

Left.

Angela Trimbur

Yeah.

Angela Trimbur

No, I don't know how to answer that question.

Angela Trimbur

Horrible, horrible, just awkward moments of sitting and I can be sarcastic sometimes and when sarcasm goes over someone's head and you just and they sit in silence and you feel like such an idiot.

Young Hollywood

Right.

Young Hollywood

Yes.

Young Hollywood

Any horror, sort of horror, like it was such a, it was so bad.

Young Hollywood

It was like a horror comedy.

Young Hollywood

I took it literally.

Young Hollywood

I was like, I should have said it out better.

Young Hollywood

I'm sorry.

Young Hollywood

Um what was the signature dance I'm hearing about and it's going viral and

Angela Trimbur

Oh, uh well, if I had a song, if I had a song I would,

Young Hollywood

What song do you want?

Angela Trimbur

Don't let me know.

Angela Trimbur

Push me around.

Angela Trimbur

I love you still.

Angela Trimbur

I need you.

Angela Trimbur

I need you.

Angela Trimbur

I got some little stars.

Angela Trimbur

So build me up, buttercup.

Young Hollywood

That is what I call improvising.

Young Hollywood

So in this film, you guys, it's you guys are trapped in a movie, your movie.

Young Hollywood

It's the movie that you filmed years and years and years ago.

Young Hollywood

If you guys could be real life trapped in any movie, what would it be?

Angela Trimbur

Dirty Dancing.

Angela Trimbur

Nobody puts Baby in a corner.

Taissa Farmiga

Interview with the Vampire, Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise.

Taissa Farmiga

Hello.

Angela Trimbur

Yeah.

Angela Trimbur

Been there, done that.

Young Hollywood

Oh, no.

Angela Trimbur

I mean, uh uh wait.

Angela Trimbur

What?

Angela Trimbur

Let me clarify.

Angela Trimbur

Guys, I got to stick my tongue down Tom Cruise's ear in Rock of Ages.

Young Hollywood

Oh yeah.

Young Hollywood

That's real.

Young Hollywood

Tell me about this.

Angela Trimbur

No, what's our greater ad?

Angela Trimbur

No, but I would want to be trapped in a movie where there was a time machine element because then I would like never get bored.

Taissa Farmiga

Back to the Future.

Angela Trimbur

Back to the Future.

Young Hollywood

Oh wait, Back to the Future.

Young Hollywood

Just know the book.

Young Hollywood

Just know the book.

Young Hollywood

Yes.

Young Hollywood

The rights of many wrongs done to women in slasher films are corrected in this film.

Young Hollywood

What does that mean?

Young Hollywood

Yes or no answers.

Angela Trimbur

It means this cast is in it, so that was definitely.

Angela Trimbur

Look at us.

Angela Trimbur

We're like independent badass chicks.

Angela Trimbur

Yeah, that kind of thing.

Angela Trimbur

We got to make fun of it in the within the movie, which was great.

Angela Trimbur

So it was a commentary on those really campy bad 80s movies that were great.

Angela Trimbur

And you got to you got to do all that overacting that you know, it was awesome.

Angela Trimbur

You're a really bad actress.

Angela Trimbur

It was great.

Angela Trimbur

It's the one time you have license.

Young Hollywood

Yes, you can just go.

Angela Trimbur

She got the most license to do that too.

Taissa Farmiga

Yeah.

Taissa Farmiga

I wasn't allowed to have any thoughts.

Taissa Farmiga

Like very naive, dumb, dim-witted.

Angela Trimbur

No, fair.

Taissa Farmiga

Going through that brain.

Taissa Farmiga

Yeah, like thoughts go out instead of in for this role.

Young Hollywood

Oh my gosh.

Young Hollywood

And you clearly all a lot of out and in in this interview, huh?

Young Hollywood

Um, anyway, you guys, this was a lot of fun.

Young Hollywood

Congrats on the film.

Angela Trimbur

Hey, thanks, girl.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Nina Dobrev

    Actress in 'The Final Girls'

  • Malin Akerman

    Actress in 'The Final Girls'

  • Alia Shawkat

    Actress in 'The Final Girls'

  • Angela Trimbur

    Actress in 'The Final Girls'

  • Taissa Farmiga

    Actress in 'The Final Girls'

  • Anne Hathaway

    Referenced for a short haircut

  • Brad Pitt

    Mentioned in 'Interview with the Vampire'

  • Tom Cruise

    Mentioned for 'Interview with the Vampire' and 'Rock of Ages'

FAQ

What film are the actresses discussing?+
The actresses are discussing the horror-comedy film 'The Final Girls'.
Where was this interview conducted?+
This interview was conducted at SXSW in Austin.
Which actresses from 'The Final Girls' are featured in the interview?+
The interview features Nina Dobrev, Malin Akerman, Alia Shawkat, and Angela Trimbur, with Taissa Farmiga mentioned as being part of the cast.
What real-life 'horror-comedy' experiences did the actresses share?+
Malin Akerman recounted getting a mullet at a hair show, and Nina Dobrev shared a story about a very short haircut in fifth or sixth grade.
What classic movies would the cast like to be trapped in?+
The actresses mentioned 'Dirty Dancing,' 'Interview with the Vampire,' and 'Back to the Future' as movies they would like to be trapped in.

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