Abigail Breslin on Her "Trunk Work" in 'The Call'

Oscar nominated Abigail Breslin. Do you ever get sick of hearing those two words before your name?

Well, it's it's always it's always uh nice. It's definitely not a a bad thing.

Well, let's talk about the work you're doing right now with cars behind us. You're working with another epic epic star, Halle Berry. Yeah. So, obviously the movie's not out yet because you're making it. So, give me a little rundown of the plot.

I I play a girl named Casey who is uh abducted at a mall and thrown into the trunk of a car by this guy. Basically, the movie a lot of it takes place in the trunk of the car that I'm in on a 911 call with Halle Berry. And um it's just that conversation and trying to figure out how to get me out of the trunk and everything.

911, what's your emergency?

I'm in the trunk. I've been kidnapped. There's no location. It's a disposable phone, no chip. Please, help me. I don't know what to do.

Okay, listen. For us to help you, I need you to help me. Police. We're going to fight. Can you tell if you're on a freeway or a surface street?

Freeway.

Okay, kick the tail lights out.

I did it.

Good work. Now I want to see if any other cars is going to be able to notice you. Now find a release lever.

Please, I've been kidnapped. Open the door now.

What's the longest they've put you inside a trunk for?

Well, I only did about two and a half days of trunk work because

Can you say that again?

I've only

That just sounds funny.

I've only done two and a half days of trunk work. It's pretty terrifying. I mean it's it's darker, a lot darker than I expected it to be. It's pitch black in there. And you're just kind of claustrophobic beyond belief. So, um I think the longest I've been in there was probably with a completely shut, it's probably like 15 minutes. But,

Oh, that's okay.

Yeah, but like I've been in there for hours filming, but you know, it's all kind of broken up.

This would be a problem if you were actually claustrophobic.

Yeah. You know, Brad Anderson, the director asked me when I first when he first met with me for the movie and he's like, "Are you claustrophobic?" And I was like, "No." And then I, you know, the first day I get in the trunk and they shut it and I was like, "Oh, take it back. I take it back. I am claustrophobic." So, it's it's pretty, I mean, I don't think that you really fully know what it's like to be in a trunk of a car until you're actually in the trunk of a car. There's really nothing to really just compare it to.

You actually get in the trunk now. You should. You should just get in the trunk.

I'll get in the trunk after I talk to you.

Okay. So, I hear you are a reality TV show junkie.

Yeah. Pretty much.

What's your show?

I love all the real housewives, probably New York and Atlanta. And then I love um you know, Keeping Up With the Kardashians, like everything on TLC I love. Like, What Not to Wear and you know, A Baby Story, like when the baby's and you're just want to cry and you're like, "Oh my God, that's so amazing that a baby was just born." You know, I actually love cooking shows too. Food Network. I'm obsessed. Food Network. I don't ever cook. Like, I can't cook to save my life. But they're so much fun to watch. And then I think, maybe I could do that. Maybe I could cook duck alarage. But you don't want to. Because it's not. But watching someone else do it. And then I go into the kitchen, I'm like, no, cereal looks a lot easier.

One TV show you never miss.

Probably Grey's Anatomy. The song And Dance Moms. No, Dance Moms, I never miss Dance Moms.

The song that gets you up dancing.

The song that gets me up dancing. It's like, oh, levels, Avicii. Oh, sometimes I got to get a good feeling. Yeah. I got a feeling that I never, never, never had before. No, no, no. I got a good feeling. Yeah.

First concert.

Ashley Simpson. Ashley Simpson. When I was like nine.

Your favorite season.

Fall.

The book you read over and over.

Uh, Anne of Green Gables or Twilight. I've read like quite a few times.

The movie that makes you cry.

Marley and Me.

A movie that you'd watch over and over.

Meet Me in St. Louis.

And if you can say, "I'm known for," how would you finish that sentence?

I'm known for being a little bit too loud at night. A little bit cuz once I get like tired, I'm like yelling and then I just start like laughing and you can ask people on this set. I mean, I I go crazy.