Illinois Entertainer February 2023 | Page 8

Sam

IE : How was it doing horror , as the truckstop hooker Sadie ? SQ : I was excited about that . But I had only one friend who had been around sex work and had been around that kind of thing . And John wanted to have a wild film , and the purpose of it was not to be politically correct – if anything , it was kind of the opposite
at a time when it felt like you couldn ’ t say anything without offending somebody . So he wanted to reflect on his religious upbringing and just make a wild ride . And even though I knew this was not an expose on sex workers , I still felt like , “ Okay – I ’ m playing someone who has sex for money , so I feel like I need to talk to somebody about it .” So there was one girl I know who was really open with me , and I just wanted to know when you ’ re doing that , where your head was at . Like , are you in your body ?
Do you go somewhere else ? Are you ever enjoying it , or is that just never a part of it ? So she was just really open with me and told me some weird stuff . And it was weird , the stuff that I was nervous about . Like , I had done sex scenes , but nothing like the opening scene , which looks real , but it wasn ’ t – we weren ’ t actually having sex , not like a Lars Von Trier film like Nymphomaniac or whatever . But it was actually really fun , and I remember after it , I was just hysterically laughing . It was a blast , and everyone on the project and their intentions were good – there was nothing exploitative going on in this active truck stop in Montana . It felt very real , and it did not feel gratuitous .
IE : Are you a blonde now ? SQ : I had dyed my hair for Candy Land – they wanted it pink . But it washed out , and it ’ s blonde when it washes out . So I just kept that going , so at the
moment , yes , I am . And I am doing a project in April , a part in a new film , John ’ s project called BRBS – it ’ s shooting California and in Tulsa , and it ’ s set in the future , where now we all have chips in our arms , and they ’ ve gotten everybody except this small resistance group , and I play someone in the resistance group . I don ’ t wanna give anything away , but it ’ s really fun , and it ’ s also frightening .
IE : I can ’ t believe you guys are friends with the
great [ actor ] Frank Grillo . SQ : You like him ? He ’ s totally awesome ! Frank and John are like best buds – they talk all the time , they work together , they ’ re like brothers , work brothers , and they work really well together . He ’ s in John ’ s next film that comes out in February , Little Dixie , and that one I ’ m not in . And I ’ ve never done scenes with him , but I ’ ll get to in the new project , BRBS .
IE : What ’ s your other non-John film that ’ s coming , Albert Sandoval ’ s By the Rivers of Babylon , with Crispin Glover and Connie Stevens ? SQ : Yeah ! I didn ’ t know that she had dated Elvis , so I was trying to get the scoop . But that was a weird horror movie I did out in L . A . It ’ s supposed to come out this year , but we ’ ll see . It ’ s one of those projects where you don ’ t know what exactly is going on with
The Bobby Lees , 2020
it . But Crispin is great . We ’ ve worked together twice , and he ’ s been wonderful . He ’ s really sweet , and he likes the band . And he does so much stuff that people don ’ t know about . He has a house in the Czech Republic , where he ’ s been shooting his own films for years . He built all his own sets , and he does really cool things on his own that the mainstream is not aware of . When you have fun with things , and you ’ re unpredictable , people don ’ t like it .
IE : Speaking of unpredictable , have you noticed that in every Bellevue song , from “ Hollywood Junkyard ” to “ Death Train ,” “ Monkey Mind ,” and “ Ma Likes to Drink ,” you assume a different vocal personality for each one ? Almost like you ’ re acting as you ’ re singing . SQ : Yeah . And that ’ s interesting . I feel like whatever

��������� ������� � ����������� �������� ������� �� �� �������� �������

���� ����� � �����
����� ����� ������ � �������� ��� � ��������� ��� ��� ������� ��
�
8 illinoisentertainer . com february 2023