SWIMFAN Q&A with ERIKA CHRISTENSEN Continued from page 1 © 2005 PHASE9 ENTERTAINMENT

Madison is not exactly the most endearing role you will ever play... {Laughs) She is one of those on an actor's wish list, you know you want to play someone who is just over the edge and I had a blast doing it. I mostly have fun wherever I go and whatever I do and I really did have great fun playing her. But you're right, she's not exactly the most endearing role, but these things balance out. In THE PERFECT SCORE, which I'm shooting now, my character is a much nicer person. How would you describe SWIMFAN? I think it's a great thriller. I'm not too sure that people should put labels on it, like 'teen movie' I just think it's a good film. I'm very, very pleased with it. A lot of adults have been telling me that they really liked it or wanted to see it because it looks like a good thriller and it is, it's intelligent and it's not gratuitously violent, it's a good scary film. John (Polson) is a great director and that's one of the reasons I wanted to do it. I knew it would be great working with John and it was. And it's good to play bad... Yeah it is. But she's not one-dimensional. I mean, she has vulnerabilities and as we find out more about her you realise that all is not quite as it should be (laughs). But you can play a villain in different ways. It's better, I think, to play her mixed with a little vulnerability. There's a very sexy love scene in the film. Was that your first? It wasn't the first. It was certainly the trickiest or the scariest or the most passionate (laughs). Difficult to get those things right, I would assume, especially when you happen to be in a swimming pool...? Not as much as I'd expected, let me put it that way. It went swimmingly (laughs). We just kept the atmosphere light and joked around and John Polson was in his bathing suit too, the water was warm and it ended up just being another day at work. But I hear you persuaded the crew to help ease the atmosphere... (Laughs). I got the sound guy to play Marvin Gaye's 'Let's Get It On'. It was very funny and Jesse was cracking up. He had no idea it was going to happen. That helped ease the tension, I think. Things are going very well for you... Yes, they are. Did you realise that TRAFFIC would be such an important film for you? I had a clue, yeah (laughs) I practically hyperventilated when I got the job. And since then you've filmed SWIMFAN and THE BANGER SISTERS... Yeah, THE BANGER SISTERS, that's a comedy and it's coming out next month too. It was a blast. Oh my God, you can imagine the experience of watching these women, Goldie (Hawn) and Susan (Sarandon) are these legends, just watching them work was really great for me, they set such a good example and they had a great balance between being a real pro, being prepared and having fun and having a great sense of humour. Have you seen it yet? I have and it's a lot of fun. It's a great movie and been marketed as a chick flick, which I can understand, but I have younger brothers, twins, and they are 16 and they loved it. I think it will hit a pretty wide audience... Continued on page 3

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