{"id":37294,"date":"2013-03-07T07:09:33","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T07:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=37294"},"modified":"2013-03-07T18:24:16","modified_gmt":"2013-03-07T18:24:16","slug":"lorenza-izzo-on-eli-roths-hemlock-grove-and-the-green-inferno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/lorenza-izzo-on-eli-roths-hemlock-grove-and-the-green-inferno\/","title":{"rendered":"Lorenza Izzo on Hemlock Grove and The Green Inferno"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lorenza Izzo, courtesy of tumblr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Chilean born thespian, and former model, Lorenza Izzo is making a name for herself in the horror scene thanks to leading roles in the Eli Roth production Aftershock<\/em>, upcoming cannibal gut-cruncher The Green Inferno,<\/em> and the hotly anticipated Netflix original scare-show Hemlock Grove<\/em>. Speaking exclusively to SciFiNow<\/strong> at the Glasgow Film Festival, the actress gave us some insight into her immediate future in fear…<\/p>\n

What can you tell us about your character in Hemlock Grove<\/em>?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I can tell you that it starts on April 19 and, of course, it is based on the book by Brian McGreevy. I think it will change the face of horror on television. It is a monster series – and anyone who loves monsters is going to love this. There are a bunch of different monsters in Hemlock Grove<\/em>. You already have Teen Wolf<\/em> and you already have Vampire Diaries<\/em> – so this is totally different. You don’t know what monster you are going to get.<\/p>\n

What can you say about your role?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I play a popular high school girl who lives in this small town. Everyone thinks she is cute and innocent. Only I am not all that innocent… in fact I am kind of mischievous [laughs]. Unfortunately, I am murdered, by a monster of course, and it all goes from there. It is my murder which sets off this dark mystery…<\/p>\n

Can you talk about the underlying themes of the show and what you think makes it unique?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The theme is that there is a monster within every one of us. It is a really cool show and because it is based on a really good book it is extremely well thought out. It is its own thing but with a lot of the stuff that is ‘in’ with people right now and which young viewers will really want to see. And because it is Eli it is also pretty gruesome [laughs]. The monster effects are really great.<\/p>\n

Do you think it has the potential to run and run?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Absolutely – I can’t wait to see where it goes. And I know that they want it to have a future beyond just one season.<\/p>\n

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Sky Ferreira in the first picture for The Green Inferno<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Can you speak about your leading role in Eli Roth’s next directorial feature, The Green Inferno<\/em>?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yeah, sure, we were in the Amazon<\/a> making it and only finished it recently. I play a student from New York who goes to the Amazon<\/a> on a protest but our group gets captured by a native tribe and horrible things happen [laughs]. The Green Inferno<\/em> began when we finished doing Aftershock<\/em>. Nicolás Lopez, the director of Aftershock<\/em>, and Eli met a long time ago and they became best friends. I met Nicolás on my first movie, which he directed, and I also met Eli through him. Eli liked me in Aftershock<\/em> and now I’m the lead in The Green Inferno<\/em>. We are sort of a little family I guess.<\/p>\n

How did you enjoy shooting in the Amazon<\/a>?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Uhm… It is the sort of place you go to once in your lifetime and then never again [laughs]. We were in the middle of nowhere with tarantulas covering us and heavy rainforest rain. It was five hours of travel to the set every day on a boat. On the Amazon<\/a> river. We were covered in spiders, I swear we could have died – there were pigs, cows, snakes, you name it. I was covered in bug bites. It is the most insane thing I have ever done in my life and all I know is that I am never ever going back there. You have to go down there to visit, sure, but just once. Never again.<\/p>\n

Eli has mentioned that this is his homage to Cannibal Holocaust<\/em>. Have you seen many of the old Italian cannibal movies?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I cannot say I know a lot about the genre but I was given Cannibal Holocaust<\/em> to watch. Actually, the kids in the village that we shot The Green Inferno<\/em> in had never seen a movie before. In fact, they didn’t even have electricity. But guess the movie that they saw before we began the shoot? Cannibal Holocaust<\/em>. I was really shocked. I said to them, ‘Did you really see that?’ I am serious – I grabbed these seven year old kids, who had never even touched ice let alone seen a movie. I said to them in Spanish, ‘Did you see a movie?’ And they said, ‘Yeah we saw the comedy where they kill a turtle.’<\/p>\n

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Eli Roth, Ariel Levy and Andrea Osvárt in Aftershock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hmm, should you really be telling me this?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oh, it was not Eli who screened the film! No, no – it was the production company. Just to let them know what they were getting into.<\/p>\n

What was your reaction to Cannibal Holocaust?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I had to see it twice because I was so shocked the first time I saw it. The first time I hated it but the second time I thought it was amazing. Now I understand Eli’s mind and Nicolás mind.<\/p>\n

Eli has since gone on to do stuff for PETA. Yet these old Italian cannibal films are famous for their real torture and killing of live animals. I presume this is not a part of The Green Inferno<\/em>?<\/strong><\/p>\n

No, no – Eli is completely the opposite, he loves animals. I know he also loves Cannibal Holocaust<\/em> but it has nothing to do with the animal scenes!<\/p>\n

Aftershock<\/em> and The Green Inferno<\/em> are due in cinemas 2013, while Hemlock Grove<\/em> is set to premier 19 April 2013 exclusively on Netflix. You can pick up the original Cannibal Holocaust<\/em> with an all-new edit on Blu-ray for £15<\/a> or DVD for £8<\/a> from Amazon<\/a>.co.uk.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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