
Madelyn Cline is bringing North Carolina tons of shine in each the brand new I Know What You Did Final Summer time movie and the Netflix hit collection Outer Banks.
Cline spoke with Blavity/Shadow and Act Managing Editor Trey Mangum about being part of two profitable franchises set in North Carolina. She mentioned coming to the top of Outer Banks is gloomy, however she’s joyful to have the ability to highlight the state in two other ways.
“We’re right here [on set] proper now and we’re filming [the final episodes] and it’s bittersweet,” Cline, who’s from South Carolina, mentioned. “It’s a little bit extra candy than bitter, but it surely’s so humorous. To be part of one legacy movie that’s clearly stood the check of time and everyone nonetheless loves is so iconic. After which one other…venture that’s type of [a] legacy in its personal proper. I’m so proud to be part of.”
“To begin with, I’m like, I can’t get away from this state,” she mentioned jokingly. “However second of all, I’m simply very proud. It’s very, very cool to be part of two issues which can be so deeply cherished. I’m grateful that they might each have me.”
How Cline linked with the levity in her position
Cline describes her I Know What You Did Final Summer time character, Danica Richards, as “already hilarious” when she learn the script. She described the movie’s capacity to steadiness humor with horror as a enjoyable component she was excited to participate in.
“I used to be kicking my toes, laughing, you realize….sliding down the wall, like prepared,” she mentioned about studying her character within the script. “I used to be simply antsy. I used to be already so able to play her and to mess around.”
Why Danica provides steadiness to the horror
“I feel what’s good about Danica is what makes one thing scary or significant—what makes one thing land is distinction. And I feel she provides such an exquisite distinction to those scary conditions by being Danica, which [means] she’s so deeply earnest however she’s so herself,” she continued. “She’s in these terrifying conditions, however she’s going to at all times be this bubbly…earnest, quirky lady. And I feel it gave such good texture and that’s what I initially fell in love with. I feel that’s what makes this film work so properly since you [fall in love with] all of those characters.”
Watch the total interviews with Cline and the remainder of the solid above. I Know What You Did Final Summer time is now in theaters.