Megan Henning – Land of Lost

Q. What are the current projects that you are working on?

A. Right now I’m working as a series regular on “7th Heaven,” it’s a TV show on The WB. I did a few episodes of it last year and got lucky enough that they decided to bring me back full time for the first part of the season. That’s what I’m doing full time right now.

Q. What can you tell us about the premise for The Lost and your character Sally?

A. Okay, well, The Lost is based on a novel by Jack Ketchum. The character that we are following is Ray Pye who has committed a terrible crime years prior to when the story takes place, who is once again on the verge of another unearthly tragedy. Sally is an innocent in the story, she really goes out of her way to avoid Pye and makes good decisions. She’s got some mysterious things with her going on. She’s eighteen and she’s having an affair with a sixty year-old man, so it is surprisingly very valid and very warm, interesting.

Q. What made you want to be a part of this project?

A. Initially it was really just the role, I loved the role. She’s a beautiful combination of youthful naivete and innocence and this inherent wisdom and there is definitely a Lolita quality to her, which I adore. To me she was a relief from the story in many ways, like a light in the grit and the darkness of it. It was the kind of part that I had been hoping for, that I was absolutely intended for, which is uncommon.

Q. How was getting to work with director Chris Sivertson?

A. It was great, this was his baby so in many ways he was a one man army making a film. His devotion to it was infectious, I think that he was wonderful with the actors. He got the performances he needed by letting us find our own way.

Q. Do you have a most memorable moment from filming The Lost?

A. The last scene in the movie probably, it was long and difficult to shoot. We worked all night on it a couple of nights and there was just extreme rawness to it in every way. I know that certain things, events had to happen and be caught on film and we did that. But, it really it was like a great unleashing, there were moments that we were generating so much energy you could see it in the room. It was weird.

Q. Why should viewers take the time to check out this film?

A. Because it’s interesting, it’s beautiful, it’s a beautiful adaptation of the novel and it’s inspired. Chris did a great job, Zoran Popovic who was the DP shot it so well. More than anything, I think that it’s really important just because it was a group of younger, talented artists who collaborated whole-heartedly and spared no effort to breathe life into the story.

Q. How was the dynamic of the cast, was there a lot of chemistry?

A. I was kept out of the process prior to shooting, we didn’t rehearse. Chris got together some of the actors whose characters in the movie had history with one another. Those guys hit it off; they bonded. Sally is a little bit more removed in the story so I basically came in and tried to feel it out each day, which I think was the intent, which I like actually. There was certainly chemistry around, how it manifested though varied between people because most of the relationships in the movie are so painful. I’m happy to say that a lot of those people are very good friends of mine now having been through it. So, there is definitely a lot of love in the air.

Q. What do you enjoy doing in your spare time?

A. I like to spend time in restaurants, I love dining. I hated it when I was little; I love it now. I like to be with my friends and their families. I can spend many a quiet hour home alone with my dog and just enjoy the peace.

Q. Do you have a latest obsession? Are you into any particular sport, book, or activity?

A. I’m a little deficient in the hobby department at the moment. Theater used to be my hobby, I can burn a mean CD, I’ve been compulsively putting together mixes since I got a computer.

Q. What would you like to say to your fans and supporters?

A. Obviously that they’re essential, that none of this that I’m doing would work or exist without them. It’s wonderful.