“It was a creepy environment.”
Halle Berryfully immersed herself into the world of her upcoming thriller,Never Let Go.
The admission drew gasps from some in the audience.
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“There was no electricity, no lights, my character skinning squirrels,” Berry recounted.
“And they’re eating bugs and frogs raw frogs in the woods.”
“I had to really skin a squirrel.
These things wildly challenged me to create some reality within this world that felt so foreign.”
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Berry was very much up to the task, though.
“I am a bonafide adrenaline junkie,” she said.
This gave me an opportunity to be a part of a world I had never seen before."
From director Alexandre Aja, the psychological thriller centers on a family of three haunted by an evil entity.
It was a creepy environment," Berry said.
The film “reminded me how I would protect my children with my life,” she added.
“What would you do to protect your children?
This role gave me a chance to really take that to the limit.”
Never Let Goarrives in theaters Sept. 27.
With additional reporting by Lauren Huff and Nick Romano.
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