India Eisley: From vampire Eve in Underworld Awakening to Assassin Sawa in ground-breaking Japanese Anime in Kite.
20-year-old
American actress India
Eisley is best known
for her role as Ashley Jurgen in ABC’s family drama series – The Secret
Life of the American Teenager and
for her vampire role of Eve in Underworld: Awakening.
Based on the ground-breaking Japanese
Anime. India shows us more of her versatility starring as ‘emotionless killing machine’ Sawa.
India gives deets of what it was like
working alongside critically acclaimed actor Samuel L Jackson for Kite as well as highlights of her
career in 2014.
When did you fall in love with the art of acting and
how long have you been acting?
Well, I've always
loved films.. And I became interested in acting professionally, when I was
around 12 years old.. That's when I started auditioning really..
Your new movie
"Kite" is based off the popular Anime/Manga. Can you tell us about
how you got the role of Sawa and what made you interested in the role?
I got called in to
audition for kite in 2010, and I didn't really know anything about it, other
than what was written in the description which was just, young female assassin
haha.. So I went in, didn't hear back for two years, then got a call from my
manager saying they had offered me the role..
Can you tell us a little bit about you’re
character Sawa?
Sawa, is a young
girl, she's an orphan, her parents were killed when she was very young.. She
believes they were killed by a man called the emir. Her "guardian" is
a corrupt cop named aker, and he supplies her with a memory erasing drug called
amp, which he makes sure she takes in order to complete these killing
assignments that aker arranges for her. She believes that with every kill she
is getting closer to killing the emir and therefore avenging her parents..
What was it like working with Samuel L. Jackson on
set?
He is a really
lovely person. I can't say enough about him really. He's a very giving actor
and really a comfort to have around because he brings all of his years of
experience, that professionalism. I hope to work with him again at some point
haha
Kite has a lot of
action scenes can you tell us a little bit about your preparation for the
scenes. Did you train a little bit for the role?
I trained
for 3 months with this wonderful stunt coordinator, who unfortunately didn't
work on the film, Jeff Imada. Such a great person, he was amazingly patient with
me haha. He had me doing martial arts and weapons training, knives and guns
mainly, which I thoroughly enjoyed!
What was you're most
challenging scene to film as an actress on this film?
Well,
physically things were a bit difficult as, the locations were quite gritty and
not the most "comfy" of places. Which looking back, I think that it
shows that it was not a plushy set. Not in the least bit, but that worked I
think.. It gave a very visually raw feeling.. So I would say that towards the end
of filming, physically it was very difficult as I was quite ill at the time, a
few of the night shoots were particularly tricky..
How long did it take to
film and where did you film?
Filming took about
2 1/2-3 months.. We filmed in Johannesburg
Where can your fans
follow you on social media?
I'm a tad
horrible with the whole social media thing to be honest but, I do have a
twitter and Instagram. The twitter is @indiaeisley1029 and Instagram is
india_joy93.. I rarely update or check them though, but I'm trying haha.
‘’KITE’’ released and distributed by CAPTIVE
CINEMA.
SHOWING ON OCTOBER 29, 2014.
NATIONWIDE
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