Her journey soon leads her to a strange and dangerous city, but she meets her one true love.
Hall and Harrison Jr. spoke withColliderabout the new world they ventured into withODESSA.
Regina Hall and Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Image via Searchlight Pictures
Enjoyed the Fantasy Element of ‘ODessa’
COLLIDER: Congratulations on the film.
So I’ll start with you, Regina.
This is a different role for you.
So what made you want to dig your teeth into this role?
REGINA HALL: I really think just because of that, it was different.
I thought Jeremy was smart.
Image via Searchlight Pictures
I love the hopefulness in the movie.
How was it entering into this sort of fantasy musical bubble for you?
KELVIN HARRISON JR.: Yeah, it was cool.
It’s easy to do the bells and whistles, but can I get that simple thing?
So I was, that was cool to me.
You don’t have eyebrows.
What was that like when you first saw yourself as your new character?
REGINA HALL: It was great.
I didn’t want people to look and see me.
I wanted them to at least be like, Is that her?
I wanted her to really feel like Neon Dion.
So I think they all played into the villain idea.
And then our relationship, our dynamic is so different from love and purity.
He [Kelvin] looked at me differently.
The film makes you question does love win in this darkness.
And love does win.
KELVIN HARRISON JR.: I think in some ways, it’s a cautionary tale.
You ask yourself, Where do I see myself in this space?
What patterns am I repeating?
How attached am I to the media and cell phones?
Am I at times focusing on love?
And am I embracing my own individuality?
All those themes are present in our own society.
And it’s a way to have a look into it without feeling attacked.
I don’t think movies are meant to attack, but maybe just challenge and bring up some questions.
What about the villain character did you like the most?
REGINA HALL: She is completely selfish.
I mean there is no thought of another person’s joy or feelings.
It is a very self-absorbed way to go through a world.
And I think with Dion, you see things and you go, How could someone be this way?
But more importantly, what’s underneath it?
Because underneath that, there is some hurt or some emotion that has driven you to be that cold.
She had the eye shadow, she thought the hair was a style.
And I think that’s kind of where Dion is.
There is no room for the other.
So it was just fun to experiment and play and think about those things and then act as if.
O’Dessais now streaming on Hulu.
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