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ELIZABETH OLSEN: The concept was the reason why I loved it so much.
I love films that play by their own rules.
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I love stories that play by their own rules.
And so, I think those are all the reasons why I really was drawn to it.
Actors often talk about wanting to feel challenged and scared by projects they do and characters they play.
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What most challenged you in this and was it what you thought would most challenge you in it?
OLSEN: Thats a good question.
I feel like, because that was my goal, that wasnt the hardest challenge.
I think the hardest challenge was swimming in the ocean.
It was really, really rough.
Im not a great swimmer.
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That was very challenging.
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How was it to find the tone of this?
Did that feel like something you were tweaking all the time?
That was something we were always trying to find, in relation to where we were in the film.
There was always a shifting line that we were trying to find.
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Getting so personal with someone so impersonal creates this very interesting dynamic between this couple and their assessor.
Did you always know what Virginia, what Alicia Vikander, would be doing?
There were a lot of ways that Alicia approached this that I didnt expect.
She was constantly tracking what ends up being revealed of her character.
She was tracking that from day one of filming.
Also, shes such an amazing physical actor.
Some of those shots were so interesting to look at.
That was something we were always pitching back and forth.
How could we make this frame more interesting and help tell the story better between the three of them?
She’s faced cults, killers, Godzilla, and Thanos; could she be any cooler?
Do you know what youre going to be shooting next, or are you currently shooting something now?
OLSEN: Oh, gosh.
Well, Im doing something completely different right now.
And then, whats next is praying and hoping that a lot of jobs Im attached to become financed.
Those are the kinds of things I think about when Im reading a script.
And then,character is something I dont even overthink.
Its something that I either have an immediate impulse and interest in, or I dont.
OLSEN: Its really unusual.
Its something thats been incredible.
I assume its how people feel when they get to do a TV show for a long time.
I dont really know how it intersects with what we do.
Have you thought about whats next for Mia?
OLSEN: I dont actually.
Its something from the first film I did,Martha Marcy May Marlene.
And so, Ive adopted that since I started working because I really love that.
I really love that theres a specific framing of a story that were responsible for.
The Assessmentis now playing in theaters.
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