Experience: my scream is famous

You’ve heard me in Paranormal Activity, Free Guy and Scream. We are like stunt people, doing stuff that could damage an actor’s voice

If I see a bug, I will scream. I’ll shriek when I’m scared or startled. It’s just so natural, it comes right out.

This ability to scream was a huge part in getting my first acting jobs. I grew up in New York in the 1980s, where my sister and I had been scouted as child actors. By the time I was seven I’d got a major role in the film Child of Rage, which meant doing long scenes of shouting and screaming. In the audition I had to perform these outbursts, yelling to show the agony experienced by the character.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/5SNiER1