EN Movies - Elizabeth Olsen was a bundle of nerves when she watched herself in a movie for the first time.
The 23-year-old actress never saw herself on screen until she watched horror release Silent House at the Sundance Film Festival last year.
She cringed as she watched the picture with the press who were unaware she was sitting in the audience.
“I sat so low in my chair praying, ‘Please, please don’t look at me. I hope no one notices I’m here!’” she told the Chicago Sun-Times.
“I was dealing with a lot of firsts hunkered down in my chair. First time seeing myself. First time seeing me in a horror film. And I’m in virtually every frame of the movie.”
Elizabeth plays the role of Sarah, who is a young woman trapped inside her family’s lakeside retreat.
“I’m a big horror movie fan. I love things that get your heart racing,” she said.
The actress studied trauma victims to prepare for the role and spent 12 hours a day over several weeks in a house pretending to be scared. Following Sundance the film was changed slightly.
“It’s better now with a new ending,” Elizabeth said. “But going back to do reshoots was a difficult idea. It was a case of, ‘Oh no, please don’t put me back in that house of doom.’”
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