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Caitlin McHugh Stamos spoke to Bleeding Cool about fall out of acting retreat for Well Go USA ’s horror comedy The Invisible Raptor .
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IfCaitlin McHugh Stamoscan tell you anything about living in Hollywood , sometimes the grind can lead you to make tough decisions and shift precedency in your life . Since her debut in 2007’sI Am Legend , the actress became a regular on episodic video with appearances on Fox’sCastle , NBC’sLaw & Order : Special Victims Unit , FX’sRescue Mebefore landing her biggest stint on The CW’sVampire Diariesas Sloan . After 2017 , with her last on - sieve roles in CBS’sNCIS : Los Angelesand indie filmsRandom Tropical ParadiseandIngenue - ish , McHugh Stamos decided to refocus her life on a family and other venture . When her friendMike Capes , who write and stars in the Well Go USA Entertainment action comedyThe Invisible Raptor , get promise , it was an chance to jump into the saddle again .
Co - writtenbyJohnnyWickhamand directed byMike Hermosa , the film follow a top - secret experiment gone wrong , where a hyper - intelligent invisible raptorial bird scarper the research laboratory and begins work havoc in the surround neighborhood . When the puppet ’s identity is uncovered , it soon becomes clear that a shamed paleontologist — alongside his ex - girlfriend , an unhinged amusement park security guard , and a local celebrity chicken farmer — is the townspeople ’s only promise for surviving the raptor ’s ravenous rampage . McHugh Stamos spoke to Bleeding Cool about theJurassicfranchise parody , Capes and Wickham ’s script , co - stars likeSandy Martin , grinding through the night shot , and her current ventures .
The Invisible Raptor Star Caitlin McHugh Stamos on Having Fun on Set Again and Acting Retirement
Bleeding Cool : What intrigue you about ' The inconspicuous raptorial bird ? '
The funniness . I had check act as about six year before I run into my friends , Johnny and Mike [ Capes ] , at a mutual booster ’s natal day party . They enjoin , " We ’ve been writing this pic with you in mind . Can you study the script ? " I did , even though I was like , " I ’m probably expire to say ' No ' to this , " but I loved it . It was so funny . I want to be a part of it , and I aver " Yes ! " against all reasons , and I ’m glad I did because I had a blast working with these guys . They were wonderfully collaborative , and I express mirth more than I ever had to film it . It ’s so marvelous to be in the hearing now in theatre of operations where people are love it , too .
How do you describe the lot Mike Hermosa run , and what would you wish about Mike and Johnny ’s script ?
" Collaborative " is the password I would use repeatedly . I loved it as it was when I first understand it , but I also loved it because there was room to allow us dally a short bit . We would sometimes act upon a scene and determine some new stuff and layers or exchange things around a bit . They were always up for new idea . It was like fox spaghetti on a wall , and they welcomed that creativeness and stimulation from anywhere was comforting . It always come back to comedy and collaboration with them .
Perhaps it leads to my next question , but what does a film like this do you would n’t normally be able-bodied to ?
I ’m not at " movie star " condition . I ’ve been retired for many years but was doing recurring thing and other little indie movies . Working with booster and getting a leading lady role like this without it being handed to me was a rarefied natural event . I ’m beaming I got to take them up on this offer because it does not happen every day .
Can you talk about some of your co - star , such as Sean [ Astin ] , Sandy [ Martin ] , Mike , David [ Schakelford ] , and Vanessa [ Chester ] , and what it was like to spend time on bent with them ?
You catch her on [ It ’s Always ] cheery [ in Philadelphia ] ?
Yes , super brilliant and in ' Big Love . ' Did you see her in ' Big making love ? '
Yeah
She ’s a living caption .
What was the most difficult setting for you to take ?
Honestly , all my picture were so much playfulness to do . The hard part for me was filming at night . It ’s more natural to be awakened in the daytime , and most of our filming was at dark when we did the chunk of it together . When it was like an intact calendar month or so of cinematography , we ’re used to that agenda . unavoidably , there are pick - ups several months down the parentage , where it ’s one Nox here , one night there . Those were rough .
I recollect there was one dark when we filmed all night , and I kept falling asleep . I was in the truck , and there was this motortruck sequence , and we were driving a lot . And I keep falling asleep . Whatever [ Hermosa ] was like , " Cut ! " then I ’m out , then we ’re like , " All mighty , execute ! " I go from " completely knock out " to " terrorize for my life " within s all night , every night . That was rough . There ’s likely a lot of blackmail footage of me sleeping in the hand truck [ gag ] , drilling .
What ’s next for you ?
What ’s next … I came out of retreat to do this motion-picture show , and I ’m back in retirement unless there is an ' unseeable Raptor 2 ' or anything else from Mike and Johnny . I ’m not going to go back to that day-after-day grind of try out and travel crazy . I ’ve got a six - year - honest-to-god I have intercourse spend fourth dimension with , and I recently start a nonprofit that goes with my podcast [ called ' How Can I Help ? ' ] . My jewellery line [ My Saint My Hero ] is all around trying to help company , bestow sentience to issues , humanize issues that seem large , and help the most vulnerable . That ’s where my heart and passion lie , and I am unrestrained to be doing more in that field unless ' The Invisible Raptor ' calls again .
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