Of all genres of film, few genres match horror for giving strong roles to women for as long the horror genre has. Elsa Lanchester, Bette Davis, Janet Leigh, Jamie Lee Curtis, Sigourney Weaver, Dee Wallace and Neve Campbell… all examples of actors who portrayed women of strength and power. In a genre that so many associate with women in peril, these women reminded audiences that not only could a woman survive the night, she could do so with depth and ferocity.
Our guest today is one such actor. Though she has worked in a wide variety of genres, she has earned her place in the horror hall of fame through her work with filmmakers like David Lynch, J.S. Cardone and Mary Lambert. Always challenging, mysterious, unexpected and grounded in the role she is portraying, she is an actor that demands your attention as soon as she enters the frame.
Spill Your Guts is pleased to have Lori Heuring with us today.
Lori is an actor whose work we have always greatly admired. There’s an intrinsic strength and integrity she brings to her work. She’s played many different kinds of characters and all of them are unique and different. Some of them good, some bad and some in between and Lori always finds the in-road to creating a character that we end up rooting for.
This has a lot to do with who Lori is as a person. Lori is a caring, razor-sharp, funny, genuine thoughtful person and she compels filmmakers to cast her in roles that show those qualities in the role. Though she’s of course beautiful, this ain’t your gal if you’re looking for the archetypal slasher fodder.
Lori and Kevin discuss her formative years developing her craft while growing up in Texas, why she is drawn to working on darker stories and why she enjoys the challenge of working on edgy, independent films over big studio projects.
Kevin had the great privilege of directing Lori in Lineage, where her tremendous talent as an actor was also matched by her equally tireless work ethic.
So, let’s get into what it takes to become a Scream Queen with Lori Heuring.
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