INT: Roxy Coyne

Last Updated on July 28, 2021

The Arrow
interviews Roxy Coyne

She
appeared in “Jesus 2000”, “Mark of Dracula” and
“Alien Force”. The Arrow had
the chance to act alongside her in Ron Ford’s upcoming flick: “Deadly
Scavenger”. Never forgetting his “journalistic” duty, he nabbed an
interview with
the gal. Here it is…

1-
What’s
your favorite horror flick?

When
I was a kid I used to watch “Creature Feature” on Sunday
afternoons with my grandmother. They would play all the
classics– my favorites were “The Creature From the Black
Lagoon” and “the Mummy”. But I would get so
scared watching those things (I was a little kid!)! So I would
cover my face with my hands through the whole movie and watch through
a little slit between my fingers. Then, when a scary part came
I’d close the slit. My grandmother would just laugh and laugh!
As an adult I have to say my favorite horror flick is “Phantasm
II” and that’s because I worked on it as a camera assistant and
that’s where I met my husband, who was an electrician at the time.
So I have fond memories of working on that show. The final
product was rather disappointing, however.

2- How did
you get started in the acting biz?

I
started acting 7 years ago at the ripe old age of 29. It wasn’t
something I thought about a whole lot.
I simply got bored with camera assisting and acting looked like
it might be more rewarding and challenging. I has certainly proved to
be both. I have been a performer of some sort my whole life, however.
As a kid I danced ballet and played music. I play the
flute, alto sax, and a little guitar. Always performed in
concert bands and later in marching bands in high school and college.
I did a bit of drama in high school, but nothing major. Danced
Flamenco as an adult before I started acting. I guess I’ve
always had a bug to perform and acting is the most recent expression
of that in my life. I find acting to be a tremendous challenge and one that I
could spend my whole life trying to perfect. I’m nowhere near
where I want to be with it.

has been your most challenging role to date?

I think every role is hugely challenging, but sometimes you get closer
than others to achieving the truth of the character. In the 7
years I’ve been doing this, I have ‘hit’ those moments maybe half a
dozen times. Once was in another Ron Ford movie called
“Riddled With Bullets”. I really dove into the character of Cynda with all my heart and soul. The
result was rather uneven in the movie. I hate my first scenes,
but I’m happy with the later ones.

Some
of my favorite work has actually been in acting classes. When
you get a good scene partner it goes into a whole different realm and
then you’re just flying. My favorite parts in acting classes
have been the role of Katherine in “The Taming of The Shrew”
and Suzie in “Those The River Keeps” by David Rabe.

It’s
such a rush when you really get it. One of my teachers says
acting is like an olympic event. When you really get into that
wave, you are just along for the ride. And then the script is
merely a road map. You’re not really in the driver’s seat
anymore. Those are the experiences that make me
stay with it. I think every actor would like to have those types
of experiences more often.

4- Any actor you’d love to work with?

There are so many actors I admire! I would really like to work
with Johnny Depp. He’s amazing. Or
Daniel Day Lewis. Or Gary Oldman. My favorite actress is still
Meryl Streep, though. That woman is phenomenal. I don’t think
there’s anyone out there who even comes near her.

5- What‘s
your take on love scenes.
Are they really that bad?

Honestly,
I like love scenes less and less. As a viewer, I don’t
particularly like watching people go at it on the screen. It
makes me uncomfortable. I don’t really like watching people
french kiss on screen.
I think it’s much sexier and more of a turn-on if the chemistry is
there and the sexuality is implied or hinted at. Desire is
always more exciting than watching people screw. And that’s what
the old movies are full of. Look at Humphrey Bogart and Lauren
Bacall– They could be standing seven feet away from each other, fully
clothed and be completely on fire. THAT’S a love scene.

So,
I have done lots of love scenes, although never with nudity. And
that’s fine. You go through it by the numbers with a bunch of
people standing around. Hopefully you trust your scene partner.
But I just can’t stand watching the stuff afterwards. It’s
embarrassing.


6-
What’s next for you, darling?

Well,
hopefully I’ll get a chance to do some television this season. But
artistically, I would like to be doing classical theater. Shakespeare,
Tennessee Williams, that sort of thing. I absolutely LOVE
classical theatre. I’m
currently working on a new play called “Appearances To The
Contrary” by James Inman. We go up October 12 at the Gascon
Theater here in Los Angeles. I’m understudying the part of
Barbara. She’s having a relationship with an older woman at the
beginning of the play, but by the end, she’s with a young man who
sweeps her off her feet. It’s a wonderful play. I hope it
does well.

7- You got other aspirations in show biz
apart from acting?

I’ve been in the biz now for 13 years and I love it. I
love making movies! My background as a camera assistant was a
tremendous education. I feel very at home in this industry
because I have a unique understanding of the production side of things
as well as the acting side. I’ve produced a couple of things,
too. However, being a producer is something I would only do out
of dire necessity in order to further my acting.

We’ll
see what the future holds. My husband is an amazingly talented
director and cinematographer.
He currently does commercials, but if he ever does a feature
film I’m sure I’ll be involved in making that happen. I’ll
probably end up in the camera department AND on screen in some role.
Whatever it takes.

8- What’s the most unpleasant thing that
ever happened to you on a set.

I
absolutely DETEST stage blood. Ask Ron about that one! In
Riddled With Bullets I died a very gory death and it was just
hair-raising to be covered in that stuff. It really makes me
crazy. I think that’s the most unpleasant thing I’ve endured
till now. I don’t mind dirt, but stage blood is disgusting.

Thanks
a lot Roxy, hope to work with you again someday. Keep up the great
work and come back anytime.