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“There was nothing really stolen. There was no reason, but things like that happen a lot and often, they are very random and sometimes, there are family members.”

Directing the film is first-timer Bryan Bertino. Tyler recalls how the director’s approach with her and Speedman, which managed to be both specific and flexible.

“Bryan really gave and showed us things and an environment he created for us, an environment that was really specific to what we wanted,” Liv recalls, “He would give us music, he would show us photographs, and that house was the house he dreamt of in his mind. He was really clear about that and talked us through about it extensively. I think he kind of let us go and if there was anything, there was moments when he was cautious and not wanting to interfere.”

“He would see us so upset and so disturbed and I think he didn’t want us to always get involved with,” she adds, “I think he created everything for us and just stood back and watched in a way. He would make tweaks and things, but it was sort of up to us, but he made it clear that it was not to be campy or humorous in any way. It was supposed to be very real and bleak and absolutely terrifying.”

However, Liv claims that despite how well she worked with her co-star and the crew, the filming was often a harrowing experience for everyone involved.

“This was just Scott and I and Bryan and our small little crew,” she recalls, “It was really a very intimate and very small experience for all of us and it was just really emotional for everybody. There was not one scene where we weren’t going through that. There wasn’t ever a light day where it was like, ‘Oh!’”

“Even for the crew, it was emotional as well,” Tyler continues, “There was times when we’d shoot different things and I’d come outside and my poor hair and makeup people would either be like with tears in their eyes or shocked. It was emotional to just stand and listen to it all the time. It was not so pretty.”

Tyler, however, was quick to deny any rumors of she and her co-star being unhappy with a supposedly paltry salary given to them to do the film.

“God, that’s so untrue,” Liv says, “That’s not true at all. That’s a huge lie. The lower the budget, the lower the salary, that’s how it works. But it’s not about that. It’s an amazing, wild, wacky collaboration with a bunch of gypsies, making a movie. No matter how big or small.”

“I just did The [Incredible] Hulk,” she continues, “That was the same, but there was a lot more stuff to blow up and more time to take doing it. But actually, I wouldn’t say that the catering was any better, frankly, whatever. We were in Toronto, just kidding (laughing). But it’s the same experience. I guess it depends on how you see it, but to me, ...

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