IR Interview: Rachael Harris For ”Goosebumps” [Hulu/Disney+]

The Inside Reel

Actress Rachael Harris talks to The Inside Reel about perspective, thematics, physicality and the notion of family in regards to her new series based on the R.L. Stine novels: “Goosebumps”, available on Hulu and Disney+.

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00:00 (screaming)

00:02 (dramatic music)

00:05 - We have no choice.

00:14 - This ends now.

00:15 - Run, run, run!

00:18 - It's time for them to learn the truth.

00:23 Come with me.

00:25 (dramatic music)

00:30 (screaming)

00:31 - Oh my God.

00:32 - We need to talk.

00:33 - Why does James smell like watermelon Jolly Rancher?

00:35 - I was just gonna say.

00:35 - All these characters have layers,

00:37 but yours, because of her perspective,

00:40 but also her perception of what's going on

00:42 and how she deals with it is key.

00:44 Could you talk about looking at the psyche of this lady

00:47 and how you needed to approach her from your point of view?

00:51 - Yeah, yeah, well, Nora,

00:53 what I love about Nora is she's a mother first

00:58 and loves her son very much.

01:01 And the thing that I really loved about it

01:08 was that she's also, I feel like she's a truth,

01:12 you know, she wants to be present

01:14 and wants to always be in the truth.

01:16 And I think what's happening with her

01:19 with the other parents is they wanna push this down

01:23 and keep it aside.

01:24 And what I loved about getting to play her

01:26 was that she's this person that's like,

01:28 you can't deny it.

01:29 And when someone is telling you that you're crazy,

01:34 that what you're thinking, what you're seeing isn't real,

01:39 and you know it's real,

01:41 I liked that she persisted with all of that

01:43 and kept, even when she was thrown into a psych ward,

01:48 I mean, the layers of just the sheer fear

01:53 about what's happening

01:54 and then trying to get people to listen to her

01:56 and then being put in an institution

02:00 because she's saying what people don't want her to say

02:04 and they're trying to shut her up.

02:06 And then getting out and proving a point

02:08 was really, was very, very satisfying.

02:11 And I loved getting to play all those layers,

02:14 like just being a mom

02:16 and then realizing I have to take care of my son

02:18 and then really advocating and fighting for my son

02:21 was great.

02:22 And then we haven't even talked about the stunts

02:24 and getting to chase worms

02:25 and be a badass in that regard.

02:29 That was incredibly fun.

02:32 Oh, hi.

02:38 - Oh, hi.

02:39 Just the person I was looking for.

02:43 - Why were you looking for me?

02:44 - You know, our mutual friend.

02:47 - We have a mutual friend?

02:50 - Yes, we do.

02:51 - What are you talking about?

02:53 - You know.

02:54 - I don't, I don't know.

02:55 - You went to the mine, you took him out of the case

02:59 and I want him back now!

03:01 - Hey!

03:01 - Help me!

03:02 - Hey!

03:03 - Don't help him!

03:04 - Hey!

03:05 - Guys!

03:06 - But as you're saying with the physicality also,

03:08 it informs the emotionality

03:10 because it makes those scenes,

03:11 like the one you were talking about,

03:13 so much more powerful

03:14 because you've watched her go through it.

03:17 Can you talk about that,

03:18 that physicality informing the emotionality

03:20 in those kinds of scenes?

03:23 - Yeah, yeah, no.

03:24 It was tough a lot of times,

03:30 like even in the stunts,

03:31 like later on where we do a lot of work in the snow, right?

03:35 We shot in Whistler, which was incredible and great.

03:38 But I found that having those,

03:41 the outside elements working,

03:44 I don't know, it felt like it was working with me

03:46 because we had to use it,

03:47 you know, to like trudge the snow

03:49 and it just was,

03:54 I had a lot of those moments,

03:56 these really kind of like come to Jesus moments,

03:58 like with Lucas, twice, you know, big scenes.

04:02 And it was really,

04:07 I was just really grateful

04:08 that I got to be a part of those scenes

04:10 and get to be honest.

04:11 And I have to say kudos to our director and our team,

04:14 you know, the crew for working in those elements

04:17 and making it so great.

04:21 - Don't you love me anymore?

04:25 (screaming)

04:28 Uh-oh.

04:33 Now if you just go ahead and die down there,

04:39 that'd be great.

04:41 (laughing)

04:43 Yes, yes.

04:48 (laughing)

04:52 - Hello, old friend.

05:10 As we come to the end of the season,

05:11 it's interesting, the sins of the parents

05:14 are the sins of the children in a way.

05:16 And then even before that,

05:18 'cause you know, there's something that goes back

05:20 even farther with Harold and with Slappy.

05:23 Yeah, I mean, could you talk about

05:24 that notion of history repeating itself,

05:27 that sometimes we are doomed to make the same mistakes

05:29 because that's a big theme that goes through.

05:31 - We're realizing that once we do have,

05:33 we feel like we've solved this problem,

05:36 that we haven't even scratched the surface, right?

05:38 Like there's a bigger entity at play

05:40 that's going to come in, which is exciting.

05:43 And that's what we're teeing up for hopefully a season two.

05:48 - This bigger sort of metaphor, what's going on,

05:50 these questions that the characters have about themselves.

05:54 You know, why do we do this?

05:56 Is it a primal protection of our children

05:59 or is it something more?

06:00 - One of the greatest moments for me with Nora

06:02 is when she says, you know,

06:04 I'm gonna really start trusting my instincts

06:06 and do what I know is what has been right all along,

06:09 instead of placating to these other people

06:12 and not wanting to rock the boat.

06:13 And I like it when she says, no, I'm right.

06:18 And I trust my gut.

06:20 This is actually happening and we need to face it.

06:24 And finally, they do get on board when they can't deny it,

06:28 but it's very empowering.

06:31 - I did hear the horrible story

06:34 about the boy who used to live there.

06:36 - No, I hear it's haunted.

06:37 (man grunts)

06:41 Have you seen anything strange happening there?

06:44 (gunshot)

06:45 (woman screams)

06:45 - Say cheese!

06:47 - That is not funny!

06:49 - No, not that I can think of.

06:52 (dramatic music)

06:54 - Some weird stuff has been happening.

07:05 Something's clearly wrong.

07:07 - Why would you do that, man?

07:09 That's not cool!

07:10 - There's no such thing as a curse, dude.

07:12 That isn't real.

07:13 (dramatic music)

07:16 - Are you okay?

07:17 (woman coughs)

07:18 - Get the knife, get the knife!

07:19 - You know, that's why certain scenes

07:20 like seeing Harold's reflection and stuff like that,

07:23 that duality, we always, we have the good and bad within us.

07:27 It's just how you balance it, you know?

07:29 And so that's interesting to see all these characters,

07:31 you know, what's the greater good?

07:33 Where does conscience come in?

07:35 - Well, yes, and that's what I was going to say too,

07:38 is that, and I think I was writing this up

07:39 in something else with my publicist,

07:41 but that my thing is that I love to play

07:44 these bad characters, right?

07:45 Nor is very good and is true blue,

07:47 but if you look at every bad character

07:50 that we've ever seen, like quote unquote bad,

07:51 there's always a positive reason

07:54 as to why they're doing something.

07:56 You can't play, oh, a bad guy.

07:57 It's just that this person believes they're right.

08:01 And that's when you see that with Harold,

08:04 and I think that's exactly what we're talking about,

08:05 is that it's so heartbreaking to understand

08:10 what actually went down and what actually happened, right?

08:14 That it was just a lot of misunderstandings

08:18 and people trying to do the right thing

08:22 that ended up going very poorly

08:24 and having very terrible consequences.

08:27 (dramatic music)

08:30 - This is all connected.

08:33 He's getting revenge for what our parents did to him.

08:37 - Oh my God, we're murdering Nepo babies.

08:41 - Tell us what's going on.

08:45 - It's obvious you know.

08:47 - That's why all of this is happening to us.

08:49 (dramatic music)

08:52 (crowd chanting)

08:55 (dramatic music)

08:57 (dramatic music)

09:00 (whooshing)

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