Taissa Farmiga on women in horror

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American Horror Story and The Nun star Taissa Farmiga returns to the horror genre in the new film, "We Have Always Lived in the Castle." Hear what one of horror's leading actresses has to say about playing complex women — and what it is that scares her.

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00:00I do find in the horror genre that you are given more opportunities to show complex characters.

00:05It's just an opportunity to be someone that doesn't have to rely on a man to save them or bring them happiness.

00:09The world is full of terrible people.

00:30I don't pick projects based on the genre, I pick them based on the characters.

00:34And it's happened to be that in this genre, horror, thriller, whatever you want to call it, there are good female characters.

00:41There are characters that have different levels of emotion and there's so much more going on than just like, oh, who am I going to be dating?

00:49I find that that's appealing. I want to play someone who cares about themselves and wants to figure themselves out.

00:55I genuinely do not like the dark. I do not like being alone in the dark. I do not like nighttime.

01:05I guess it scares me because I just, I don't like when I can't see something. I don't like the unknown.

01:12Like I hate the ocean. I do not like the idea of the big, vast open water. I hate it.

01:17But, you know, I don't think I have any fears where it's like paralyzing, where I can't, I can't handle it.

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