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At first your character on Harper’s Island
was known at “The Flirt” – were you happy to see your character progress as the series ran?
I was, in the beginning I really liked her – she was fun and easy to play, but she didn’t really have
that much depth. The writers had to deal withso many characters… that it just took a little time.
And
after time you and Cal became some of the more popular characters.
Yeah… we were separated a lot
from the rest of the group – we were kind of outsiders. It was hard for people to like us because we weren’t
associated with any of the cast really.
What are your final thoughts on your character now that it’s
over?
I was really happy; I was thrilled that she didn’t get killed by John Wakefield – it
was her own determination. And that she died a hero’s death – and she died for love.
 Was there anything you didn’t like about her?
I didn’t like that she looked just like me.
[laughs] Um, it’s hard to say because in the beginning I kind of didn’t like playing this blonde girl.
I heard you didn’t expect to make it past the seventh episode; is that true?
Yeah, that’s
true. I was actually surprised; I was just waiting to die after episode seven. [laughs]
Were you
one of the people who would sneak a peak to the last page on the script to see if you died?
Yeah, I mean
everyone did… every week. Everyone was like “Am I dying yet? Am I dying yet?”
So
when you did read the final script you were in… what were your thoughts on your death?
I was so
happy with the way I died; I felt that they made it really special. I’m not saying that any of the other deaths
weren’t as special, but they were a little more gruesome. Cal’s death was gruesome, but for me it was just
something different and I took pride with what I did… and how I died… instead of letting this lunatic get me.
What went into filming that scene?
A lot – they built this storm drain inside the
studio and I had to crawl in and out of this really small space… I hit my head really hard crawling into it a couple
of times… they were like “Do you want to stop?” and I said “No, just keep rolling…”
– because I had to cry. [laughs] It was mostly outside and it was so unbelievably cold that I was crying and the
tears were freezing to my face. And I had this harness on – I felt so uncomfortable… the whole thing was
really, really uncomfortable. It all worked for the performance and the scene – it all helped. The cold…
being miserable… being uncomfortable… holding on the side of a bridge and just knowing on top of all that other
stuff that it was my last episode, and that I was going to be saying goodbye to a lot of friends and not working with these
people anymore… made me really sad as well.
Were Cal and Chloe’s death scenes cut short at
all because it was on TV? Or did we see everything?
You saw all of it; it’s not cut at all.
Like you said – you and Adam [Cal] were separated a lot from the rest of the cast on the show –
did that outcast you at all from the rest of the cast?
No, not at all. The only thing that I noticed;
we were not in one episode and then we came back… it was a really gnarly episode when everyone started dying –
we came back and Adam and I were all fresh and clean… and so happy, and everyone else was crying; not actually crying,
but the tone on the set had completely changed from happy-go-lucky to dark. I think it was episode five or six that
we weren’t in. Then we came back for episode seven and it was like “Jesus, what’s happening?”
Since you two were off by yourselves a lot on the show; did you ever think the killer[s] could have been Cal
and Chloe? Kind of like a Bonnie ‘n Clyde type of thing?
Um, I thought it could be like a
Natural Born Killers type of deal for like a hot minute, but I think as an audience member I would have been really disappointed
if Cal and I were the killers. Not enough of the story would have been about us; it had to be something personal about
Abby.
What’s one of your favorite moments you had while filming the show?
Favorite
moment while filming the show? Um… [laughs] there’s a lot of funny moments. Something silly that
I did; I was walking into the room and Trish was crying because all of her plates got destroyed, and I walk in and I say “Oh,
Chloe…” instead of saying “Oh, Trish”. [laughs] Everybody starts laughing – I felt so bad for
Katie because she was trying to keep in the moment and crying… and I walk in and accidently make a joke.
I
wonder if the DVD will have a blooper reel?
Oh, I’m sure I’ve got a lot of silly things.
[laughs]
Do you know anything about the special features on the upcoming DVD?
They
were supposed to show us our audition tapes for us to approve it; I don’t really know. That’s all I’ve
heard about it.
 So what else are you working on? I see on IMDB.com they finally added you to the sequel to the Alvin and the Chipmunks
movie… for a while it said you weren’t in it.
Yeah, I’m not in it though. I don’t
know why it says that. Jason Lee decided that he didn’t want to do it; so he took a really small part in it –
so my character was obsolete. That’s why I’m not in it. They went a lot younger and they have a lot
of young kids in the cast; it’ll be a lot of fun.
So what else do you have coming up?
I just finished a film; it’s
coming out in theaters… it’s called Women in Trouble. It has Carla Gugino, Marley Shelton, Josh Brolin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt… it’s a really cool ensemble. It’s just an Indie though; it’s a trilogy and I’m in the
first one… not in the second one… and I’ll be in the third. We film the third in October.
What’s it about?
Women in trouble. [laughs] It’s a film about women…
you know how “Crash” kind of intertwines with each other? It’s kind of like that, but it’s a
movie about women… it’s a drama, but without being a chick flick. Guys will enjoy watching this film.
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